Word: co-chairman
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...known to order 30 of them at a crack, and all custom-made. Photographers could hardly be blamed for zeroing in on the frizzy crown and accompanying gewgaws she chose from her vast collection to wear at the annual New York United Service Organization banquet. She was there as co-chairman of the women's division to help present the U.S.O.'s distinguished service award to General of the Army Douglas Mac-Arthur, whose own well-battered crush stirred quite a sensation in hats during World...
...reluctantly accepted posts in the new cabinet. Hailsham in his old job as Minister for Science and Butler as Foreign Secretary. More important, two of the party's progressive leaders were so incensed at the selection that they refused to remain in the government. The loss of Iain Macleod, co-chairman of the Tory Party, and of Health Minister Enoch Powell is a scar that no amount of verbal veneer can conceal...
...suspect that under his leadership the party may veer away from the progressive policies that have kept it in power for twelve years. Their fears were sharpened by the defection of Iain Macleod, a principal architect of the New Conservatism, who resigned as leader of the House and party co-chairman rather than serve under the new Prime Minister...
Outwardly at least came the inevitable closing of the ranks. This week Home announced his new Cabinet containing the solid Tories, including Butler (named Foreign Secretary), Hailsham and Maudling (in their old jobs) and Heath (named President of the Board of Trade). Missing: Iain Macleod, co-chairman of the Tory Party, one of the rebels who could not reconcile himself to the way Home was chosen...
...common sense." Almost as important to the party's future as his New Conservatism were "Rab's Boys," the bright young back-room protégés whom Butler enlisted to help formulate policy. Among them: Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling, House Leader and Party Co-Chairman Iain Macleod, Lord Privy Seal Ted Heath. According to a House of Commons quip, "Rab gave Macmillan his brains...