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...maintenance of academic freedom rests upon public consent," the board said in a special statement included in last year's report of its visiting committees...
After escorting Duff to the rostrum to be sworn in by Vice President Barkley, Martin asked that the galleries be permitted to rise. "So far as the Chair knows," said Barkley good-naturedly, "it has never been customary or necessary to give unanimous consent for Pennsylvanians to arise anywhere they are." The galleries, packed almost solid with Pennsylvanians, arose. Then Big Jim Duff, the man who licked the Grundy machine in the primaries, licked the Fair Deal's Francis Myers in November, took his seat-an able, rugged, progressive addition to the Republican side of the Senate...
...substantially universal basis." (The law now requires registration at 18, forbids induction until 19, and provides a school year's deferment for those already enrolled in college.) Those who graduate from high school at 17 would be allowed to volunteer, with their parents' consent, so they could serve their hitch before starting college; in no case would they be allowed to linger in high school beyond...
Frank Purcell was willing. But his wife, who seemed on the verge of hysteria, could not bring herself to consent. "It looks like it's more than I can bear," she said, absently wiping away tears. "I don't know. I don't know. I've got to leave it to the Lord...
...round of its bout with Hollywood's Big Five (TIME, May 17, 1948, et seq.) Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., following the lead of Paramount and RKO, last week agreed to split into two new companies. One will produce and distribute films, the other will show them. Under the consent decree, the three Warner brothers, Harry, Albert and Jack, and other members of the family will be permitted to hold stock in only one of the companies. To increase competition in certain cities, Warner also agreed that the new theater company would sell from 54 to 81 of the houses...