Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are two ways to win votes in Wisconsin. John Kennedy demonstrated one of them four years ago when he traveled up and down the state calling on its citizens to face up to the 1960's; they responded by giving him his first great boost towards the White House...
...will enforce the law on restraints of trade and national emergencies " When he finished, he stood smiling and waving in response to a storm of applause. But some of Big Labor's most powerful leaders were much less enthusiastic about his speech and about a 3.2% wage-boost guideline laid down by his Administration. Growled A.F.L.C.I.O. President George Meany: "If we go down this road far enough, it leads to the end of free collective bargaining. I don't propose that labor at any time agree to go down this road." U.A.W. President Reuther made it quite clear...
...Barry Goldwater had his finest hour in California. He won endorsement from the California Republican Assembly despite a Rockefeller attempt to block it. Actually the C.R.A. is a dwindling power in state politics, and its boost gave Goldwater little more than a psychological victory. But Barry made the most of it. After a surprise visit to the winter retreat of Dwight Eisenhower in Palm Desert. Barry reported that Ike said "he does not think it wise for Republicans to fight Republicans," and implied that this was a criticism of Nelson Rockefeller. At a fund-raising dinner in Los Angeles, Goldwater...
...struggle over the succession continues. Leftists, led by the discredited Krishna Menon, still hope to boost Daughter Indira into power, but she may well settle for taking over her father's second job as External Affairs Minister. At the moment, a trio of right-leaning moderates are in control: Home Minister G. L. Nanda, Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari, and Minister without Portfolio Lai Bahadur Shastri...
...needs no hike in interest rates to restrain its growth. Says he: "I don't intend to begin fighting inflation until inflation begins." The tall, spare Nebraskan fought the board's decision to raise stock-margin requirements from 50% to 70% last November (he wanted a 10% boost), and was the only member to vote against last July's discount rate hike from 3% to 3.5%. A lawyer of direct style and breezy off-hours informality, he was in a Washington junkyard looking for an iron fence for his home when his reappointment was announced...