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Continuing his galloping gander at Europe, tireless Tourist Harry Truman returned to France and Gay Paree, where he made a brief speech on the stresses of the U.S. presidency, indicating that a young man should occupy the White House. How young is young? Truman did not say, except to reaffirm that he, at 72, knows his own "running-for-office days are over." Two days later, in Brussels, he made it clear that he considers Dwight D. Eisenhower young enough at 65 to run for reelection. Asked by a Belgian newsman whether the Democrats would welcome a decision...
Following defeat of the motion, William Dean '59 moved that the officers of this year's Committee "reaffirm our previous position as stated in our subcommittee report that the Smoker be abolished by the Class of 1960's Union Committee." This motion was overwhelmingly passed, by a vote...
...state." Four years ago, well aware that Harry Truman had let the Treasury run Federal Reserve policies, to the peril of the U.S. economy, Ike pledged he would preserve the board's new status of independence. On the eve of a fresh campaign, he was happy to reaffirm the pledge...
...been four months since the gaudy Bulganin-Khrushchev bandwagon bounced across South Asia, and the time had come to take a close look at the lingering effects of the Big Red Circus, to reaffirm alliances and to rebuild friend ships. Off to Pakistan and India last week flew U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles...
From its resolutions committee, the convention got a proposal to reaffirm last year's stand in favor of Ezra Benson's flexible-support program. There was a lively but short-lived flurry of opposition from some Southern delegations, who wanted cotton, tobacco, wheat, rice and peanuts supported at a rigid 90% of parity. The vote was 124-39 for flexibility. Drawled E. H. Agnew, South Carolina cotton farmer who had helped lead the defeated Southerners: "It's like being a bastard at a family reunion and a skunk at a wedding reception...