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Though Churchill was the target, the words hit all the West. Stalin knew that the Churchill speech, even though it was far too strong for many, would crystallize confused public opinion in the democracies...
Last week the coalition in the Senate took its turn at shredding an Administration measure. The target: the so-called 65? Minimum Wage Bill, for which there is little love in Dixie. Southerners scrambled to load it down with riders the Administration could never accept. Examples: depowering of the OPA, curbs on labor unions, 20% increases in farm commodity prices. The strategy was clear: burden the bill with amendments and make the Administration compromise on a lower minimum wage figure...
...Mexico, last week, crack crews in green-marked B-29s competed for the honor of dropping the fourth atomic bomb. Their target runs were secret, lest sharp-eyed newsmen guess too much. Not so secret was the test flight of an ancient, radio-controlled B17. Guided by radio impulses from a jeep, the creaking, beaten-up bomber struggled into the air. Then a "mother plane" took its controls by radio, circled it round the field. Riding with its two hands-off pilots were two volunteers: a male and a female correspondent. The landing was rough, close to a crackup...
...above it, to drop instruments in parachutes. The "mother planes" will hover at a fairly safe distance, ready to shepherd their crewless "drones" into the radioactive cloud. At Zero minus 15 seconds, another ring of B-29s, each carrying at least 25 cameras, will turn and head for the target...
Since Danny Kaye's comic talent has begun to be taken seriously, he has been made the target of some surprising statements and offers. Pianist Artur Rubinstein said: "I feel most often about him what everyone else felt about Chaplin...