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...actions of these people suggest a positive action we could all take to rid this wonderful country of filthy Communism. Each loyal citizen joins together with about ten of his loyal friends to form a Committee of Confidence. Each Committee of Confidence assumes itself innocent of any anti-American sentiments and makes all other committees prove they are not Red tainted...
...friends, who also hate Republicans, and I are oiling up our mimeograph. If 20 telegrams can get rid of Jean Muir, we can promise that six months from now our televisions will be darkened only by Democrats, and Democrats of the right race, color and religion. We hate lots of people besides Republicans. Some actors may deny our charges, but that won't help them. We don't have to prove anything. All we have to do is write letters and telegrams and make telephone calls to sponsors...
...sued Boeing Airplane Co. for $24.7 million over the planes. The charges: Boeing had delivered the Stratocruisers 2½ years late (costing Northwest $17.2 million in traffic revenue and extra expenses), and the planes had so many bugs that Northwest had to spend more than $6,000,000 getting rid of them...
...Cleveland Press (circ. 293,690), Ohio's biggest daily newspaper, agreed with the court. Said the Press: "Freedom of the press is too important a bulwark of our way of life to be dragged in as an alibi for trying to get rid of a competitor . . . Freedom of the press, is ... not an excuse for selfish or arrogant behavior...
Baudouin was about to take the oath of allegiance to the constitution when a piercing cry rang through the hall: "Vive la République!" The cry had been voiced by Julien Lahaut, white-maned president of the Belgian Communist Party. His shocked fellow deputies (who wanted to get rid of Leopold, not of the monarchy) broke into hurried applause for Baudouin. The prince blushed furiously, his eyes downcast. Finally order was restored and Baudouin managed to say: "I swear to observe the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people...