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Despite these advantages, however, many committees will be reluctant to accept this change. Irresponsible charges draw publicity and votes, leaving their victim unable to answer back. But the nominal purpose of investigating committees is ferreting out information, not attracting public acclaim. If investigating groups refuse to abandon their politically lucrative practices willingly, Congress should force these curbs on them. Keating's committee has proven, so far, that granting individuals the right of self-defense does not hinder investigations. A majority of both houses should make his standards binding on all similar groups...
Varsity and JV ball players will abandon Briggs Cage as soon as the weather improves, Coach McInnis noted...
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences meets at the Pantages Theatre tomorrow, it will-if running to form--abandon scientific selection and vote along non-artistic lines. Two years ago, to skirt a decision between All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard, the Academy chose Born Yesterday. And last year An American in Paris became the darkhorse victor over A Streetcar Named Desire, A Place in the Sun, and Death of a Salesman. Gene Kelly's technicolor crepe suzette was a fine musical comedy--it was also inferior to the other three. Also last year unpopular Marlon Brando...
Though Eden made it clear that Britain did not intend to abandon diplomatic recognition of Mao Tse-tung, the new agreement on trade with Red China removed one of the most dangerous conflicts between British and American Far Eastern policy. Even those Americans who still hold to an almost superstitious dread of the subtle cunning and persuasiveness of British diplomats had to admit that this time the U.S. had done a good, if belated, piece of business...
...steps toward this trade, the U.S. should: 1) write a new law to eliminate all tariffs as quickly as possible, 2) abandon the "Buy American Act" and quota system which "is contrary to every principle of free enterprise" because it permits only a fixed quantity of goods to enter the country, and 3) enact a workable law to simplify customs procedures...