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...equitable basis, since each Congressman has about the same number of constituents. Every citizen would be able to see and appraise the results of such a spending program, and what is more, could place his finger on the person responsible for such results. Furthermore, in every district Santa Claus would be present not in a vague mythological outline, but as a knowable, accountable person...
Rich with the smells of all the Russias, poorly but warmly clad Soviet legislators jounced into Moscow last week beaming and expectant. To them Joseph Stalin is a real Santa Claus. Once every few years-they get free rides to Moscow and lavish entertainment at the State's expense. Two thousand strong, they sit in the onetime Throne Room of Tsar Nicholas II and are known as the All-Union Congress of Soviets. The Congress is content that its members do not rule Russia but merely ratify the acts of the Stalin dictature. Hand-picked by Communist agents...
...nights a week in Manhattan at the Hotel Plaza with his daughter. "I've said right along-and I honestly mean it -that if I could go on and attend to my own living with my name never in the Press again, it would be Santa Claus...
...answering Moscow, His Majesty's Government may yet have to drop Sir E. who is simply too crusty for most British proletarians, even in the role of Santa Claus. At rumors that a housing specialist with sub-Cabinet rank will be appointed to head that section of the Ministry of Health, Manchester's Liberal Guardian grew enthusiastic: "This step saves the Government from the unpleasant necessity of demanding Sir Edward Hilton Young's resignation." Says Santa Sir E. with the incorrigible stiffness of a Nelsonian Old Etonian: "The nation's help will be given...
...cagers are set to go to town. The only specific thing Fesler would like from Santa Claus right now is a tall guard, but such a thing doesn't seem to exist in Cambridge. As it is, the Crimson quintet is hardly recognizable as the aggregation of former years. The seven lean years are over, and the future should show continued improvement...