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Johnson and the railroad executives discussed at length the outstanding issues, then the Illinois Central's Wayne Johnston said quietly: "Mr. President, on behalf of the Illinois Central Railroad, I accept the proposal." Walter Tuohy, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio, began to add his assent, but Doc Wolfe interrupted. "Mr. President," he said in a hoarse voice, "on behalf of the carriers, I accept the proposal." The railroad labor dispute was over -after an angry disagreement that over the years went to three presidential fact-finding boards, the Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and countless times...
...easy for girls to take the pledge as it was when the Y was set up in the U.S. in 1858. Today, about 65% of the association's young women are Jews, agnostics or others whose religious scruples prevent them from making the assent. Last week delegates to the national convention of the Y.W.C.A. faced up to reality by eliminating endorsement of the organization's purpose as a necessity for voting membership...
...talking to him? But if the divine knowledge of man does not change, he reasons, "the quality of our being known can." Lewis explains: "We are like earthworms, cabbages, and nebulae, objects of divine knowledge. But when we (a) become aware of the fact and (b) assent with all our will to be so known, then we treat ourselves, in relation to God, not as things but as persons. Instead of merely being known, we show, we tell, we offer ourselves to view...
...Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced last week that the Joint Chiefs do not oppose ratifications, a favorable vote was assured. Opponents still hope to coax a disapproving phrase or two out of some testifying officer, but many senators who were withholding any committment until the military had expressed its assent are now free to speak, and are beginning to do so. These announcements will elevate further the stature of military advice and consent...
Given the required royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II was a new Peerage Act enabling a member of the Lords, for the first time in 300 years, to renounce his title to run for the Commons. As originally drawn by the government, the bill would not have gone into effect until Parliament was dissolved for the next election, which need not be held until fall 1964. That, to the Lords, looked suspiciously like a maneuver to keep Hailsham from getting into the political swim, presumably engineered by some of his rivals for the prime ministership-or even by Harold Macmillan...