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CUI Bono? Dept. : Chou En-lai told Henry Kissinger that although he doesn’t smoke himself, he encourages the habit because “it brings the government income.” . . . And looking back on JFK, Newsweek’s Richard Boeth remarks, “It is arguable whether the Peace Corps did that much good for the natives of Ghana or Paraguay, but it undoubtedly did beautiful things for the Peace Corpsmen themselves.”

The House leadership opted for a ten-day Thanksgiving recess despite the urging by a group of younger Republican congressmen that, given the press of business, they should stay in session through Thanksgiving Wednesday. To Democratic Representative Fortney Stark (Calif.) the motives of the young Republicans were perfectly clear. “If we were Republicans, we wouldn’t want to go home either.”

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CUI Bono? Dept. : Chou En-lai told Henry Kissinger that although he doesn’t smoke himself, he encourages the habit because “it brings the government income.” . . . And looking back on JFK, Newsweek’s Richard Boeth remarks, “It is arguable whether the Peace Corps did that much good for the natives of Ghana or Paraguay, but it undoubtedly did beautiful things for the Peace Corpsmen themselves.”

The House leadership opted for a ten-day Thanksgiving recess despite the urging by a group of younger Republican congressmen that, given the press of business, they should stay in session through Thanksgiving Wednesday. To Democratic Representative Fortney Stark (Calif.) the motives of the young Republicans were perfectly clear. “If we were Republicans, we wouldn’t want to go home either.”