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...knowledge drew divided reaction. Ignore it, said some. Counter it, suggested others, by delivering a frontal assault on the economy-harried Congress. Eventually Ike decided to move midway between suggestions, deliver a three-pronged plea: to the people by television, to the leaders of Congress in person, to a segment of his own disoriented party by telephone...
Philip J. McNiff, Associate Librarian for Resources and Acquisitions, said that the Beal collection would "help round out an important segment of the theater collection...
...interests. Even though the NSA does not maintain a Washington lobby, it does have considerable influence on national legislation. For example, in the past few years, the NSA has been instrumental in keeping appropriations for Fulbright scholarships at a high level. The NSA, while it represents a generally voteless segment of the population, has repeatedly requested increased tax deduction for students, and the institution of a federal scholarship program. Equality of opportunity for students of all races in American universities has constituted another successful NSA campaign. Through membership on the American Council of Education and the National Education Association...
...hostility existent in a large segment of the middle class American public towards labor unions has been heightened recently by the expose of graft in Dave Beck's Teamsters Union, and this is apparently only the beginning of a series of investigations of reported criminal activities in other unions. Corruption in the unions, as well as suspicion of Communist infiltration of union leadership, give the many supporters of management's position tangible weapons to utilize in the struggle to protect their own economic desires...
...airman thinks that the Air Force will let a big segment of the vital U.S. aircraft-engine industry wither away. But the immediate future looks thin. Said one Pentagon policymaker last week: "I would like to see a more even distribution. But for all these jet-engine people, it is just too bad that Pratt & Whitney is so uniformly good...