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...extremely interested in reading the letter addressed to you by H. W. Claybaugh of Little Rock, Ark. [TIME, May 12]. He cites the Preamble to the Constitution. Then he asks and answers the questions: "How many of these objectives are the Communists helping us to secure? Are they helping us form a more perfect union?" Mr. Claybaugh answers both in the negative...
...away on one scientific venture or another, attended one recently that was difficult to separate from its unscientific trappings: Howard Hughes' demonstration of Trans World Airline's new "terrain avoidance" radar (TIME, May 12). It was a junket complete with movie starlets, sirens (the shrilling, not the rock-sitting variety), motorcycle cops, a "Miss Arizona Aviation," parties, and all the familiar Hollywood accessories. During the actual demonstration Leonard was not surprised to find himself seated next to Gossip Columnist Hedda Hopper, who, he reports, "didn't turn a hair during all this mountain-leaping...
With that kind of support A.T. & T.'s assistant vice president and chief negotiator, George S. Dring, had been able to stand rock-solid until the strike began to crumble. The first chunk had broken off when two Chicago affiliates kicked over the traces and returned for a $4-a-week raise. Then four independent New York unions settled for the same figure and went back through N.F.T.W. picket lines. When N.F.T.W. President Joe Beirne conceded the end of his hopes for an industry-wide settlement and disbanded his National Policy Committee, the 30-day walkout collapsed with...
...York's Mayor O'Dwyer was quoted as saying grimly that if it ever reached his city, the rock would be dumped into the East River. Said his secretary, more softly: "They can send anything they please. But if it blocks traffic, someone is going to get a lot of tickets...
...first, U.N. officials could not even remember who had suggested the rock in the first place. One functionary recalled that the name of the sponsoring organization had contained the word "Friendship." Another remembered distinctly that it had something to do with Massachusetts schoolchildren. Finally the truth emerged: the rock was to be donated to U.N. by the World Friendship Council (an organization devoted to amity of moppets everywhere). The Council in turn got the rock from Charles Henry Davis, a Cape Cod millionaire and idea man, last heard of when he proposed that an 80-ft. statue of Winston Churchill...