Word: appointed
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...Democratic ticket and against Republican Guy Cordon; 2) if Morse wins, his pull on independent and liberal Republican voters might also sweep a Democratic governor into office; 3) Morse would resign his present Senate seat to take on his new one, and 4) the Democratic governor would appoint a Democrat to fill Morse's unexpired old term. Dreamy objective: a Democratic sweep in Oregon for the first time since...
...While conservative business organizations and individuals plead for a liberalized trade policy and a devoted nation stands ready to back him to the hilt, Mr. Eisenhower bows to the noisy and parasitical high-tariff lobby. The commission which he would have Congress appoint for a year's review of tariff policy could arrive at basic and practicable conclusions after a conference with any schoolboy who has studied elementary economics. Europe is crying for prompt removal of American tariff barriers so that, by earning dollars, she might ease out of the American-aid strait jacket...
...Rather than have either Senators or Congressmen plunge into colleges like so many amateur sleuths, President Eisenhower might appoint a group of distinguished lawyers and judges officially unaffiliated with universities to do the investigating. Such a committee would have a better idea of just what is a subversive influence, and they wouldn't scream every unconfirmed rumor into a banner headline...
...Ever since the votes were counted last November, top Congressional Republicans have been arguing that Dwight Eisenhower should appoint a new team to replace the present U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff . . . Last week President Eisenhower privately assured his congressional leaders that he will name new chiefs . . . Scuttlebutt ranked the possible candidates this...
Soon Wilson was at war on another uncharted battle front, with some of the more prominent members of the press. The trouble began last January, when Columnists Joseph and Stewart Alsop blasted Wilson for his plan to appoint his great friend, CBS Funnyman Arthur Godfrey, as Defense Department representative to the President's Psychological Strategy Board. Wilson finally surrendered to White House pressure and named Kyes instead of Godfrey, but he muttered grimly, in retreat: "No columnist is going to run the Department of Defense." He was livid with anger eleven weeks ago, when Drew Pearson published the full...