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Last week New York's Communist Councilman Benjamin J. Davis explained why it is Communists all think and act alike. "Communism is a science," he declared, "and science is the same everywhere. H2O is water in Moscow and H2O is water in America. We are not against water because it happens to be HoO in Moscow. It is ridiculous...
...Eisenhower, who will quit his chief-of-staff duties on Feb. 15, acted as if he were beginning to enjoy the political rumpus. In Philadelphia last week to lay a wreath on Benjamin Franklin's grave, he was stopped by a man who proudly showed him a "Draft Eisenhower" button in his lapel. The General said: "Take that thing off and throw it away." But he wore his widest grin as he said...
...Manhattan, Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo, the Philippines' chief U.N. delegate, got a gold medal for distinguished statesmanship from the International Benjamin Franklin Society (ex-High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt called him "the Benjamin Franklin of the Philippines...
...Treasury struck a new half-dollar, the first since 1916, bearing the portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Only other Americans on coins (except for special issues): Lincoln (1909 penny), Washington (1932 quarter), Jefferson (1938 nickel), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1946 dime) and two unidentified Indians (1859 penny and 1913 nickel...
Hasty Pudding Theatricals will start its second century of production under the presidency of Alan F. Winslow '47 of Lowell House and Washington, with Benjamin H. Gaylord '49 of Kirkland House and Honolulu, Hawaii as vice-president. They were elected last night by the members of this year's cast...