Word: hewed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...federal Department of Urban Affairs to help the nation's cities deal with them. "We are going to have an urban department," said John Kennedy. "It may not come this year, but in my opinion it will become as necessary and inevitable as the Department of Agriculture and HEW." Many people, in and out of the cities, take sharp issue with the President, holding that the cities are already doing the job themselves and do not need another federal crutch. But no one denies that, whoever does it, there is a lot yet to be done...
...telegram to the White House, suggesting that Robert Weaver be named to succeed Abraham Ribicoff, who plans to resign as Health, Education and Welfare Secretary to run for the Senate. Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen gleefully assured a press conference that if Weaver were named to the HEW post, "not a single Republican vote" would be cast against...
...HEW Secretary Abraham A. Ribicoff has worked hard at advancing the Administration's welfare plans but hasn't yet sold Congress on the key programs-medical care for the aged and aid to education. His considerable vanity has exposed him to some sniping, but he is rated as a solid administrator...
Proud Refusals. The refugees accept food and money (about $100 a month for an average family) from the busy relief center operated by the U.S. Health. Education and Welfare Department, but most of them proudly refuse private charity, and Miami HEW headquarters receives an average $10,000 a month in relief money that is returned by Cuban refugees who have found steady work. Cuban businessmen avoid making appointments at lunchtime-to spare themselves the embarrassment of being unable to reach for the check. In public, the refugees are almost always neat and well turned out. "If a Cuban woman...
...Protestants. For the first time, the Vatican has sent official observers to an Assembly of the World Council. Within the past year, the Pope has received precedent-breaking visits from the Arch bishop of Canterbury and the Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Protestant Episcopal Church. In the U.S., a hew era of mutual confidence between Catholics and Protestants is symbolized by the election of the first Catholic President...