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A Senate Committee next spring will try to find out how many news writers and commentators are paid “consultants” to the CIA —and who they are. . . . The Senate probe into TV rating services (very much wanted by the big advertisers) has been put off until next year. It was scheduled to start right after the election. … In the works for the next Congress: legislation to bar U.S. purchase of gold from any country which trades in that metal with Communist “slave labor” countries.

A California Labor Group — the Contra Costa Central Labor Council—has “suggested” to its 160,000 members that they boycott General Electric products because GE has come out openly for the “right-to-work” proposition. . . . The Communist Worker is making a big production of labor demands for a shorter work week, recommending a six hour day. . . . The Republicans probably regret the fact that—according to an unofficial poll—only one-tenth of one per cent of government employees owe their jobs directly to the GOP. . . . Five days before the elections, the professional odds on the New York gubernatorial contest were almost even, with Harriman given a 6-5 edge over Rockefeller.

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