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...march of foreign dignitaries continued. After Adenauer came Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak to discuss the Congo, and India's U.N. Delegate V. K. Krishna Menon, on orders of Jawaharlal Nehru to try to persuade President Kennedy that his cold war views are not really anti-American (he failed). But despite such affairs of state, John Kennedy's Thanksgiving week was celebrated by family festivities much like those in millions of other American homes-well, almost...
...President Kennedy endorses the project and persuaded Lodge to take the post; U.S. representatives on the institute's board of governors include U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and former Secretary of State Christian Herter. Among distinguished European members are its chairman, Paul van Zeeland, a former Belgian Prime Minister; Antoine Pinay, a former French Prime Minister; and Paul-Henri Spaak, former NATO Secretary-General. On an initial budget of $350.000, contributed mainly by in dividuals, foundations, industry and trade unions, the institute will carry out research, sponsor conferences, act as an information clearinghouse. Among the institute's assignments...
...Common Market began, encouraging Britain to join. Monnet praised Macmillan's decision as "an act of political courage.''optimistically expressed the hppe that Britain might be in by the end of the year (most observers expect the negotiations will take nearly a year). Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak, 62, who presided over the drafting of the Treaty of Rome that put the Common Market in business, was equally delighted. He volunteered to preside over the delicate negotiations...
...Paul-Henri Spaak, who resigned as NATO Secretary-General to take over Socialist Party leadership, was of the same mind. Socialist anger was directed at the previous Social Christian Premier, Gaston Eyskens, who pushed through his emergency economic bill-the hated Loi Unique-against the opposition of many of his own followers. With Eyskens gone, the Socialists were ready to compromise, even agreed to accept some of the Loi Unique's tougher provisions, such as an increased sales tax. Stickiest question was whether the Social Christians would agree to the release of the hundreds of Socialistled rioters...
...Social Christian candidate for the premiership is tough, freewheeling 47-year-old Théo Lefèvre. president of the party since 1950. In the end, Lefèvre would probably turn not to the Liberals but to the Socialists for help in forming a government. Socialist Leader Paul-Henri Spaak himself has ambitions for the nation's top job; moreover, the Socialists insisted that they would not cooperate unless the controversial economic austerity law is withdrawn...