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...what made Sam Rayburn so remarkable was probably not these qualities, but his ability to combine them with a profound awareness of what power was and how to use it. His contribution to the job of running the tremendously awkward machinery of a fragmented and stubborn House was actually a very new one, for he introduced to the Speakership an entirely different politics of control. His great predecessors-men like Cannon and "Czar" Reed-were largely parliamentary tyrants. Rayburn was more, because he was shrewd enough to realize that stamping on all Congressmen is nowhere near so effective as encouraging...
...powerhouses. Texas strengthened its position as the nation's top-ranked team when, sparked by the breakaway running of Halfback James Saxton, it overwhelmed tough and bulky Baylor 33-7. While second-ranked Alabama smothered Richmond, third-ranked Ohio State, its bruising ground attack contained by stubborn Indiana, turned to such innovations (for Ohio State) as forward passes, to win 16-7 and remain tied for Big Ten leadership with fifth-ranked Minnesota, which outrushed Iowa 16-9. Continuing its return to national prominence, fourth-ranked Louisiana State ran over strong North Carolina 30-0. Upsets soured some bowl...
Died. Dr. Channing Heggie Tobias. 79, stubborn crusader for Negroes' rights, a Georgia-born Methodist minister and Y.M.C.A. executive who served as board chairman of the N.A.A.C.P. from 1953 to 1960, balanced militancy with moderation after the Supreme Court's 1954 school desegregation decision, urged upon his fellow Negroes "the spirit of give and take"; of a stroke; in Manhattan...
...succeeded. Top-ranked Michigan State was jarred off balance by a new Minnesota offense, lost 13-0 in the season's biggest upset so far. Second-ranked Mississippi fell to a fired-up Louisiana State team 10-7. Third-ranked Texas, stalled in the first half by a stubborn Southern Methodist defense, finally untracked its speedy running attack to beat the Mustangs 27-0. Unbeaten Alabama overwhelmed scrappy Mississippi State 24-0. But the most impressive display of brawny ground power came from fifth-ranked Ohio State, which ran over Iowa 29-13, moved into a tie with Minnesota...
Faced with this glum news, Labor Department spokesmen abandoned all effort to blame hurricanes or strikes for the stubborn persistence of large-scale unemployment. The plain fact was that, despite its overall strength, the U.S. economy was failing to perform one of its important functions: providing enough jobs to go around. And in the minds of many observers the dark suspicion was growing that the situation was never going to improve until the nation faced the fact that it was undergoing a technological revolution comparable to that of the 18th century, and gave higher priority than...