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Galbraith, who is chairman of Americans for Democratic Action, said he had called a meeting of the group's leaders Jan. 1 to consider endorsing the maverick Minnesotan. In a telephone interview last night Galbraith said his statement did not constitute an endorsement, but added that he thought the primary fights would be good for the Democratic Party and good for the country...
...more boyish "Teddy" is heard less and less, picks his issues with care, works diligently and displays tact with his elders. He can, and does, challenge leaders of both parties in disputes ranging from expanded social security benefits to ending the poll tax, but he avoids the maverick's stigma. He can and has gigged the Administration into paying closer heed to the Vietnamese refugee problem and dropping support for the National Rifle Association's annual matches, but he has not made himself controversial. In short, the senior Senator from Massachusetts seems determined to live up to John F. Kennedy...
Married. Mary Wells, 39, comely maverick of Madison Avenue, boss of fast-rising Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc., who painted Braniff Airways planes in pastels; and Harding Lawrence, 47, president of Braniff; both for the second time; in Paris...
Bristling at his reputation as a steel-industry maverick, Joseph L. Block recently protested that "we just do what everybody else does, but we try to do it better." When Block, 65, steps down this week as chairman of Inland Steel Co., most people will admit that he has done pretty well. The nation's seventh biggest steelmaker, Inland has consistently outperformed its larger rivals in such key areas as return on invested capital, and proved itself equal to withstanding economic recessions...
Block made his major reputation as a maverick through his refusal to join the rest of the industry in raising steel prices during the abrasive 1962 confrontation with the Kennedy Administration. Block, an Eisenhower Republican, answered the grumbles of other steelmen by denying he was cozying up to the Administration, insisting simply that "it was the wrong time to raise prices." Since then, he has repeatedly complained that Washington has made steel its "favorite whipping boy," last year pointedly took the industry lead in raising steel prices...