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...Rainy Day Refrain (Mindy Carson; Victor). A cute and cozy little seasonal number, sung with lazy appeal; one the trade picks to catch...
...presidency, the Security Council acted on three resolutions during the week. Warren Austin argued that the shooting in the Yellow Sea made it more urgent than ever to adopt the U.S. resolution condemning North Korea for its "continued defiance" of U.N. and calling on "all states to refrain from assisting or encouraging the North Korean authorities and to refrain from action which might lead to the spread of the Korean conflict...
...Congress gave him the taxes and limited powers he had requested, Truman insisted, inflation could be avoided without all-out controls. He declared that "serious shortages of consumer goods will not develop unless they are created artificially." He urged buyers to "refrain from hoarding or avarice," urged producers to practice "restrained pricing," asked labor to avoid "wage demands of a character which might lead to another inflationary spiral...
Vice President Barkley had to order the packed galleries to refrain from demonstrations. Connally hoped sarcastically that the order did not apply to Senator Millikin-"because his physical exertions here are so attractive as to obliterate completely his intellectual achievements." Connally took one last swing at his opposition. The Republicans were trying to kill the whole foreign-aid bill by making an issue of Point Four, he cried. Taft's arguments were an example of statesmanship "with a little 's.' " As for Donnell, Connally scoffed, he would not be against Point Four after November. "As soon...
...hoped for is a walled-off truce, but even this will be impossible, he points out, unless "the military strength of the Western nations [is maintained] at a level so great that Russia will not be willing to attack us ... I do not believe we can afford to refrain from accelerating our arms program beyond the present year. Even a delay of this length of time may be unwise...