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Poised and principled member of myriad commissions and civic groups . . . Chosen by President Lyndon Johnson as Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1965-67, served as an alternate delegate to the United Nations General Assembly . . . Chairman of Credentials Committee for 1972 Democratic National Convention; criticized by some at the time as being too much of an "Old Guard" Democrat . . . Civil rights champion since student days . . . Speaks up for blacks, women and other minority groups as director of IBM, Scott Paper, Chase Manhattan Bank . . . Member of prestigious Washington law firm with strong middle-of-the-road Democratic ties . . . Protestant . .. Married to William Beasley Harris...
Today profits, far from being too high, are still too low to ensure the nation's continued economic health. Among the top 20 industrialized countries, the U.S. in recent years has fared badly in terms of new industrial investment per capita; only Luxembourg and Britain rank lower. As a result, the U.S. may already, in fact, have become enmeshed in an intolerable economic dilemma in which the nation's private employers no longer create enough new jobs to absorb young workers coming into the labor force...
...Bonn's neighbors are to any possible sign of new authoritarianism in Germany. The uproar further betrays a European envy of Germany's healthy economy and stable politics and an annoyance with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's penchant for lecturing other countries about their internal problems. Observed Luxembourg's liberal Premier Gaston Thorn: "One looks at West Germany, and one recalls that this was the country that started two world wars, lost both, and is now 'No. 1' in Western Europe; this can be very hard for some to take...
Assembled in Stockholm's hauntingly Gothic cathedral were four reigning monarchs (Belgium's King Baudouin, Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, Luxembourg's Grand Duke Jean and Norway's King Olav V), ex-King Constantine of Greece and ex-Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, eight princes, ten princesses and other assorted nobility...
...recreational rooms provided by the Communists for Italian workers in northern Europe, special campaign tape cassettes are played over the public address systems and party officials from Rome are addressing workers' groups in Stuttgart, Ulm, Luxembourg and Liegè. Working through local trade unions, the P.C.I, has also tried to get foreign employers to give their Italian employees time off to vote...