Abstract

Editorials

The article presents news on various issues related to politics in the U.S. and abroad. One of them focuses on Governor Edward Martin Duff's successful drive for the Senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania. It means that Senator Francis J. Myers, a consistent liberal and the Democrats' whip in the upper chamber, is going to have a hard time of it in November. The conclusion to be drawn from these contests is that the overwhelming majority of the Republicans in two widely separated parts of the country feel that their party cannot hope to win with the vapid policies and tactics laid down for them by their national chairman. What Secretary Dean Acheson brought home from London is impressive and visible: a definite agreement to coordinate and push ahead the military and economic preparations for war, in return for an implied if not explicit promise of continued financial help from the U.S. Undoubtedly the Western ranks have closed at least on paper and as far as the governments are concerned. Peace was on the agenda as a word, perhaps as a hope, but no indication appeared in any communique that it played a role in the discussions or decisions of the Western leaders.