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“I will vote Communist in December,” announced Jean-Paul Sartre after the failure of centrist and leftist groups to field a single candidate against de Gaulle. Sartre says any future grouping of the Left in France must include the CP and, indeed, be based on it. . . . Joining the literary peaceniks: author Graham Greene, urging the U.S. to negotiate a settlement in Vietnam with the Vietcong. . . . As-we-live-and-breathe- note : Bertrand Russell, back from a trip to Mozambique, reported that stories about political prisoners in Mozambique are unfounded, that Zanzibar is the Communist nerve center in Africa and that an anti-Communist bloc should be organized to counter Red tactics in Africa.

Behind the polite resignation of Carl Rowan as head of USIA, a bitter intraagency fight. . . . Since Rowan’s application to Washington’s exclusive Cosmos Club was turned down a couple of years ago, five other Negroes have quietly been admitted to membership. . . . Not able to get back into Cosmos though: Howard K. Smith and Raymond Swing (of Voice of America) who resigned in protest at time of Rowan incident. . . . Being formed in NY, the Governor ’ s Club (only rich and Liberal Republicans need apply). For annual dues of $50, members will be able to get into “personal communication [with] Governor Rockefeller and other important Republican leaders throughout the state.” . . . Elected as a trustee of Americans for Constitutional Action: John Wayne. . . . If the President is really all that concerned about the consensus why doesn’t he put the question of repeal of Sect. 14(b) to the people? asks the American Conservative Union. The ACU points out that two major polls (Harris and Gallup) show over 60 per cent of the people for right-to-work. Opinion Research makes sentiment 2 to 1 in favor.

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“I will vote Communist in December,” announced Jean-Paul Sartre after the failure of centrist and leftist groups to field a single candidate against de Gaulle. Sartre says any future grouping of the Left in France must include the CP and, indeed, be based on it. . . . Joining the literary peaceniks: author Graham Greene, urging the U.S. to negotiate a settlement in Vietnam with the Vietcong. . . . As-we-live-and-breathe- note : Bertrand Russell, back from a trip to Mozambique, reported that stories about political prisoners in Mozambique are unfounded, that Zanzibar is the Communist nerve center in Africa and that an anti-Communist bloc should be organized to counter Red tactics in Africa.

Behind the polite resignation of Carl Rowan as head of USIA, a bitter intraagency fight. . . . Since Rowan’s application to Washington’s exclusive Cosmos Club was turned down a couple of years ago, five other Negroes have quietly been admitted to membership. . . . Not able to get back into Cosmos though: Howard K. Smith and Raymond Swing (of Voice of America) who resigned in protest at time of Rowan incident. . . . Being formed in NY, the Governor ’ s Club (only rich and Liberal Republicans need apply). For annual dues of $50, members will be able to get into “personal communication [with] Governor Rockefeller and other important Republican leaders throughout the state.” . . . Elected as a trustee of Americans for Constitutional Action: John Wayne. . . . If the President is really all that concerned about the consensus why doesn’t he put the question of repeal of Sect. 14(b) to the people? asks the American Conservative Union. The ACU points out that two major polls (Harris and Gallup) show over 60 per cent of the people for right-to-work. Opinion Research makes sentiment 2 to 1 in favor.