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George Catiett Marshall, Secretary of State and former Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Doctor of Laws. Citation: "An American to whom Freedom owes an enduring debt of gratitude, a soldier and statesman whose ability and character brook only one comparison in the history of this nation...
...CONGRESS As the bill cutting individual income taxes 10½ to 30% reached the Senate floor last week, Democrats took a new line. Said elder tax statesman Walter George: all he wanted was to wait until June 10. Then the appropriations bills would be through and Congress would have a better idea of what expenses would be. He did not see how the 1948 budget could be cut more than $2,786,000,000. But if the G.O.P, could save $3 billion, he would support the tax cut himself...
With both the Greek-Turkish Aid and the foreign relief bills passed by both houses of Congress, Massachusetts' Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., grandson of a famed statesman, an artillery officer in World War II, and a junior member of the Foreign Relations Committee, rose in the Senate last week to suggest a realistic way of using the funds. Excerpts from his speech...
Still a passionate fisherman, he has worked out a schedule of visits which enables him to follow the trout season from California through Oregon and Canada. In winter, he fishes in Florida. His role in politics is that of an elder statesman. Said an associate: "Of course, he talks with politicians from time to time, but just because they are old friends...
Dismissals. For Ramadier's Socialist Party the situation was embarrassing. Its official policy was collaboration with the Communists. But after an impassioned plea from Elder Statesman Léon Blum, the Socialist directorate decided on a break. It authorized Ramadier to drop the Communists from his Cabinet. Once more the Cabinet convened. Ramadier told the Communists: "Thank you for your cooperation." The Communists had permit" ted themselves to be dismissed...