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On His Own

What with Dean Acheson and George Kennan at each other’s throats, what with the Reporter saying that Eisenhower is a great leader after all and the Nation and the New Republic writing him off as hopeless, what with the Liberal propaganda machine at loose ends as to what position to adopt about anything except catching up with the Russians and more foreign aid—what with all that, the American correspondent of the London Economist suddenly finds himself in a situation where his task (relaying the Liberal line) is not cut out for him. In this week’s “American Survey” all he is able to come up with, in consequence, is the following:

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Willmoore Kendall

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On His Own

What with Dean Acheson and George Kennan at each other’s throats, what with the Reporter saying that Eisenhower is a great leader after all and the Nation and the New Republic writing him off as hopeless, what with the Liberal propaganda machine at loose ends as to what position to adopt about anything except catching up with the Russians and more foreign aid—what with all that, the American correspondent of the London Economist suddenly finds himself in a situation where his task (relaying the Liberal line) is not cut out for him. In this week’s “American Survey” all he is able to come up with, in consequence, is the following: