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...hazard in teaching new math is that its basic concepts-sets, number systems not based on ten, lattices-require profound comprehension by teachers, which usually entails plenty of upgrading study. Professor Robert Wirtz, an associate of Beberman's at the University of Illinois, visited more than 100 elementary schools all over the U.S. and reported: "The teachers I found are frightened. They don't understand the new math or why they are supposed to teach...
When Willard Wirtz was named to replace Arthur Goldberg as Labor Secretary two years ago, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany was happy-but not for long. As the months passed, Wirtz irked Meany more and more-largely because the Secretary was not a flat-out champion of labor. When Wirtz failed to come out in a full-throated protest against compulsory arbitration in transportation industries during his testimony at congressional hearings, Meany scornfully described him to a friend: "This guy is not a standup guy. He bends...
That festered in Meany's mind for a long time. Three weeks ago at a White House meeting with Lyndon Johnson, Meany was stunned to learn that Wirtz wanted to get rid of Meany's favorite man in the Labor Department-Under Secretary John Henning, 49, who had been a California Federation of Labor staffer for a decade, then had served as Democratic Governor Pat Brown's state director of industrial relations before being called to Washington...
After watching Henning operate for many months, Wirtz decided he wanted a man of his own choosing, someone more compatible. But George Meany considered John Henning a perfect union representative in Government. As soon as he heard of Wirtz's plan to oust Henning, foxy old George arranged dozens of phone calls to top U.S. unionists to tell them of Henning's plight. He also saw to it that the story was leaked to the press. Suddenly, thousands of union men's protest telegrams began to bombard the White House-some even came from ships...
That kind of pressure from the labor movement, which had delivered several million loyal votes for Lyndon Johnson, had a salutary effect. Arthur Goldberg himself entered the controversy, set up a meeting of Wirtz, Meany and himself. There, Justice Goldberg judiciously suggested that Wirtz rescind his demand that Henning leave. That may change in the future, but for the moment George Meany had chalked up a singular and unusual victory-an outside veto over who goes and who stays in a Government department...