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Into Washington one day last week flew Lieut. General Albert C. Wedemeyer, a part-time diplomat, back from his fact-finding foray to China. He wore a diplomat's dark, double-breasted suit and a forbiddingly noncommunicative air. His pack of reports and recommendations was rushed to the State Department, where it was promptly labeled top secret...
Idaho City, Idaho (pop. 273) is only a ghost of a town, but its leading citizens still pack a punch. Editor John Colley, who publishes the weekly Idaho Mountaineer and pitches for the town's oft-beaten baseball team, criticized some of the fielders editorially for not playing hard enough. Last week Editor Colley's paper carried a front-page box: "This issue is a day late. The editor has two shiners. Caustic journalism doesn...
...activities in Greece. Said one high-ranking U.S. Army officer: "Markos would probably be willing to settle for the Ministries of the Interior, Justice, War and Communications. But if we fall for that dodge after watching how it's worked here in the Balkans, we might as well pack up our aid program right now. It doesn't take long for that Communist foot in the door to start kicking everyone else...
...Pack. The pursuit of political power in a democracy raises curious ethical problems. Although Flynn boasts again & again that his Bronx machine does not buy votes, he tells with disarming candor how he once adapted himself to the prevailing standard of another community...
Clearly, Flynn regards as immoral this candidate who pocketed money intended to bribe voters. The candidate sinned against organizational "loyalty." This preoccupation with the law of the pack, and a resultant spinning of endless judgments on "right" and "wrong" deals, wraps the practical politician in unreality...