Two events of deepest portent reverberated in the news. One was the still undigested fact of Russia's atomic bomb. The other was the shutdown in coal and steel, foundations of the nation's industry and its economic wellbeing. But the U.S., which had often been accused of reacting too violently to disturbing news, seemed to be accepting both events with almost studied indifference.
Washington was as calm and unhurried as if neither had happened. The White House had announced its intention of letting labor and management sweat it out; few Congressmen even raised...
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