Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first hasty words regarding President Conant's resignation seem, upon reflection, an inadequate statement of our feelings. We did not want to overemphasize his importance as president of Harvard lest we seem to deplore his decision to resign. But in attempting to avoid that pitfall, we fear that we did not sufficiently emphasize our deep sorrow and regret at his retirement...
...When Michigan's Arthur Summerfield becomes Postmaster General next month, he will resign as Republican national chairman. Last week most of the G.O.P. speculation about Summerfield's successor was beamed toward one man: lean, relaxed Charles Wesley (Wes) Roberts, 48. Roberts was working on his family's weekly Oskaloosa Independent (circ. 1,400) when he plunged into Republican politics in 1936. With time out for a World War II stint in the Marines, he served the Kansas G.O.P. and its state administrations in various jobs until 1950, when he got out of active politics to start...
...press contingent caught up with Ike in the morning, photographers begged him to repeat his trip to Suribachi. He agreed. On the way out, the official party transferred from a Chevrolet sedan to a jeep for the last steep part of the climb. Said Charlie Wilson, soon to resign as president of General Motors: "Why are we changing to the jeep?" Replied the driver: "That hill's too steep for the Chevrolet to make it." "Are you sure?" pressed Wilson. "I'm damned sure, sir," said the driver. When Wilson was gone, the G.I. snorted...
...votes to Ike and played a major role in lining up Pennsylvania's votes for the general. The day after Eisenhower's nomination, he was appointed chairman of the Republican National Committee, traditional stepping-stone to the postmaster generalship. Unlike most of his predecessors, however, Summerfield will resign his political job, plans to concern himself primarily with the postal service and leave the dispensing of patronage to his successor on the National Committee...
Archibald Cox '34, professor of Law and head of the Wage Stabilization Board, yesterday quit his government job. He apparently left in protest over President Truman's approval of a $1.90 wage boost for coal miners, although he had long been expected to resign at about this time...