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...straight about the election. Then, one night in mid-December, he gave a stag dinner for a group of his most trusted advisers from the 1952 campaign: Hall, Vice President Dick Nixon, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Old Presidential Friend Lucius Clay, Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, Deputy President Sherman Adams, Press Secretary Jim Hagerty, ex-White House Assistant C. D. Jackson-along with nine others whose views he respects. After a dinner of steak Chateaubriand, they talked strategy over liqueurs in the Red Room until 11:30, well beyond the usual quitting time...
Knowing that the ICC always likes to grant less than asked for, the railroads habitually ask for more than they need. Six months ago, the railroads asked for a 45% increase for carrying first-class mail. But when Postmaster Arthur Summerfield start ed giving more business to planes and buses, the railroads backed down fast, were glad to take a 10% hike. Railroadmen feel that if they could set their own rates and shave them quickly to meet competition, the ICC could concentrate on preventing regional discrimination, stopping cutthroat competition and guarding against shenanigans in railroad management...
...Even at a meeting of President Eisenhower's Cabinet, Secretary Weeks could not escape from the sales campaign. Three members of the Cabinet who used to be in the automobile busi ness (Defense Secretary Wilson, Interior Secretary McKay and Postmaster General Summerfield, all of General Motors) ribbed fellow Cabinet Mem ber Weeks about buying...
...company found out about its distinction when proofs of the proposed stamp were sent around to manufacturers. So did Detroit newspapermen, and so did Reo's competitors. When reporters made inquiries at the Post Office Department, Postmaster General Arthur. E. Summerfield promised them that he would take a second look at the design...
Last week Postmaster Summerfield, an old Chevrolet dealer, ordered a quick design change in-the truck on the stamp (happily, no stamps had yet been printed). The new truck: "A composite...