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...regents had no trouble disposing of the first six; they fired them. The big argument came over the 39. "The question is," said Governor Earl Warren, "have any of us any evidence that any one of the 39 is a Communist? ... If not, then accept the recommendation...
...Earl Eames and Lloyd Haynes, M.I.T. seniors both, fell to talking that day in 1947 about World War II and the ruins they had seen in Europe. By the time they reached their Cambridge station, they had hit on their idea: bring topflight European technical students to M.I.T., give them advanced work in their specialties, then send them home to help reconstruct their countries...
...Uncle Earl, the governor, who is ailing with a weak heart and doubts that he will live out the two years of his term, lobbed back a benediction. Said he: "Russell will vote for what he thinks is right, regardless of what I say-I have already tried him-or what you say or what any pressure group says. He is an improvement on his uncle and also his father, Huey P. Long. He is better educated and respects the other man's opinions more...
...election eve in Louisiana, it seemed all wrong. "I've never seen another campaign this quiet," said Veteran Watcher John Gentilich, who runs the Marble Hall Bar & Restaurant across from New Orleans' city hall. As Uncle Earl had said, Russell was better educated and respected the other man's opinion. Maybe that was what took...
...House of Commons, Tory Earl Winterton asked Prime Minister Clement Attlee if he thought that the government should not try to impress the British public with the fact that ". . . an American force, greatly outnumbered and outgunned, fighting with the accustomed gallantry of the American and British armies in such a situation ... is the only effective opposition to Communist aggression in Korea at present...