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...committee's second revolt against Hoffman within a fortnight. Republican Hoffman, a veteran of 19 years in the House, had annoyed both Republican and Democratic committee members by appointing twelve special three-man subcommittees (usually with himself as chairman) to investigate matters ranging from public housing in Los Angeles to union racketeering in Detroit and Kansas City. The regular subcommittees were "running wild," he said...
Finally Durkin got tired of waiting, decided to go ahead without a C.I.O. representative. Fortnight ago he sent the White House four nominations: ¶ For Assistant Secretary in charge of labor standards, instead of Edelman: Harrison Clayton Hobart, 64, an assistant grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and a self-styled "rock-ribbed Republican." ¶For Assistant Secretary (international labor affairs): Spencer Miller Jr., 62, adult-education specialist, president of the union-sponsored International University in Springfield. Mass...
...year. In the Metropolitan Handicap, first race in New York's "Handicap Triple Crown," he carried a whopping 130 Ibs. -108 Ibs. of Jockey Ted Atkinson and 22 Ibs. of lead and equipment-and won. In the Suburban Handicap his burden was 128 Ibs., and he won again. Fortnight ago, in the Carter Handicap, the handicapper asked him to carry 135, and still...
...after the hearings opened fortnight ago, the majors wiped out much of the increase in heating-oil prices. Last week Atlantic Refining Co. and Esso Standard Oil took off the rest of the recent heating-oil price rise in states where competition was hottest, and the others were expected to do the same. Nevertheless. Hines H. Baker, president of the Humble Oil & Refining Co., stepped before the committee to make a case for the raise...
...Granada. There, to the historic shadows of the old Moorish Alhambra, came a crowd of festival fans and such internationally famed performers as Guitarist Andrés Segovia, Harpist Nicanor Zabaleta, Ballerina Margot Fonteyn and the Sadler's Wells Ballet. For Granada, it was the windup of a fortnight of music and dance, the second in two years, which the city fondly hopes will become an annual affair eventually rivaling Bayreuth, Salzburg and Edinburgh...