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...general in the White House McCarthy had only a sneer and a "presumption" that traitors still hold high posts in the U.S. Government. On this general theme McCarthy and seven other speakers of similar kidney, e.g., Indiana's Senator Bill Jenner, Indiana Lawyer Clarence Manion, steamed up the capacity crowd of 3,000 (collected by For America, a right-fringe political organization) for three hours. And at each and every mention of the name Eisenhower, the crowd responded with a resounding chorus of boos-a reminder that the U.S. has also always been blessed with its share of gassy...
Responsibility Taker. Since last spring, Kestnbaum has been dividing his time about equally between Hart Schaffner & Marx in Chicago and the President's Intergovernmental Commission (charged with studying the whole range of federal-state relationships), which he took over when Clarence Manion resigned (TIME, May 3). In between, he has sandwiched time for the many other posts he holds: chairman of the Committee on Economic Development, director of the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic, director of the Chicago Community Fund and of the Great Books Institute, overseer at Harvard. Says Kestnbaum: "If you'll accept...
...group, firm in their old belief that foreign entanglements are dangerous, banded themselves into "For America," an outfit which will "combat super-internationalism, one-worldism and Communism in America." Cochairmen: General Robert E. Wood, retired board chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and onetime head of America First; Clarence E. Manion, ex-dean of Notre Dame's law school, whose resignation as chairman of the President's Commission on Intergovernmental Relations was forced after he began ballyhooing the Bricker Amendment (TIME, Feb. 8). Among other For Americans: Montana's onetime (1923-47) Democratic Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Author...
...Meyer Kestnbaum, 57, scholarly president of Hart Schaffner & Marx, was named by President Eisenhower to succeed Clarence E. Manion as chairman of the Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. A quiet, shy man, with an astonishing literary appetite,, "Kesty" spends most of his spare time reading, a practice he feels too many businessmen avoid. An early member of Citizens for Eisenhower, he is chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and a director of the Chicago Community Fund. Kesty figures that he can do the job without quitting Hart Schaffner & Marx or moving to Washington...
...Administration does not intend to fire Manion, despite his intemperate attacks on opponents of the Bricker amendment. But it is no secret that everyone from the President on down would like to see him resign or else get to work with his commission and quit gold-Brickering...