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Wish for the Whatnots. The President was at his crowd-pleasing best when he spoke to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington's Constitution Hall. He loosed a flock of his favorite yarns (see box), and got a warm reception even while needling the businessmen: "All of you feel sorry for yourselves now-all of you have a martyr complex, and all of you think you are mistreated." Ticking off his Administration's economic accomplishments, he cried: "I came here this morning because I want you to be a part of this Administration, of this Government, whether...
Down with Duds. In 1919, Virginia-born Nancy Astor became the first woman ever to sit in Britain's House of Commons. She shocked that hallowed chamber by describing her entrance into politics as "this downward career from home to House." Like many another politician, Winston Churchill refused to speak to the female fellow M.P. for several years, explained later that her presence in the traditionally male sanctum made him feel "as if a woman had come into my bathroom and I had only the sponge to defend myself." Retorted Lady Astor: "You are not handsome enough to have...
...Attitude. Above and beyond all this spring growth was the warm breeze from Washington. The President of the U.S. went before the annual meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (see THE NATION) and spent a chatty hour appealing for an end to suspicion and distrust between Government and business. After the speech, Harvey Aluminum President Lawrence Harvey said: "This signals a new attitude on the part of bureaucrats-business is your friend, work with it." Businessmen believe that Johnson thinks the way they think, point out that he is the first President since Herbert Hoover to have had successful...
...Accountant's Memory. The President has an accountant's memory for economic statistics, and he delights in exploiting the bullish ones in his speeches in a way that puts them onto Page One almost every day. In his speech to the Chamber of Commerce, he managed to mention 50 different statistics. Armed with figures on profits and take-home pay, Johnson has been using every possible chance to campaign against price and wage rises-gently warning businessmen that if inflation comes to eat away prosperity, they will have only themselves to blame...
...where it turns sharply east and runs for a short distance between Leverett House (McKinlock Hall) and Quincy House. At DeWolfe Street there is a turn to the south which brings the Tunnel to Memorial Drive and a large junction room know as the "Parkway Header." Like the Widener Chamber, the Parkway Header is a nexus of three Tunnel branches: the one we came through, one to the Business School (this lay directly ahead of us) and one under Memorial Drive to Western Avenue (this was on our left...