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Cash & Carry. To postpone the Capehart vote, Johnson squeezed in two amendments dear to the Connecticut constituents of Republican Prescott Bush. Result: not only more time, but Bush's vote in the showdown. By accepting Republican Ralph Flanders' proposal to link the rate of housing starts to fluctuations in general business activity, Johnson won Flanders' vote. Then he cashed in lOUs with two other G.O.P. Senators, getting them to offset two of Johnson's absent Democrats by not voting themselves...
...showdown had come in the battle for the guaranteed annual wage. Unless Ford Motor Co. or the C.I.O. United Automobile Workers backed down at the last minute, all signs pointed to a strike...
...Knight, but the rank-and-file of voters are not organized in factions. Before next year's convention, Goodie Knight, as governor, will probably be able to pick the California delegates personally; if he does, they will be Knight's pawns. Should Nixon force a showdown for control, Goodie will almost certainly beat him and mire down the Nixon-for-President bandwagon. "The best we can do," concedes a Nixon stalwart, "is maybe slip some sneakers...
CONGRATULATIONS FOR CLEAR AND THOROUGH REPORTING ON THE SHOWDOWN IN SAIGON. JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE YOUR MAY 9 STORY WAS PUBLISHED WE RECEIVED THIS URGENT CABLE FROM PREMIER DIEM I "ALMOST 1,OOO,OOO HUMAN BEINGS FLED FROM COMMUNIST NORTH VIET NAM IN LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS IS GREATEST BLOW COMMUNISTS HAVE SUFFERED IN ASIA. THESE PEOPLE MUST BE SAVED. LAST GATE TO FREEDOM, PORT HAIPHONG, CLOSES MAY 16. 25O,OOO MORE NOW TRYING TO ESCAPE BEFORE DEADLINE...
...pressure grew too great for Avery. His doctor and his two daughters begged him to resign. The directors instructed Barr to call a special meeting of the board, prepared a resignation for Avery to sign. At the board meeting the expected bitter showdown did not occur...