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Said William Mitchell: "It has become increasingly apparent that some members of the committee have a different view than that entertained by counsel, either as to the scope of the inquiry or as to what is pertinent evidence. . . . There remain at least 60 witnesses to be examined. . . . At the rate of progress during the past month, it seems certain that several more months of hearings will be required...
...once snorted at the very thought of getting together with labor on a labor-management charter (TIME, April 9), now took a more sympathetic view of President Truman's suggestion for fact-finding boards in strikes. He approved the plan in general, but whittled down its scope by restricting it to disputes "vitally affecting public health and safety," separate boards for each case...
...Lost Signal. Some of the other questions about the sinking of the Indianapolis are beyond the scope of the present court, may be answered later. It is known that her estimated arrival time at Leyte was sent out by radio from Guam. But was it ever received at Leyte, and if so, by whom? Were Leyte port authorities negligent in not reporting her overdue? Were there defects in the air searches (flown from three nearby bases) which failed to detect the cruiser's giant oil slick for three days after she sank...
...documents were read slowly, so that the translators could keep pace. The accused dropped their initial air of boredom, strained to hear every word. As the relatively "innocent" and "detached" ones, such as Schacht, were drawn into the story, the defendants began to understand the scope of the case...
...ounce bundle of six thousand such trips, called "Chaff" by the American, dropped from a plane and scattered in the air, gives an echo resembling that of three bombers on a radar scope. Large numbers of these small bundles scattered through the sky can effectively screen whole formations of bombers from enemy radar; similarly, the "Chaff" dropped by one plane can present the illusion of a mass raid where there is no raid...