Word: statesmanship
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Died. Sir Herbert Williams, 69, onetime (1928-29) Parliamentary Secretary, ultraconservative M.P. whose best-known act of statesmanship in the past 25 years was to hurl a shelled egg across the House during a 1953 debate on food prices; of a stroke; in London...
...Senate is as intractable as Knowland's ice trays. Its rules are designed to humor the egos and the caprice of men who all regard themselves as national celebrities. In his difficult job, Knowland works with tireless energy, but in training himself for statesmanship, he had to bypass a tutelage in political finesse. He lacks Martin's knack for looking ahead, often neglects to count votes long enough in advance because of his preoccupation with a bill currently on the Senate floor...
...taxes, interference with business and labor unions are all justified in the name of national interest and national survival. Freedom must always be tailored to the facts of life-and the 20th century facts of life demand great sacrifices. Neither Senators nor scientists can be exempted. The task of statesmanship is to allow the maximum freedom consistent with the Government's responsibilities. In the McCarthy case Eisenhower is trying to enforce rules that are reasonable in the circumstances. In the Oppenheimer case Gordon Gray is trying to enforce rules reasonable in the circumstances. These rules are not threats...
...immediate results; in fact it may be ten years or more before integration is realized, Howe pointed out. He praised the court's positive action rather than waiting for the natural breakdown of the "separate but equal" school process legal since 1895. If Southern leaders show magnitude and statesmanship, the law will be acceptable sooner, Howe said. "I hope they will show it, but I doubt...
...slave Jo Anderson, whose devoted work had helped perfect the machine. In the 123 years since, Inventor McCormick's International Harvester Co. has not forgotten the way its founder and Jo Anderson worked together. This week, in Manhattan, the National Urban League honored International Harvester with its "Industrial Statesmanship" Award for the company's steady, uncompromising policy of nondiscrimination in industry...