Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Under Secretary Christian Herter, who is next in the line of State Department succession; anyone other than Herter would have to be named over the Acting Secretary's head. Herter's arthritis had been considered a strong factor against him, but he himself, when asked last week if he would accept the job, replied unhesitatingly, "If the President wanted me to, I would." Herter is highly respected by the Democratic majority in Congress and by liberal Republicans; conservatives fear that, in modern diplomatic parlance, he may be too "flexible" for the best U.S. interests...
...Under Secretary for Economic Affairs C. Douglas Dillon, by all odds the Capitol Hill favorite, and probably (if agreement in principle is the prevailing factor) the likely choice of Foster Dulles himself. Dillon also rates high with Ike, but to name him would be to move him ostentatiously over Herter's head...
While the President repeatedly denies, moreover, that political affiliation is a factor in determining his Administration's appointments, he does little in practice to confirm this position. Last year, he allowed Meade Alcorn to blackball Henry Labouisse--the State Department's choice for deputy director of the International Cooperation Agency--on the ground that Labouisse registered as a Democrat in 1940. Again this month, when the Department recommended Labouisse for the directorship he was passed over in favor of James Riddleberger, happily a qualified diplomat but in addition apparently politically sound...
Strangely, Dartmouth could well be the deciding factor in tonight's game, for if the Tigers, who must play the Indians in Hanover tomorrow night, are looking ahead, they might find themselves upset by the varsity. And with all the attention that has been focused this week on the big game tomorrow, the chances of this occurring are not slim...
...absence of Foster, Pickett says, was a key factor in the loss to Penn, although the team as a whole "didn't wrestle up to its ability." He hopes for an improved showing tonight and in Saturday's important Ivy League match against Princeton. The freshman team, defeated only by Penn, will also face Springfield here tonight...