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...Democratic Senator Richard Russell, argued with details of the program, but most opposition was based on politics. The opponents thought that most farmers would fear loss in the short run-because some support prices would be reduced-and would not be impressed by the plan's long-run virtues...
...banks are switching to the educational plan since it gives the trainee a thorough grounding in all aspects of the banking business and helps find the trainee's interests and capabilities in order to determine a permanent assignment which will be best from the point of view of his long-run development into an executive of the bank...
...today sees the Middle East (as it sees almost all international problems) largely as part of the struggle with world Communism; Middle East weakness creates a dangerous power vacuum that cannot be filled simply by building British and American military bases. Strategy against the Soviet Union and long-run commercial policy, in the U.S. view, both call for the political and economic strengthening of this area, even if the immediate effect is the loss of some commercial advantages. Iran was almost lost while British and Americans fought each other and Communist power grew...
...long-run melodrama When Did You Stop Beating Anti-Communists? (Senator Joseph McCarthy, producer, director and star) introduced a new performer last week. He was Reed Harris, 43, deputy administrator of the International Information Administration, which includes the Voice of America. Witness Harris showed a bureaucrat's tendency to engage in long-winded arguments with his pursuers; nevertheless, when the curtain fell, he was still ahead of the bloodhounds...
...year securities, 2½% for the longer-term bonds, v. 1⅞% for the maturing issue). But actually the new rates are in line with or better than the current market in U.S. bonds. Furthermore, Secretary Humphrey and his chief fiscal adviser, Randolph Burgess, think that the long-run advantages to the Government will far outweigh the higher carrying costs...