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Murphy then presented his own star-studded entertainment program, seemingly to mellow the political aspects of the vening. The Dunhills, Edgar Bergen and his Friends, Jane Powell, the Kingston Trio, and a pair of rising young comedians named Rowan and Martin finished out the "Greatest Show in the history of the Republican Party in Massachusetts."LAURENCE CURTIS...
...Carl T. Rowan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State LL.D...
Still flushing from the furor over its rejection of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Carl T. Rowan, a Negro, Washington's Cosmos Club voted overwhelmingly to end its segregationist policies. But many in Washington were wondering about other clubs, especially the comfortable old Chevy Chase, a well-equipped (18 holes, 22 tennis courts, 2 bars), country club just over the D.C. line in Maryland. It has never admitted a Negro (and keeps plenty of white people waiting as long as eight years). President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson are both honorary members...
...Rowan was sponsored for membership by his State Department predecessor, Edwin Kretzmann, and Voice of America Commentator Raymond Swing. A Minneapolis Tribune reporter from 1948 to 1961, Rowan has written four books, including an analysis of the South's racial conflicts and a biography of Jackie Robinson. When he was rejected by the Cosmos, Rowan made no claim that race was the reason. Said he: "If it is the intellec tual judgment of the membership committee that I do not merit membership, I can do no more than note this judgment and wish the club well...
Hearing of Rowan's turndown, U.S. Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith, undergoing treatment for sinus at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Md., promptly phoned the White House, then sent a letter of resignation to the club; Galbraith thereby voided the application of President John Kennedy, whom he had sponsored. Also quitting were Swing, Civil War Historian Bruce Catton, Assistant Secretary of State Harlan Cleveland, Author James P. Warburg and ABC News Analyst Howard K. Smith...