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...Conant submitted the name of the former Illinois Governor and 1952 Democratic presidential nominee to the Harvard Board of Overseers. Conant warmly endorsed Stevenson, but at the same time strongly counseled that if the Board makes a formal offer to him, a clear-cut string should be attached...
...University last night also officially denied a story that President Conant had recommended Adlai Stevenson as his successor. It pointed out that the president does not take part in the selection of a man to follow him, the choice being made by the remaining six members of the Corporation--the treasurer and five Fellows...
...story was printed in Robert S. Allen's Washington column last week. It read: "Adlai Stevenson has been proposed for president of Harvard University. He was recommended by Dr. James B. Conant, who gave up the job to become Ambassador to West Germany...
Contacted last night in Washington. Allen said that he had obtained the story from "someone I consider a reliable source and someone who is connected with the University, though it is not his primary interest." Allen specifically denied that his source was Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14, a classmate of Conant's and a former president of the Board of Overseers...
Senator Leverett Saltonstall's part in the confirmation of President Conant as German High Commissioner is the subject of an angry resolution filed last night in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It will be presented to the House today...