Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could thus perpetuate themselves in of fice. Beginning with the convention in San Francisco next December, executive council nominations will be made from the floor, then voted on. The change not only ensures the end of self-perpetuation but serves tactful notice to many members that they can either resign gracefully before December or be rudely ousted at the convention. Had he received any resignations from members lately, someone asked George Meany. Replied Meany: "Not in this century...
...James Roosevelt, 58, F.D.R.'s eldest, as representative to the Economic and Social Council. Roosevelt, who will resign his California congressional seat, suceeds Franklin Williams, a Negro...
...sick list is a constant topic for "the ghoul school" of Tory strategists, who point out that 80 of Wilson's M.P.s are over 60, and add that since he is bound to wind up a minority Prime Minister by death or accident anyway, he might as well resign now. Laborites sometimes sound as though they were telling sick jokes in Whitehall. When they hear one of their number is home in bed, instead of wanting to know what is wrong with him, they ask, "What's his majority...
...doubled the college's endowment from $30 million to $62 million, increased faculty salaries from a 1950 average of $4,291 to last year's $10,020. Apparently, after 16 years Miss Clapp reckoned that she had completed her job. Last week she announced that she will resign next July. "I am convinced," she said, "that Wellesley is at a point in time when it will benefit from fresh vision and new leadership." Characteristically, she then proceeded to instruct her faculty on how to elect a committee to help choose her successor, and even on what...
...last month that British Printing Corp. Chairman Wilfred Harvey pulled down $750,000 a year plus expenses, they were astounded not only by the amount but by the fact that it had become known. The disclosure came after directors of the firm won a battle to force Harvey to resign and relinquish his huge salary, which they called "grotesque." The case raised curiosity about how much and how varied are the incomes of the world's hired executives-those at the top echelons of industry and finance...