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...such familiar leaders as Defense Minister Y. B. Chavan and Railways Minister S. K. Patil. The most important newcomer is Nehru's gifted daughter, Indira Gandhi, who became Minister of Information, may later be promoted to Foreign Minister. That post, as well as the Ministry of Atomic Energy, Shastri kept for himself for the time being...
...first Cabinet meeting centered on Shastri's most pressing problem, India's soaring food prices, which have risen 8.5% in the past year. Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari warned that the government may have to enter the food-distributing business, and Shastri is known to be considering the imposition of price controls...
Deep Offense. In his first nationwide broadcast, the new Prime Minister promised to overhaul the nation's creaky, corrupt bureaucracy. While reaffirming Nehru's policy of nonalignment, Shastri pointedly quoted only one foreign leader, Lyndon Johnson, who had said that the world's best tribute to Nehru would be peace. Shastri held out a warm hand of friendship to neighboring Pakistan, regretting that the two countries have been so long at odds over Kashmir, and praised Pakistan's recent peace proposals as showing "wisdom and understanding." As for Red China, Shastri declared that Peking "has wronged...
...Prime Minister, Shastri will continue to live in his small bungalow at 1 Motilal Nehru Place (a street named for Nehru's father), although living quarters for his family and his many relatives will be expanded by taking over a bungalow next door. Nehru's white-walled residence will probably become a museum. Shastri was garlanded by visitors on his wide lawn and posed for pictures with his grandson Kenny, riding on his shoulders. The child had been called Kennedy from birth in honor of the late U.S. President, but after the Dallas assassination the family decided...
Despite all of India's gigantic problems, Shastri seems to be off to a fair start. His opponents in the Congress Party, ranging from Morarji Desai on the right to Krishna Menon on the left, are likely to give him several months' grace before they start rocking the boat. And after 17 years of Nehru's aristocratic rule, the mass of the Indian people appear to regard Shastri as representing a return to the homey, close-to-the-soil leadership of Gandhi...