Word: folsoms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alabama's high-piled (6 ft. 8 in.) Governor James Folsom, though a strong states' rights man, made a sensational offer to the Federal Government. On April Fool's Day, Kissin' Jim, clowning it up for the benefit and merriment of Birmingham reporters, announced that all of Alabama's National Guard helicopters were available for the asking to President Eisenhower for "golfing, fishing, hunting or whatever else he might need them for." Explained Folsom to his predominantly Democratic constituents: "[Ike's] health, time and welfare are worth more to the people of Alabama than...
...Humphrey's repeated rumbles about the need for economy sound less tuneful than they sound to Senator Byrd. Most of them apparently believe that their departmental budgets are tight. Secretary Mitchell defends every dollar in the Labor Department's $418 million budget. Health. Education and Welfare Secretary Folsom is fighting hard for the endangered $451 million school-aid program. Last week Postmaster General Summerfield reported that his estimate of the 1958 Post Office deficit had swelled rather than shrunk since January. Secretary Benson gloomily announced that he saw "no alternative" but to spend the massive $5.3 billion requested...
After hearing from Jessie, reporters for the first time in years began dialing Cabinet wives, asking if they would like to see their husbands resign. Pamela Humphrey (Treasury) and Isabelle Mitchell (Labor) were out of town. Janet Dulles (State), Jane Weeks (Commerce) and Mary Folsom (Health, Education and Welfare) declined to comment, but four wives had something to say and no hesitation in saying it. Flora Benson (Agriculture): "As long as the President wants my husband to remain in Washington, I will be happy to stay here." Gladys Seaton (Interior): "I endorse Mrs. Benson's sentiment." Miriam Summerfield (Post...
Marion Bayard Folsom, 63, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, was brought from his post as Under Secretary of the Treasury in 1955 to succeed retiring Oveta Gulp Hobby. He set to work with less fanfare, more success, preaching a doctrine that is the Eisenhower answer to the Fair Deal: the G.O.P. is not opposed to spending money for worthwhile welfare projects. Though softspoken and retiring, Folsom, when treasurer of Eastman Kodak and chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, learned to be suave enough to counter pressure groups, courageous enough to fight against more con servative colleagues for programs...
...chief clients was Radio Corp. of America, which Burns has advised for the last ten years. Last week RCA used Burns to solve a major problem: where to find a younger president with broad experience and knowledge of the corporation. The new president: Burns. He will succeed President Frank Folsom, 62, who will become chairman of the executive committee...