Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...world's two prize do-nothings have forced one of the world's doers to resign. Eden's resignation is due entirely to the pressure and hostility of the useless Eisenhower, who is now advocating just what Eden did, and the British-hating Dulles. Contrary to what the press would have the U.S. people believe, we in Britain hate your guts and have done so ever since your "good, clean-living American boys" swaggered into England. Our opinion of them is brief: overfed, overpaid, oversexed and over here...
...said, "is a blunt man. He speaks what he thinks." And with a noble and unswerving wifely loyalty that clearly marked Charlie Wilson as a true prophet in his own house, she added: "Most of the time what he thinks is true." Asked whether she wished that Charlie would resign from the Cabinet, Jessie Wilson said yes. "He has earned the right to take it easy now," she explained. Then she touched off a furor of her own: "A good many of the Cabinet feel the same way. They have worked hard for four years, and they think the time...
After hearing from Jessie, reporters for the first time in years began dialing Cabinet wives, asking if they would like to see their husbands resign. Pamela Humphrey (Treasury) and Isabelle Mitchell (Labor) were out of town. Janet Dulles (State), Jane Weeks (Commerce) and Mary Folsom (Health, Education and Welfare) declined to comment, but four wives had something to say and no hesitation in saying it. Flora Benson (Agriculture): "As long as the President wants my husband to remain in Washington, I will be happy to stay here." Gladys Seaton (Interior): "I endorse Mrs. Benson's sentiment." Miriam Summerfield (Post...
Your Man-of-the-Year editor better resign. Never again could he do so well...
...misjudgment of world opinion. In the deception that preceded the Suez venture and the evasions that followed it, Eden damaged the world's image of Britain. History's kindest verdict may be that he meant well and should have known better. The Evolution. The initiative to resign was Eden's own. The Tory Party was caught unprepared. In theory, the Queen herself designates the new Prime Minister; in practice, the parties give her no choice at all. The Labor Party is unequivocal: it caucuses, elects a new leader, and proposes him to the Queen. The Tories, oldest...