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...A.D.A. member. The organization cannot forgive Kennedy for saying back in 1953 that he was "not comfortable with" the A.D.A. type. Aside from Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman and Presidential Assistant Arthur Schlesinger Jr., no prominent Administration officials hold A.D.A. membership cards. Chester Bowles, Soapy Williams, Arthur Goldberg and Abraham Ribicoff had all ceased to be members before they joined the Administration team. Presidential Special Counsel Ted Sorensen was an A.D.A. fire-eater in his college days, but drifted out five years ago. "If an organization is large enough," says a White House insider, "the President may feel that...
...Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff decided last week to cut the aid in 1963 that...
Adding It Up. In New England, Republicans should hold their own in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine: > Connecticut Democrats are bringing Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Abraham Ribicoff back to run for the Senate against Incumbent Republican Prescott Bush. They hope that Ribicoff can carry with him Democratic Governor John Dempsey (four of the state's top Republicans are fighting for the right to run against Dempsey...
Despite Lopsided Majorities. In the flush of their victory, Republicans were quick to counterattack. Representative Bob Wilson, chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee, fired off a telegram to the White House, suggesting that Robert Weaver be named to succeed Abraham Ribicoff, who plans to resign as Health, Education and Welfare Secretary to run for the Senate. Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen gleefully assured a press conference that if Weaver were named to the HEW post, "not a single Republican vote" would be cast against...
...Secretary Abraham A. Ribicoff has worked hard at advancing the Administration's welfare plans but hasn't yet sold Congress on the key programs-medical care for the aged and aid to education. His considerable vanity has exposed him to some sniping, but he is rated as a solid administrator...