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...there was no rise in "unrealistic applications" from girls who have little chance of being accepted, Patricia. O'Connor, associate director of Admissions, said yesterday...
Being Secretary of Commerce has always been a feckless job. After two years in the post, John T. Connor did something about it. He argued that his own job should be abolished...
...sooner had President Johnson proposed that the Commerce and Labor departments be merged than Connor said he thought this was a fine idea. Thereupon he announced that he would shortly be leaving Government to return to the business world. Last week, after sorting many offers, he found a likely berth. Allied Chemical Corp., a $1.2 billion company that ranks fifth in the chemical industry, named Connor, 52, as its next president. The retiring Secretary will not become chief executive of Allied; that post is still to be held by Chester M. Brown, 59, who has been acting as both chairman...
...While Connor insisted, as he prepared to leave Washington, that he had no regrets, it was no secret that he had felt left out of major economic decisions. When Lyndon Johnson wanted to talk to businessmen, he issued his own invitations, without reference to his Commerce Secretary. Not long ago, Connor told a newsman: "Frankly, the standards of business are higher than those of Government." That must have shocked the President. Johnson, who holds onto restless key people by ignoring their resignations, not only accepted Connor's, but also honored him last week with a White House reception...