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Aside from the predominance of Leverett men. House representation was divided. Winthrop and Lowell each took two places, while Kirkland and Adams split the remaining two positions. Eliot and Dunster were not represented...
Commentators and columnists, Conservative or Socialist, everywhere condemned the manner, and frequently the matter, in Bevan's abrupt split with Labor Party Leader Clement Attlee (TIME, April 26) over approval of German rearmament and of U.S. leadership in world politics. Admitted the leftist New Statesman & Nation: "By this impulsive gesture, Mr. Bevan has postponed-possibly forever-his own chances of succeeding to the Socialist leadership." "It is the future existence of the party itself which is at stake," said the Times in alarm. If Bevan could swing the party to support "a British neutralism" between the U.S. and Russia...
Many other businessmen were whistling cheerful tunes last week. Douglas Aircraft Co. reported first-quarter earnings of $8.9 million, more than double last year's $4.4 million, and voted a two-for-one stock split. Despite an 8% decline in sales, General Electric's net was up 42%, to $48 million, highest first-quarter earnings in the company's history. President Ralph J. Cordiner predicted that G.E.'s profits for the entire year would be better than in 1953. For those whose earnings were down, the drop was usually less, percentagewise, than the drop in sales...
...voting procedure, one share of stock counts for 21 votes. They can be spread out across the railroads entire slate of 21 directors, or lumped on one director. Knowing it would be close, McGinnis concentrated his strength on eleven directors, winning them all for a bare majority, while Dumaine split his among 15, won only ten. As it turned out, McGinnis might have walked off with even more directors had he risked spreading his votes a bit thinner...
Between his sophomore and junior year the ROTC member would take his summer instruction. It has not been decided whether the time would be split into two six weeks periods or taken during one summer for 12 weeks...