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...appointment of Political Diplomat Seaton (see box) to the politically hot Interior post was as shrewd as it was surprising. Ever since 1953, some Democratic politicians have been shouting against the "giveaway" policies of the Eisenhower Administration's Department of the Interior, chiefly because the department has emphasized private and local, rather than federal development of natural resources. After Secretary Douglas McKay resigned in mid-April to run against Oregon's Democratic Senator Wayne Morse, it was clear that some U.S. Senate Democrats, e.g., Oregon's Richard Neuberger, would fight confirmation of McKay's Under Secretary...
Ragged but shrewd, scattered but organized, the rebel army was striking the most telling blows of the bitter, 19-month war. For Algeria's 9,000,000 acres of grain are vital for France as well as Algeria (Algeria is France's No.1 customer). Last week 300,000 French troops were trying desperately to protect Algerian farmers getting in the harvest...
...rash of righteous confessions. Only U.C.L.A.'s handsome halfback, Ronnie Knox, seemed certain to beat the rap. After ordering Ronnie to quit California for U.C.L.A. two years ago, stepfather Harvey Knox had blown the whistle on Cal's illegal recruiting tricks. And he had been too shrewd to get Ronnie involved in similar shenanigans at U.C.L.A. "We get only the 75 skins [a month] the P.C.C. allows," announced Harvey. "And we can prove...
...Kefauver has his own kind of advantage. In his corner are Miami Lawyer Henry Sinclair, a shrewd but small-bore politician, and a crew of enthusiastic amateurs who have already stolen at least one march on Adlai's pros: they organized Dade County (Miami) down to the block-captain level while the Stevensonites marked time. In a close race Dade County, which casts more than 20% of Florida's vote (and which Kefauver carried nicely against Georgia's Senator Richard Russell in 1952), could make the difference...
...cluttered slums, laboring for long hours each day in the city's markets, shops and factories, Thailand's young Chinese are eager for learning and enlightenment. They band together in hundreds of small groups to discuss art, literature, music and the world of ideas. Many a shrewd Communist has been able to plant his ideas in fertile soil. With the battle all but lost in this vital salient, Thailand's Chinese anti-Communists last month sent a call for help to Formosa. Their answer came in the form of a fat, jovial, 43-year-old music teacher...