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Wait in Peace. Nobody wanted a fight. North and South postponed a showdown on the "loyalty pledge" issue raised at 1952's national convention, and appointed a committee to study the problem. Grinned Missouri's Senator Thomas C. Hennings Jr., on leaving a peaceful Rules Committee meeting: "We are all against the man-eating shark." Adlai Stevenson, with his gift for the precise phrase, described the party's spirit as "creeping harmony...
...cheers died away, Old Dan Reed was on his feet demanding a showdown. "I'm not surrendering!" he shouted, shaking his fist. "Let's get the vote now and see where you stand. Stand up like men!" The House stood up and cheered honest, stubborn Dan Reed. The Democrats, who appreciated the trouble he had caused the Republicans, cheered the hardest...
...promise of a post-armistice mutual-security pact was worthless. Even Rhee's own generals were reportedly telling him that it would be impossible for Korea to go it alone. And there were increasing signs that the ROK army would remain loyal to the U.N. Command in a showdown. Said one ROK army officer last week: "Of course we are for unification, but we know we cannot achieve it by ourselves. I am afraid our President is being foolish. Where would we be without...
...truce team got set for a double-barreled showdown, and both barrels were loaded. While the Communists mulled over the latest U.N. proposal, South Koreans attacked it (see above). The negotiators could take comfort in one thought: except for the Koreans, all the U.S.'s major allies had okayed the plan...
...people stand for Perón? One answer is that Perón moves in easy stages. After each new encroachment on their rights, the Argentines accept the situation rather than force a showdown which, they fear, would cost them even more of their rights. Recently vandals, protected by Perón's police, burned Buenos Aires' famed old Jockey Club and destroyed priceless art treasures. Some of the club members demanded that the club close down its race track in protest. Cooler heads argued that this might prompt the government to nationalize horse racing. As a result...