Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...performance. But Wilkins, due to retire for "reasons of health," last week riddled the ritual: no sooner had he got his backslap and thanks from Dwight Eisenhower than he blurted that his high blood pressure had little to do with his leavetaking, that he really did not want to resign. The real reason behind his retirement: a continuing clash of personalities and philosophies with his boss, Labor Secretary James Mitchell, whom Wilkins had criticized for giving "leftist labor leaders" too much voice in department policy...
Astonished by his own outburst, Ernest Wilkins, 64, escaped to his office without ever having had his resignation formally accepted. That left Eisenhower aides, aware their problem was politically delicate because Wilkins is a Negro, still trying to decide what to do about his resignation. At his press conference last week, President Eisenhower hesitated, finally indicated there had been no decision. Said the President: "I have never urged him to [resign], nor asked him to, nor anything else. I have had a very-as a matter of fact, very-congenial talk with him." Most likely outcome: Wilkins will stay...
...remote control, found its economy shakier than before. To quiet dissatisfied Syrian businessmen. Nasser allowed Syria a separate budget, vetoed some of his planners' grandiose schemes and ordered a cut in armaments. Unhappy Syrian officers reportedly flung their caps on the table, the traditional gesture of threatening to resign from the army if they do not have their way. More agreeable to Nasser was his three-day meeting with Crown Prince Feisal, Premier of oil-rich Saudi Arabia, who announced that "clouds between the two countries have now been cleared...
...three nations most plainly in need of the kind of help the new bank can offer are Bolivia, Paraguay and Chile. But Bolivia's President Hernan Siles Zuazo has been backing a stern anti-inflation program with everything from hunger strikes to threats to resign, and there are hopeful signs of recovery. Paraguay's President Alfredo Stroessner, reinaugurated last week, has stabilized the currency, balanced the budget and held the rise in cost of living to a low (for Paraguay) 1% per month. And Chile's President Carlos Ibanez has sacrificed his personal popularity to back tough...
...time in twelve years and finished third, just two games behind the pennant-winning Dodgers. Tebbetts was not satis- fied, traded in search of pennant-class pitching. But the Redlegs skidded to last place this season. Birdie, who once said, "A manager should never quit," decided last week to resign, became the fourth major-league manager to bow out this year (the others: Detroit's Jack Tighe, Cleveland's Bobby Bragan, Philadelphia's Mayo Smith). Best bet to succeed him: fiery, onetime Big-League Infielder (Cubs, Dodgers, Braves, Giants, Cardinals) and Manager (Cardinals) Eddie Stanky. ¶ Calumet...