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...when he died last week at 85, more than 40 colleagues and President Johnson flew out to his funeral in Elsberry, Mo. Clarence Cannon had been 40 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, was its foremost parliamentarian, and had performed a considerable public service as an Appropriations Committee chairman who spent the taxpayers' money as charily as if it were...
Oilless Flame. As politician, Macmillan made many enemies, for he was ruthless, Machiavellian and completely cold blooded in pursuit of his policies. But as a great parliamentarian, an unswerving patriot, and a man of courage, vision and humor, he will be long remembered. For the future, Macmillan intends to devote some of his time to his family's publishing house and hopes to commit at least "a few thoughts" to paper. He can also feel confident that his years in the political vineyards will be royally rewarded, either with an earldom or by being dubbed a Knight...
...four administration members voting are President Bunting: Miss Mary H. Winslow, director of residence; Miss Ruth K. Porritt, Radcliffe librarian; and David H. Evett, RGA parliamentarian...
...constituents have besieged him with letters opposing the treaty. "I have admonished them over and over again," said Dirksen, "that, regardless of the entreaties and presentations that have been made to me, I feel that I must follow a type of formula laid down by Edmund Burke, the great parliamentarian and Prime Minister of Britain, when he said it was his business to consult with his people, but it would be a betrayal of his conscience and a disservice to them if he failed to exercise his independent judgment...
Aneurin Bevan, by Michael Foot. A good, sympathetic biography of the Welsh mine worker who went on to become an ardent Socialist, a brilliant parliamentarian and, for years, the fieriest voice in Britain's Labor Party...