UN officials, furious at Povl Bang-Jensen, the brave Dane who would not reveal the names of Hungarians who testified against the Reds, in their attempt to oust him from his UN job are refusing him rudimentary procedural rights. . . . California Democrats, who all along predicted a victory for Pat Brown in the Democratic primary, are, Brown having duly won, shouting “Upset!” Senator Knowland never expected to win the Democratic primary. He is content to hold back for the big push in September.
With the aid of twenty-four Republican votes, the New York State Assembly has killed a bill which would make a year’s residence in the state a prerequisite for collecting relief. … The Administration is trying to get Congress to lift the ceiling on the number of so-called super-grades in the federal civil service. In 1949, Congress authorized 400 super-grade appointments—• has increased them over the years to 1,400. Now the bureaucracy wants the ceiling lifted entirely.




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