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...positions in a major production drive, was determined to reach for power before it was too late. Labor's bosses-A.F.L., C.I.O. and railway unions, gathered under a jerry-built roof called the United Labor Policy Committee-had picked the wage board as the arena for the showdown fight...
...aggressor in Korea. "The vote,"wrote Lippmann, "is in fact a serious defeat for this country on the main issue. The issue was Asia . . . We see [by the vote] that we have . . . no important supporters in Asia ... It would have been a great deal smarter . . . not to force a showdown...
...resolution approving the Brussels agreement for a North Atlantic army. Contribute American divisions to it on a proportionate basisabout one for every 3½ European divisions. (If the Administration did not seek congressional approval in a few days, said Douglas, he would bring the issue to a showdown vote himself.) ¶ Press for U.N. condemnation of China as an aggressor. ¶ Begin a naval blockade of the Chinese coast. ¶ "Make no deal in Korea in order to get out . . . If we leave, let it be an honorable withdrawal under gunfire because of overwhelming odds...
There is no reason for sacrificing any more troops in Korea. If it is being done to save someone's face, we in Korea have news for them: we are interested in saving something, too-and it's not pur face. The great showdown is approaching . . . Are we going to sleep right up to the minute the opening gun is fired...
...showdown this week, Bennie lost his gloom as Michigan lived up to Big Ten tradition, beat California...