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...state that Cardinal Spellman was "shocked and frightened" by the Supreme Court's decision barring prayers in public schools, that Mr. Eisenhower has "always thought that this nation was essentially a religious one," and that Mr. Hoover called this decision "a disintegration of one of the most sacred of American heritages." It seems to me that we all had a right to expect that these three outstanding Americans should have been mindful that George Washington wrote, "The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion" (Article XI, Treaty of Peace...
...former U.S. Presidents took issue with the court. Said Dwight Eisenhower: "I always thought that this nation was essentially a religious one." Herbert Hoover was more outspoken. He called the decision a "disintegration of one of the most sacred of American heritages." Congress, he said, "should at once submit an amendment to the Constitution which establishes the right to religious devotion in all governmental agencies-national, state or local." President Kennedy carefully-and wisely-supported the court's decision-making power, avoided direct comment on the merits of the decision (Eisenhower employed much the same technique in his reaction...
...President Kennedy the trade expansion bill was vital. It could, he said, "affect the unity of the West, the course of the cold war, and the growth of our nation for a generation or more to come." All the living ex-Presidents-Republicans Hoover and Eisenhower as well as Democrat Truman-came out for its passage. The Committee for a National Trade Policy, a bipartisan business group, strove to convince the nation of the bill's importance...
Textbook Shortage. Until lately, texts have consisted mostly of J. Edgar Hoover's Masters of Deceit, the writings of Marx and Lenin, assorted serious explanations of Communism by authorities, and a range of less scholarly books down to paperbacks with scary titles and bloody hammers and sickles on the covers. Established textbook publishers are now beginning to enter the field with professional treatment. (TIME Inc.'s Silver Burdett will publish The Meaning of Communism this winter...
...down, and keep the party lively with "interesting" people. Some honorary-degree recipients have become the equivalent of Supreme Court Justices on the Washington party circuit-distinguished figures with lifetime tenure. Eleanor Roosevelt and Ralph Bunche long ago lost count of their degrees. Herbert Hoover has 85, Chief Justice Earl Warren...