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...biggest propaganda machine that Communists and other subversives use is the printing press. In the White House last week was an unheralded bill requiring subversives to register with the Attorney General all printing equipment (presses, duplicating and photo-offset machines, etc.). Sponsored by Idaho Republican Senator Herman Welker, the bill passed both houses without debate or opposition, is intended "to bring these [printing] operations into the open to permit proper surveillance...
...former victim of IFD (Idealization-Frustration-Demoralization) and a former student of Semanticist S. I. Hayakawa, allow me to offer a ... realistic bravo for your article [July 12] expressing his thoughts on popular song lyrics ... It may help offset the frustration and demoralization that are so prevalent these days due to our willingness to rear another generation on word symbolism...
Since January, the executive branch had spent $3.3 billion less than Congress had appropriated. The biggest savings were in outlays for defense and mutual security. The Defense Department alone reduced military spending by $1.4 billion; mutual-aid spending was down $680 million. All told, to offset tax and revenue cuts and still surpass the President's goal, the Administration had to stay $10 billion below the Truman estimates...
Most industrialists diversify to 1) hedge against recession, 2) even out seasonal ups and downs, 3) give a company room to grow, 4) make up for the cyclical swings of a market. For example, to offset the big fluctuations in basic steel production (now down 30% when all industry is down only 10%), Republic Steel diversified into such things as steel kitchen cabinets and chain...
...offset this get-together, Red satellite Albania last week entertained Russia's Admiral Sergei Gorshkov, who guided his 12,000-ton cruiser Maximov and two destroyers through the Dardanelles and up the Adriatic, in full sight of Tito's ship...