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...himself. The president of the A.F.L. International Association of Fire Fighters sent him a telegram from Washington asking him to resign as the International's vice president. Crane with consummate audacity replied: "It is indeed unfortunate . . . that you see fit to indulge in petty politics . . ." He was suspended forthwith. But the New York local of the union seemed perfectly content to keep him on as its president...
...proletarians acclaimed his action and thundered for more. The bank-clerks' union swore never to cash another La Prensa, check, the petroleum-workers' union never to fuel another La Prensa truck. Eva Peron's General Confederation of Labor proclaimed the Peronista program : expropriate La Prensa forthwith...
...days' imprisonment. Protesting, they were led into the office of Federal Police Chief Arturo Bertollo. Smilingly he offered two choices: appeal the verdict, meanwhile staying in jail, or sign a paper on his desk and receive in return a presidential pardon, which he was empowered to issue forthwith. The paper was a statement acknowledging the accusation but not their guilt. Shea and McCombe signed. Then, with Juan Peron's "pardon," they walked out into the daylight of Buenos Aires...
...Bible wavered and fell to the flc -. Forthwith, Beatrice confessed and, after a search, revealed the missing $200 in her house, was hustled into jail...
...trustees of L.I.U. disagreed. They ordered big-time basketball abandoned forthwith. Furthermore, since basketball has been paying much of the tab for other sports at L.I.U., the trustees ruled that the school would henceforth stick strictly to intramural sports...