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...denounce quiet, smooth-faced TVA Chairman David Eli Lilienthal, 45. Time & again, in the hope of clubbing TVA into submission, he sought to bring its day-by-day finances under the control of Congress. Frustrated, he bided his time and nursed his grudge. This spring many a Washington politico believed that the 76-year-old spoilsman had TVA squarely in his sights at last. His enemy, David Lilienthal, faced reappointment for a nine-year term, and McKellar's influence in the Senate and the South could not be lightly considered by a fledgling President...
...political-work and longtime friend of Stalin, who was simultaneously head of the Soviet Information Bureau, member of the all-powerful Politburo, chief of the Red Army's political department, secretary of the Central Communist Party, and political boss of Moscow; of a heart ailment; in Moscow. Politico Shcherbakov's death, on the first day of European peace, was pronounced "Rus sia's greatest wartime casualty." Died. ThomasMontgomery Howell, 63, tiny, bigtime fisherman and Wall Street speculator ("the wizard of the grain pit"); of pneumonia; in Manhattan. In 1931, Iowa-born Trader Howell manipu lated a squeeze...
...make room for Politico Pauley, who will go to Moscow as the President's personal representative when the Commission meets this month, Harry Truman had to displace an appointment made by Franklin Roosevelt only six weeks ago: sharp-eyed, perceptive Dr. Isador Lubin...
Hanging around City Hall, he got to know local politicians. One of his heroes was William Alden Smith, an old-fashioned politico with a sugar-scoop coat and flowing black bow tie, who was soon to become U.S. Senator. In 1907, Smith bought the Herald. The morning after his purchase he walked into the office and found young Arthur Vandenberg sitting in the editor's chair. "I'm here to stay," said Reporter Vandenberg. He stayed - for 21 years...
...program of bi-partisan forums on current politico-economic issues is being planned by the group. Also under consideration are complementary discussion groups, and possibly the publication of a political journal or review...