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...former Prime Minister Anthony Eden, now Lord Avon, and Tory Kingmaker Lord Salisbury, who both protested that sacked Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd was "harshly treated." Added Eden pointedly: "I have no doubt that Mr. Lloyd will serve the nation again in high office." Macmillan's likeliest successor remains Deputy Prime Minister R. A. ("Rab") Butler, who last week solicitously assured victims of Mac's massacre that he had nothing to do with their demise...
...this leads many businessmen to question the right of the President to accuse steel companies of being inflationary when they seek price increases. The likeliest sources of inflation in the U.S., argue the President's business critics, are Government spending and the federal budget deficit. Says Walter Maynard, a partner in Wall Street's Shearson, Hammill & Co.: "Mr. Kennedy's moral position would be stronger if he operated his Government at a surplus...
...aren't the new stay-at-homes out looking for work? The likeliest reason is that, between the effects of automation and the slowness of the recovery...
...most complex areas (see story above), career men like Llewellyn E. Thompson were quietly and steadily at work last week. As for Kennedy's 28 "political" appointees, half come from education, law or journalism, while nine more come from other Government jobs. Three of the liveliest choices-and likeliest successes-among the new appointees are notable for their background, personality and high professional qualifications. The three...
Under the title "The Natural Americans," a five-page story describes Kennan, Reischauer (Japan), and Galbraith (India), as "three of the liveliest choices --and likeliest successes" among President Kennedy's 63 new ambassadors. "Their joint characteristics are frankness, sensitiveness to the nerves and taboos of their host countries, an eagerness to listen...and ill-concealed dislike of Embassy Row cocktail parties...