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After a one-term warm-up of informal activity, the Society for Industrial Democracy set up shop on a regular basis Tuesday night, with final approval of a constitution and the election of Thomas R. Brooks '50 as president.
After an evening of warm-up speeches, they went into closed session in the Willard Hotel's Congressional Room. When they emerged they had a name (Americans for Democratic Action), a bankroll ($9,-300), and a 25-man organizing committee, loaded with headline names: labor leaders Walter Reuther and...
The contrast to grim, nervous, precise, self-conscious U.S. broadcasts was amazing-and somehow delightful. From the relaxed, indifferent air of audience and performers, it seemed as if a broadcast warm-up was in progress. But the Music Hall was on the air-an hour and a half of singing...
After two dozen secret nominating sessions, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) finally agreed on a man for the top job. Their choice: Dr. Julian Sorell Huxley, 59, lean, wiry and brilliant British biologist who ran UNESCO in its warm-up stages.
2) A contract for the first U.S. appearance of Eva Prchlikova, a sensational young Czech soprano. An Army captain in Frankfurt who had heard her sing told Krueger about her, arranged a quick audition in an empty Army mess hall. She sang for two hours, scorned warm-up and launched...