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...Senator McCarthy, there's the old wheeze about letting sleeping dogs lie. Any hint of co-existing with Russia could be neatly scotched by saying that such a move would be lying down together like dogs. Or, in reflecting on the thankless job of those who are trying to rid the government of 20 years of treason, he could say that his is a dog's life. While the canine cliche has a good, true ring to us, there is a small minority which thinks that Secretary Wilson is barking up the wrong tree. They could be right...
Humphrey's advice was seconded by witty, urbane Eugenio Gudin, Finance Minister of Brazil, who is now hoping to relax some of the tight restrictions against outside investors imposed by the late President Vargas. Gudin said underdeveloped countries must rid themselves of "three plagues . . . expropriation of foreign property without payment . . . inflation [and] nationalism." But he also had some advice for Humphrey and the U.S.: give the U.S. businessman an income-tax break on foreign investments. (At present, foreign profits are taxed twice−in the country in which they are made, and in the U.S.) Concluded Gudin: "After...
...pressure suit, plus helmet and gloves, the pilot must wear protection against cold and immersion (he might have to bail out over the ocean). This means a quilted "liner," much like the Chinese army's winter gear (gadgeteers are trying to save weight and bulk by getting rid of the quilting), with a waterproof suit worn over everything...
Loaded down with strong opinions after his fleeting (18-day) guided tour of Communist China, ex-Prime Minister Clement Attlee came back home last week and promptly let the strongest of them fall on the public ear. "The sooner we get rid of Chiang Kai-shek and his troops, the better it will be," said the 71-year-old Labor Party chieftain, who hopes soon again to govern Britain...
Attlee neglected to add just how he would get rid of Chiang's 500,000 troops -unless Red China's armies do the job for him. "He could hardly have said more," wrote the Daily Telegraph, "without actually inviting the Communists to attack [Formosa]." Snapped the London Daily Sketch: "Attlee has dropped a brick that might do as much damage as the hydrogen bomb...