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Before the five-day convention was over, it was plain that Reuther had the C.I.O. under firm control. He ran the show with the brisk confidence of a ringmaster putting veteran circus horses through their paces. Handsome Steelworker McDonald showed his seething dislike of Reuther, but his hostility set off no fireworks. Every one of the 64 resolutions presented to the delegates passed with little or no opposition. Bathed in floodlights while cameras reeled up movies for TV, Reuther ticked off resolutions as though he were counting nickels: "Is there discussion? No discussion. All in favor say aye. Motion carried...
Second prize of $750 went to Joyce Treiman, 31, a cheerful, redheaded Winnetka housewife. Her winner was a highly colorful semi-abstraction called Circus Cyclists II, in which acrobatic cyclists, painted in green, loomed out of a circular composition bold with rich reds and blues...
Without a Net. With this statement last week President Eisenhower recorded the entry of the U.S. into a new phase of its history. From the beginning, U.S. foreign policy was conducted with a kind of circus net under it: the worst that could happen did not include wholesale devastation of the country by an enemy. The British, controlling the seas, could blockade and raid the coast (as they did in the War of 1812), but distance prevented any European enemy from dreaming of forcing a decision on the U.S. by sending major forces to this country. As technology narrowed...
...teeth strung on an Indian brave's necklace ($33, Gotham Lighting Corp., New York City). ¶Elegant, modernistic fish in contrastingly colored woods, handmade by Connecticut Sculptor Clark Voorhees ($270, Hansen, Manhattan). ¶Children's mobiles, with figures from nursery rhymes ($3.95, Spacecraft, Detroit) ; "Rocket" and a "Circus" collection of acrobats and animals ($2.50 and $2, Modern Toy Co., Chicago). Explains one manufacturer of nursery mobiles: "They have a beautifully soothing effect on kids...
Died. Edith Conway Ringling, 84, widow of Circus Founder Charles Ringling (who died in 1926) and board chairman (since 1950) of Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus; in Sarasota...