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Evidence Enough. In addition to his other abilities, Novikov is a diplomat. Some of his best men, whom he could have used in executive capacities at home, he sent to Washington to maintain a polite but steady pressure for an evergrowing supply of Lend-Lease planes to Russia. The U.S. terminus at Great Falls, Mont., from which aircraft are flown to Russia by the Alaska-Siberia route, is now sending off equipment at the rate of many thousand planes a year. Guesses at current Soviet production are usually in the range of 30,000 planes a year. These figures...
Rich, benevolent Sir Sayed had a reputation as an apostle of Allah to maintain. Although his fighting father had killed General ("Chinese") Gordon, King George V had forgiven and knighted the son. Now Sir Sayed determined to break the market, enable his followers to obey the Prophet's injunction: marry and beget sons...
...Vatican was interested. A pontifical commission for the improvement of Soviet-Vatican relationships showed new activity. For its part, Moscow set up a Council on Affairs of Religious Bodies. Its job: to maintain contact between the Soviet Government and various religious groups, including the Roman Catholics...
...Congress has directed WFA to support floor prices. If the agency quit, egg prices would sag to 15 or 20 cents, putting many a hennery out of business. Then, during the normal winter slump, prices might rocket to $1.50 or $2. WFA's job is to maintain the farmer's basic average price of 30?. To do this it had to buy up 5,000,000 cases of eggs between January and June of this year, as against a mere 31,000 cases for the same period...
...Labor Board, created by the President and reluctantly backed by Congress, has operated continuously in a shadow of doubt: were its rulings final, or of dubious legality? Last week WLB won a somewhat frightening legal victory, but one which will maintain its unquestioned authority-at least until the Supreme Court settles the question. Its victory: WLB's sweeping directives to labor and management are not subject to court review...