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...Japan four Mustangs flew up to provide a fighter umbrella for,the general's plane. Overruling his subordinates, who wanted to land him ia safety at Korea's far southern port of Pusan, MacArthur insisted on heading for Suwon airstrip, 20 miles south of Seoul and a target of persistent North Korean bombing and strafing attacks. Over Korea, a Russian-built Yak tried to slip through the Mustangs to get at the Bataan. As a Mustang closed in on the Yak, MacArthur said hopefully, "We'll get him cold." But the Bataan's pilot, Major Anthony...
...security, extension of the draft and MAP, the omnibus $29 billion appropriation bill, a bill cutting excise taxes, and a final attempt to pass FEPC. Said Ohio's Robert A. Taft with a grin: "Our part of the deal would be to keep the boys from talking." Adjournment target: August...
...Bigger Target. To make up for the drain of the cold war, and provide for growing numbers of retired workers, C.E.D. thought that the U.S. would have to step up production in the future. The Government could make some major contributions to higher productivity, mainly through tax reforms, such as a quicker write-off of new machinery, and adjustment of taxes which now discourage investors...
With improvements in recoilless weapons, the bazooka, the shaped charge and "the more recent developments with regard to guided missiles and rockets, target-seeking equipment and the possibilities of tactical use of atomic weapons," said Pace, "it may well be that tank warfare as we have known it will soon be obsolete...
...cocktail party in Washington last week, Joe McCarthy, the only Senator present, got the brushoff, sat moodily in the corner by himself. But when he went home to Wisconsin he got many a cheer from people who approved his target so much that they didn't criticize his aim. At Wisconsin's Republican convention, 2,500 delegates applauded long & loudly his keynote speech on Communists in Government. Then they whooped through a resolution to "heartily commend and encourage" McCarthy's efforts. Only one man got up to object. Lawyer Perry J. Stearns, a candidate for the Senate...