Word: elected
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...opposed the appointment of Governor Orville Freeman of Minnesota as Secretary of Agriculture is not true. When I learned that Governor Freeman might be considered for Agriculture Secretary and was willing to accept, I encouraged his appointment, and expressed my personal endorsement and recommendation of him to President-elect Kennedy. Orville Freeman has a magnificent record of public service and a full understanding of the problems of American farmers. The nation and the world are fortunate that he will serve as Secretary of Agriculture. I am fortunate to count him as a friend and ally...
This appointment has been in the making since Kennedy's visit to Schlesinger's house on Jan. 9, the day the then President-elect attended the Board of Overseers meeting...
...Inauguration ceremonies Friday came the following slip of the tongue from a harried and wind-blown Robert Frost: "I wish to dedicate this poem to the President-elect, John...Finley...
...machine precision of Kennedy's political strategy gave Columnist Doris Fleeson a sudden chill. "Efficiently, almost coldly," she wrote, "President-elect Kennedy and his new team of intellectuals, investment bankers, management experts and bright young men are taking over their Washington assignments. But it is already clear that a fascinating and power-laden quality is sadly lacking-and that is personal fervor, with all that it means in warmth, excitement and flair . . . The art or trick of leadership is not just rational action, but articulation of it in ways that reach the public's heart as well...
...York Times Washington Bureau Chief James Reston saw the Presiden-elect as a man sobered by a closer look at reality: "Kennedy himself has had a shock. He has come to the conclusion that there was not only some truth in what he said in the campaign, but that the economy and the world situation are even worse than he thought. Accordingly, there is no longer any cavalier talk around Democratic headquarters about 'the first 100 days.' Nobody is promising a flood of legislation that will make Franklin Roosevelt's first 100 days look tame...