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...stodgy government of Premier Emmanuel Tsouderos, onetime rich Athenian banker, was still in ferment. In an effort to placate the liberal element formerly represented by Kanellopoulos alone, four old ministers had been replaced by four new ones. Greek Army Fascists had been tossed out of the high command of Free Greek battalions in Egypt and Syria. The Government has promised to resign when Greece is liberated, and weak-willed King George has likewise promised to "conform to the will of the people...
...obstructed the radical element" in the New Jersey school system...
...whole new family of plastics is based on the element silicon, rather than the element carbon which provides the chemical skeleton for the majority. These "silicones" are the result of research by Corning Glass Works (glass might be called a silicon plastic) and engineering by Dow Chemical Co. First uses, undoubtedly military, have not been disclosed. The silicones, solid or liquid, have one extraordinary property: an ability to stand extreme temperatures characteristic of their silicon parentage...
...Element of Frankness. Most people wanted to know whether the Ambassador had been instructed to say his piece. Said Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, "Whatever was said in this reported press conference was said without prior consultation with or reference to this Government." In effect: pipe down, Admiral Standley...
...President saved himself some talking (and caused some) by canceling his press conference the day after the Standley remarks were published. When he was questioned later about the "element of frankness in the character of our admirals," the President replied evasively that sometimes they were too frank, sometimes not frank enough. Mr. Roosevelt certainly knew how Admiral Standley felt on the subject. When the Ambassador visited Washington last October, he had been perturbed by the reticence of the Russians, particularly on military matters...