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Meanwhile, under the shade of an historic tree, an old man-the proud bearer of a large Taft button-argued with a student over the ethics of waving a placard on such a sober occasion. "What's wrong with a placard?" the student asked, "Taft men are distributing political handouts." The old man pondered this, then tentatively suggested "That's communist tactics." He pondered a little longer, then, perhaps aroused by his own perception, suddenly began screaming "Communist tactics, Communist." Wilting fast, the student took up his placard and fled...
...President: "Perhaps the worst of his results is the singing commercial . . . And then there is the fellow who cannot sponsor a program without periodic interruption of huckster chatter into the midst of a great drama." Hoover urged De Forest to redeem himself with another invention: "That is the push button by which we could transmit our emotions instantly back to the broadcasters...
...expert who came to look got an eyeful. There were papers signed by England's Queen Elizabeth I and Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII; a complete set of autographs of America's Founding Fathers (estimated value: $50,000), including the rarest of all, Georgia's Button Gwinnett; a priceless law journal kept by Connecticut's Governor Jonathan Trumbull from 1715 to 1747; the full minutes of the town meetings of Guilford, Conn, from 1665 to 1701; and most of the original tracts and sermons of Cotton and Increase Mather...
...Dick Button, Olympic Skating Champion and Walt Greeley, captain-elect of the hockey team, will support the committee, Chase said. The group also includes Dustin R. Burke '52, last year's hockey captain. Robert G. Lown '52, president of the Lowell House Committee, Roger A. Moore '53, Republican student national committeeman, and Timothy J. Wise '53, captain-elect of the skiing team...
...Dick Button, two-time Olympic figure skating champion and five-time world titleholder, his seventh straight U.S. championship; at Colorado Springs. Women's winner: Tenley Albright...