Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before they left Washington, the state chairmen all signed a telegram aimed at persuading Eisenhower to run again. Its concluding sentence: "We like Ike better than ever." They also unanimously adopted a resolution commending Dick Nixon for his work as Vice President. Then, one and all, they emplaned for Denver to see the President...
...Mortality. Speaking to the state chairmen, Ike didn't say yes, and he didn't say no. What he did say, after delivering a hard-fisted lecture on the necessity for a take-nothing-for-granted campaign next year, was this: "While I have been forbidden to mention this subject by your chairman, I will bring up for a moment the question of one man and one man's value. Now I just want to point out to you that I greatly appreciated your telegram, particularly where you said, 'We like Ike better than ever...
...state chairmen had their own interpretation of these words: if Ike's health holds up, he will run. And, they thought, they had never seen him looking healthier...
PRIVATE BUSINESSMEN will soon take over more businesses operated by the U.S. Government. Though patronage-minded members of Congress have tried to thwart the program of getting the Government out of business through legislation requiring the Administration to clear every cutback with committee chairmen (TIME, July 25), President Eisenhower has said that he will ignore the demand, has ordered 14 more federally operated businesses closed down. Among them: four coffee-roasting operations, two paint-manufacturing plants, a rope factory...
...Chairmen Operation Brotherhood...