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Silverman emphasized the fact that the U.N. Council is "a non-partisan organization" but added that Menshikov's appearance would be "beneficial" to the student body. "The Harvard community will have an opportunity to hear and question the Soviet ambassador first-hand...
...years, dour, cigar-raddling William Langer made life miserable for North Dakota's regular Republican organization, caterwauling his way to victory as a member of a theoretically Republican faction known as the Non-Partisan League, and voting anti-Republican every chance he got. But in 1956 the Non-Partisan League split up, part of it going over to the Democratic Party, the other part joining the regular Republicans. In that breakup, the Republicans got saddled with U.S. Senator Bill Langer. And having got him, last week they tried to get rid of him: the state G.O.P. convention voted...
...representative was arranged by the Arab Students Association. The staff of the Worlds Affairs Council made tentative arrangements to hold a press-luncheon for him. This arrangement was vetoed by the Council's Executive Committee at the first opportunity without much ado, questioning why the Council, a non-partisan, educational organization should provide such a platform. It was questioned why the Harvard UN Council, one of the sponsors of Mr. Chanderli's trip, should not hold a press meeting instead. A membership meeting was suggested instead, in the form of a debate for those interested in educating themselves...
...free world--was rapidly attacked as too far-fetched for the 85th, but it is unlike Senator Johnson to go out on a limb for anything he does not deeply believe is essential. His eloquence in communicating his concern has already muted some critics and given the rest some non-partisan second thoughts...
Costly Flop. As "nonprofit, non-partisan and nonpolitical" C.E.D. sees it, the basic farm-policy difficulty is that too many people in the U.S. are trying to make a living at farming. Farm productivity has soared so fast over the past two decades that despite a steep drop in the number of farmers, food and fiber production has kept outrunning demand. Since demand is not big enough to support all U.S. farmers at free-market prices, the Government has tried to prop up farm income with price supports. But the price-support approach has been a costly, ineffectual flop (TIME...