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...held to his promise to vote both for cloture and for the Fortas appointment, but his troops remained recalcitrant, still bitter that he had agreed with the President to support Fortas before consulting them. L.B.J., aware that a refusal on Fortas would also block his nomination of Old Friend Homer Thornberry to Fortas' putatively vacant Associate Justice seat, could only whistle down the wind. "We shouldn't allow a little group to prevent the majority from expressing its viewpoint," he said. That, so far, is precisely what has happened...
...torrent of analytical advice that pours from Wall Street is hardly noted for its literary style, much less its wit. "We send a great deal of literature to our clients-most of it deadly dull," says Sidney Homer, 65, research partner of Salomon Bros. & Hutzler, one of the Street's largest bond dealers. Last week, however, Salomon Bros, was mailing its clients something different: a privately published book of Homer's needling sallies at the very serious world of bond investment...
...Homer's slim volume, titled The Bond Buyer's Primer, is actually a collection of 21 "lessons" written intermittently since 1961. They cover such topics as "One Hundred Ways to Say 'No' to a Bond Salesman," and "How (Not) to Explain the Bond Market to Your Wife," and Homer starts off by dividing all bond salesmen into twelve species. They include Legatus Caelestis, or Messenger from Mount Olympus, who "brings you eternal verities from on high (his firm's research department) "; Garrulus Defatigare, or Sophisticate, who bears "a bored air of nonchalance and yards...
...Homer's successors, Chairman William P. Gwinn, 60, who has served as president for twelve years, and new President Arthur E. Smith, 57, will have challenges of their own. United's production schedules have been disrupted by Viet Nam priorities, and the company must simultaneously continue development (at a cost of some $80 million so far) of its JT9D jet engine for the next generation of airliners. Then, of course, there are Horner's records to be beaten, such as United's peak first-half earnings, announced last week, of $32.5 million on sales...
Refusing to Answer. Last week's attack was a good indication of the growing strength of the movement to block the confirmation of Fortas and Homer Thornberry, Lyndon Johnson's nominee for Associate Justice. Though the hear ings ended after nine days, more than a score of Senators made it plain that they plan a filibuster when Congress returns after the conventions. Michigan Republican Robert Griffin, leader of the anti-Fortas bloc, claimed that he already had more than enough votes to keep a filibuster going indefinitely...