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Smiling & Wan. At the outset, President Eisenhower characteristically asked everyone to speak frankly and freely. They did. The discussion ranged over the timing of school desegregation not only in Arkansas but throughout the South. Faubus explained at length the integration progress already made in Arkansas, at the state university in Fayetteville, in public transit systems, etc. Finally the governor made a significant request: that Little Rock integration be delayed (a mere year's postponement would get Faubus past next July's Democratic primary, when he hopes to win renomination for a third term...
After the conference a smiling President and a wan governor walked down the stairs into a cluster of newsmen. "The President and I have had a very friendly and constructive conference," said Faubus. Said President Eisenhower: "Good to see you." Replied Faubus: "Thanks." Then they parted...
...Eisenhower veto to keep Capitol Hill from restoring the old system of rigid, mandatory support, at 90% of parity, under six basic farm commodities, including wheat, cotton, corn. Benson himself has had to learn to bend with political winds, to compromise, zigzag and, as he puts it with a wan smile, "rise above principle...
...miles away from the Piessets in one of the dreariest slums of the same northern French city live wan and wasted Jeanne Derock, a local mill worker, her husband Jean-Baptiste, a wounded war veteran able to do only occasional work, and their five children, all of whom sleep in beds knocked together out of old fish crates by papa Derock...
...Prince Wan Waithayakon. president of the eleventh session of the U.N. General Assembly LL.D...