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Died. Charles Aubrey Eaton, 84, Republican Congressman from New Jersey for 14 terms (1925-52) and unwavering internationalist; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. Canadian-born (Pugwash, Nova Scotia) "Doc" Eaton entered Congress at 56 after a career as a Baptist minister (he steered his nephew, Cleveland Financier Cyrus Eaton, away from the ministry because "there is more than one way to serve God"), reporter, magazine editor (Leslie's Weekly) and industrial consultant. Although he kept up a running attack on New Deal-Fair Deal domestic policies, he plugged for bipartisanship in foreign affairs, helped found the United...
...senior members of the Faculty--Arthur N. Holcombe '06, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, and Percy W. Bridgman, Higgins University Professor--presented a resolution praising Conant's 20 years of distinguished service as President...
Arthur N. Holcombe '06, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, called the move "bad news for Harvard, but whether it is good news for the country is another matter...
...Kaiser-Frazer Case, in which Cyrus Eaton's Otis & Co. backed out of a stock-floating deal with K-F. K-F lost a $3,123,743 suit against Otis because it misrepresented its earnings in its registration statement of the stock issue. The SEC showed bias against Otis and in favor of K-F, said the committee, and still has a fraud charge pending against Otis. "But, at the same time," said the committee, "[it] has not moved against Kaiser-Frazer . . . although the charges and countercharges arose out of the same transaction." The Heller subcommittee called...
Curtice, now 59 and sure to be Wilson's successor, has been with G.M. all his business life. Born in Eaton Rapids, Mich., he graduated from Ferris Business College at Big Rapids in 1914 and hustled to Flint to start in as a bookkeeper for G.M.'s AC Spark Plug division. Within a year, he was AC's comptroller, the youngest executive (at 21) in the industry. He got a reputation as a comer who could "pitch, catch and cover first base at the same time." He learned finance, production and design, showed an aggressive flair...