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...Target for the Un-American Activities Committee yesterday was Henry A. Wallace when Walter S. Steele, official of the American Coalition of Patriotic, Civic, and Fraternal Societies, testified that Communists are pushing for a third major political party, to be headed by the former Vice-President...
...explanation is easy: derring-do, however fabricated the target, titilates the public. To devote President Truman's projected 25 millions, and staff of bright people, to promoting the economic solidity and self-assurance that make Communism look silly to workers, would be a much too unsensational...
Pulses pounded; we approached our target...
...convicts, brought in for questioning, told another story. Willie ("Peewee") Bell said that he had been the chief target of Warden Worthy's rage. When the warden told him to step out of the group, Peewee said, he knew what was coming. He remembered his own words to Worthy: "Boss, I ain't gonna come out because if I come out I'll come out dead." Again & again Worthy yelled at him. Then it happened. Peewee dropped with a -38-cal. slug in his leg, which saved his life as the guards' pump guns poured buckshot...
...Target: Consumers. Another major rise was prompted by cotton prospects. Although this year's cotton acreage was 17.6% higher than last year's, estimated yield was nearly 2,000,000 bales below last spring's estimated needs. As monthly cotton consumption has been dropping-and as there was a carryover of 3,000,000 bales-there was no tight shortage ahead. But cotton buyers also preferred to pay more to be sure they had all they needed. By week's end, the price of July futures rose 2½? to 39.49? a pound, the highest...