The sedition trial of John and Sylvania Powell and Julian Schuman is a step closer but still uncertain. (The three are accused of publishing Communist germ warfare charges against the U.S. in their Shanghai magazine during the Korean War.) The State Department has now authorized the defense attorney to travel in Red China and North Korea to question witnesses, but the Reds aren’t expected to let him in….The American Civil Liberties Union is up in arms this week over a) Minnesota’s intention of including a cross in the state’s centennial emblem and b) the decision by the Chicago Lake View High School to have Christmas decorations this year.
Construction has started on a 100—foot bell tower in Washington, a $700,000 memorial to the late Senator Robert A. Taft ; the money has been raised by private subscription. …Citizens for Eisenhower are reported to have $200,000 in their war chest and to be looking for more contributions with which to finance Liberal Republican candidates next year.




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