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Reader M. Valeriote [Sept. 21] sounds like a parochial school graduate who lost his faith in college when he was introduced to calipers and test tubes. If he had ever taken the trouble to consult even a third-rate manual in theology above the catechism level, he would have found that the doctrine that God transcends all human experience and imagination is a commonplace in Roman Catholic thought...
During a high-level diplomatic conference in Paris last February, two U.S. State Department officials found it necessary to consult their boss after the close of the business day. When they knocked on the door of his temporary quarters in the U.S. Embassy residence, a muffled voice directed them to come in. The bedroom they entered was empty, but the voice, which seemed to be coming from the bathroom, gave them further directions: "In here." Proceeding solemnly into the bathroom, the two diplomats found Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stretched out full-length in a warm tub, his arms...
...James Carey and Jack Kroll offered little advice and were asked for less. Representative Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., who has caused hard feelings with his demands for 100% party loyalty, was not present. Many Southern bigwigs stayed South. Senate Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson, who does not often consult noncongressional Democratic leaders, was in Texas. At the big dinner, Averell Harriman had a seat out in left field, while Estes Kefauver appeared to doze through much of the speechmaking. Neither of these presidential aspirants of 1952 attracted much attention. Harry Truman was there but by no means in charge...
...opportunity to press Russia's Chinese allies had been frittered away in truce negotiations that led to the dangerous and demoralizing conflict between the U.S. and Syngman Rhee-a conflict which Senator Knowland this week blamed on the failure of both the Truman and Eisenhower administrations to consult with Rhee...
Personal Selection. He had flown to New York the previous night (he neither confirmed nor denied using the incognito "Howard Roberts") to consult specialists. X rays had picked out a shadow on his left hip bone. The doctors had described it as a lesion, and "that's all I got out of them." He had first noticed a great weariness when he started "whaling golf balls" early last spring...