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Moments later Dick Nixon overheard reporters discussing Lodge's statement about Negro Cabinet members. "We talked about that," Nixon volunteered. "My idea would be to appoint the best persons without regard to race, creed or color." Having once more contradicted his running mate, Nixon might have liked to let the matter drop. But reporters, irked by Lodge's condescending manner, kept the controversy alive. And happy Democrats lent them a helping hand. Wry suggestion from Democrat Lyndon Johnson: There ought to be a "great debate" between Nixon and Lodge...
Reporter: Mr. Nixon, is it true that in the event of a recession you would appoint Herbert Hoover Secretary of the Treasury...
...alarming prospect is one of the few remaining monarchs who is more than merely decorative. At 41, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shahanshah (King of Kings) of Iran, is undisputed boss of his nation. "His Imperial Majesty is above everything," a Teheran newspaper recently explained to its readers. "Constitutionally. he can appoint or dismiss a Premier as he sees fit. He can also dissolve parliament if he so chooses. He decides on which projects his country needs, bills that should be presented for passage by the legislature, and on the conduct generally of home and foreign policy...
...payroll, diminished nepotism, enforced fair payment of taxes, paved highways. He has opened fish and chicken hatcheries, fattened cattle herds through inoculation, distributed 2,300,000 rubber seedlings this year alone. Magalhaes is starting a $400 million four-year-plan for economic development. The Governor also got Petrobras to appoint a Bahian director and to negotiate an increase in the royalty rates...
...trained Chehab really long so badly for the Riviera? Fellow officers recalled that, as a general, he had more than once "resigned" to get his way. Now he seemed in no hurry to appoint Salam to the coveted premiership. And after last week's rousing demonstration, every Lebanese politician knew that, whoever the Premier and whoever the Cabinet members. Fuad Chehab had proved that he was the country's indispensable...