News Quiz, Jun. 28, 1954

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refuse a partnership with the Chief Counsel of the Committee.

4. He defined a pixie for Senator McMarthy.

5. His draft status featureed heavily in the conroversy.

6. he tapped Stevens' Phones.

11. The issue between McCarthy and the Executive Branch was finally drawn when Ike flatly refuted the Senator's contention that:

1. Government employees could and should impart classified information to McCarthy.

2. There were still Reds in the State Department.

3. His Committee should see FBI files.

4. He could subpoena loyalty files.

5. Atomic secrets were leaking to Russia.

The Presidency

12. Early in April, President Eisenhower went to the people in an informal nationwide radio and TV appearance, in which he:

1. Outlined a new foreign policy.

2. Promised never to go to war without congressional approval.

3. Warned against runaway inflation.

4. Sought to dispel five American fears.

5. Promised to run again in 1956.

Off the Job

13. C. D. Jackson

14. Roger Kyes.

15. Joseph Dodge.

These businessmen members of Ike's team returned to private life. Which of the jobs listed did each hold?

1. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

2. Secretary of the Treasury.

3. Under Secretary of State.

4. Budget Director.

5. Cold war planner.

Thermonuclear Age

16. Almost pushed off the front pages by the McCarthy mess were new H-bomb blasts in March. Most significant thing about the first of the series was:

1. It failed to come off.

2. It cause an earthquake in Japan.

3. Its blast was three times greater than had been estimated.

4. It employed a new British formula

5. It brought on an electrical storm which raged in the Pacific for 21 days.

17. At the President's press conference, AEC Chairman Admiral Strauss told reporters the H-bomb:

1. Could destroy a Manhattan-size city.

2. Possessed by the Soviets was far superior to ours.

3. Is uncontrollable.

4. Made our air defense obsolete.

5. Could fit into an ordinary suitcase.

18. A special board found this famed A-bomb scientist loyal and discreet but still a security risk:

1. Joseph Dallet.

4. J. Robert Oppenheimer

2. Ernest Lawrence. .

3. Edward Teller.

5. Haakon Chevalier.

Foreign Policy

19. Repeated statements by Secretary Dulles on U.S. policy toward Red China indicated that:

1. We still opposed admitting Red China to the U.N.

2. The prohibition on all trade with Red China will continue indefinitely.

3.We were getting ready to recognize Red China.

4. We plan to assist Chiang's invasion plans.

5. We are determined to maintain the "Open Door" policy in China.

20. Meanwhile U.S.-British diplomatic relations grew waspish during the Geneva Conference. Chief bone of contention was Britain's refusal to:

1. Withdraw recognition from Red China.

2. Support the U.S. position opposing new elections in South Korea.

3. Negotiate a Southeast Asia defense agreement while the Geneva Conference was on.

4. Join in guaranteeing the territorial integrity of Thailand.

5.Let Australia and New Zealand

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