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...when Elbridge Gerry was governor of Massachusetts, his legislature carved up the state's districts to keep the Republicans of that day in power and the Federalists out. When they got through, the Essex South District came out lizard-shaped. Federalist Editor Benjamin Russell had a map of the new district in his office, and on it Artist Gilbert Stuart one day added head, claws and wings and remarked: "That will do for a salamander." Replied Editor Russell: "Better say a Gerrymander!" and a useful word was born...
...able, dogged Major General Lyman Lemnitzer had prodded and pushed MAP through Congress and the chancelleries of Europe. He had maneuvered it past an international minefield of patents (each country is now responsible to its citizens for payment of royalties) and a maze of different currencies (the Europeans have agreed to pay the expenses of American missions in local money...
...MAP's next big hurdle may be Communist strikes and sabotage on Europe's waterfronts when U.S. arms arrive. Lemnitzer sees an advantage for Allied defense in such obstruction. "Then," says he, "will be the easiest time to spot the Communists in any country. Everybody in Europe except the Communists is in favor of this program...
Canada and the U.S. reached agreement last week on the all-important issue of how the Canadian forces are to obtain U.S. arms under the Military Assistance Pact. Canada got special treatment for a special reason: of all MAP countries she is the only one ready to pay cash. But the arms deal was no simple buy & sell transaction. Until U.S. concessions opened the way for a settlement, it had seemed that one of the most bitter disputes in years might develop between the two neighbors...
...walls hung eleven U.S. Presidents, from John Quincy Adams to Chester Alan Arthur, a squad of Civil War generals, a covey of society ladies and a coachload of kings, queens and courtiers. There was the bland map of Healy's greatest patron-King Louis-Philippe of France. There were Andrew Jackson's maned, hard head and the bristle-bearded", tormented and flinty face of General William Tecumseh Sherman. There were Franz Liszt, Henry W. Longfellow, Jenny Lind...