Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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LESLIE W. JOHNSON Superintendent of Schools Sheboygan...
Your March 17 story on Senator Johnson appeared at a most opportune time. With all these satellite launchings, etc., the problem of space congestion is getting critical. Obviously, what we need is a space czar. Who is a natural for the job? Senator Johnson of Texas. Why? Because space is what they have most of in Texas; secondly, he should have no trouble in getting confirmed by the Senate. From the way he treats those other "pore" Southern Senators, they should be glad to have him off their backs...
...amazed to read of Johnson's vanity. I doubt if Emerson or Thoreau worried about monogrammed shirts and handkerchiefs...
Outside Stone's office, opinion is sharply divided on his direct challenge to the glass façade. The principal question: Will the grille become a cliche and a cover for bad architecture? Says Manhattan Architect Philip Johnson: "The New Delhi embassy? How could I help but love it? It's a jewel! But architecture is more than putting up drapes in front of a house to hide it." Architect Eero Saarinen (TIME Cover, July 2, 1956) feels that the New Delhi embassy "marks a new turning point toward stateliness and dignity," but also thinks that "the best...
...philosophy puts him only somewhat to the right of Liberal Tom Stokes's views. Yet Texas-born Bill White, who labels himself an "independent," also feels an affinity for the Senate's dominant Southern conservatives, many of whom, e.g., House Speaker Sam Rayburn, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, he has known since he went to Washington in 1933 to cover Texas affairs for the Associated Press...