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Concerning former Secretary Martin P. Durkin's resignation from the Cabinet, the tall sharp-featured Dean commented, "This is a world of vigorous interaction, and Secretary Durkin's resignation whether it was right or wrong, has set forces in motion...
...Durkin's resignation sprung from a dispute over changes in sections of the Tafe-Hartley law. Herzog and the four other members of the NLRB used that law in making over 10,000 decisions on specific labor issues over the past five years. Remaking about his opinion of the law, Herzog said, "If I had thought it was a slave labor law I wouldn't have stayed on six years to administrate it. On the other hand if I had thought that it was perfect, I wouldn't have testified before Congress this spring for changes...
...Durkin said, that the leak would make no difference in his attitude...
...Silent Treatment. The delegates applauded Durkin vociferously and prepared, almost to a man, to enjoy disliking the Vice President. When Nixon stepped out of an Air Force plane at St. Louis, not a soul from the A.F.L. was on hand to greet him. Next morning, when he walked to the speaker's platform in the Gold Room of the Jefferson Hotel, not a soul applauded. Though there was a perfunctory scattering of handclaps later, when he began to speak, hundreds of delegates simply sat and looked at him. But if Nixon realized at this point that he had entered...
...began by speaking of his "good friends" in the ranks of labor. He praised the "splendid . . . aggressive leadership" of A.F.L. President George Meany. "Then down at this table in front of me," he went on, "I see another good friend, Martin Durkin . . . We are going to miss Martin Durkin in Washington. I am sure Mrs. Nixon will agree with me [that] we are going to miss Mrs. Durkin . . . one of the most gracious ladies ever to be in Washington." This made scant impression, however, if only because the delegates knew what Nixon apparently had failed to realize-that the Durkins...