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...author of these "Polynesian" cocktails has never roamed the South Seas. Nevertheless, salty, peg-legged Victor Bergeron, 58, has parlayed a flair for serving good food amid a supply of grass skirts, Tiki gods and outrigger canoes into the most successful chain of seaweed restaurants west of Suez: Trader...
Since the first Trader Vic's opened in Oakland, Calif., in 1938, Bergeron has set up another restaurant in San Francisco and manages seven others-three for the Hilton hotel chain (in New York, Chicago and Beverly Hills), four for Western Hotels (in Portland, Ore., Seattle, Denver, and one that opened last week in Vancouver, B.C.). This summer the Trader will start two more restaurants for Hilton, in Washington, D.C., and San Juan, will open a third, owned by himself, in Phoenix. There will also be a Trader Vic's in the new London Hilton. Last year...
...with the Neck. Secret of Trader Vic Bergeron's success is his preference for South Sea atmosphere rather than culinary authenticity. "How are you going to make a pig in the ground in your restaurant?" asks Bergeron. "Furthermore, you can't eat real Polynesian food. It's the most horrible junk I've ever tasted...
...incumbent Democratic Governor, U.S. Senate candidate and favorite-son choice for President, Herschel Loveless was avidly courted by White House Aspirant Jack Kennedy, had every reason to hope he would be Kennedy's selection as vice-presidential running mate. But Country Boy Loveless was disappointed by the Yankee trader. Passed up for Vice President, Loveless was defeated for the Senate and overlooked for Secretary of Agriculture. In January, Kennedy finally named him to a $20,000 post on the Federal Renegotiation Board. And as of last week it seemed that Loveless might even have trouble moving into that place...
...stand of the newly protectionist unions is put simply and forcefully by Amalgamated Clothing Workers President Jacob Potofsky, an oldtime free trader himself until recently: "Do we have to stand by idly while our jobs are destroyed? Do our cutters have to continue to cut fabrics made in Japan?" Potofsky's answer: a resounding "No." The clothing workers voted to take direct action against imported goods, and next month the A.C.W. Executive Board plans to pass on an order to their members not to cut any Japanese-made fabrics received by a manufacturer after...