Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bill Langer has no such hold. He was outraged when President Eisenhower appointed his old rival, ex-Governor Fred Aandahl, as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. He has been trying without success to get two of his followers appointed to the federal bench; the Justice Department does not think his men are qualified. Last week Langer blew up again when the Administration announced the nomination of four North Dakota postmasters. Three of the four, as it happens, are Langer followers, Non-Partisan Leaguers. But that was not enough. Langer bawled that he was not consulted in advance about the appointments...
...Senate seats to be filled, 13 are now held by Republicans and 22 by Democrats. With nine fewer seats to defend, the Republicans have a basic arithmetical advantage. But an analysis of each party's hold on its seats shows that the advantage is not so great as it appears to be, and illustrates the limited nature of the contest. Of the Republicans' 13, six seats are safe, seven doubtful. Of the Democrats' 22, 13 seats are safe, nine are doubtful...
With the breakup of the Berlin Conference and renewed proof of Russia's implacable hold on East Germany, the focus of uncertainty in Europe shifted back to Paris-and to the familiar, nagging question: What will the French do about EDC, the European army project? Before leaving Berlin, Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told Secretary Dulles that he hoped to see the legislative gears turning by mid-March and that he hoped for ratification of EDC by mid-April. Not many in France were so optimistic...
France, and so long as I hold that office, it is for me to interpret French opinion." Now Dulles was alarming U.S. allies in Asia (Syngman Rhee and Chiang Kai-shek), and risking the displeasure of many Americans (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), in agreeing to talk about Indo-China...
Railroad Tycoon Robert R. Young, in the midst of a fight for control of the New York Central, last week got something close to a toe hold on control of another road, the $797 million Missouri Pacific Railroad. The Mopac went bankrupt in 1933, and four times the Interstate Commerce Commission has drawn up reorganization plans for it. Young, whose Alleghany Corp. owns 49% (396,000 shares) of Mopac's common stock, has helped to have the plans overturned every time, either before the ICC or in court. The reason: while the plans called for bailing out the system...