Ill fact, Kennedy's selections
have met with general approval
la conservative circle* of the
Democratic Party, and have sur
prised many Republicans. It U
not that nm ef the Cabinet of
ficers are not liberals; it is the
fact that most of them are moder
ates, and that a much mora liber
al Cabinet could have been form
ed by the President-elect.
One maker of the Cabinet, the
Treasury Secretary, b a Republi
can- ? Douglas Dillon. This appoint
ment took aome of the edge off
G. O. P. criticism that the Demo
cratic Administration of Senator
Kennedy would be a bis-spending
irresponsible one.
And the Secretary of Commerce
is a conservative southerner. The
Secretary of Defense is himself a
big executive, who should have
sound ideas from which to draw
in running the biggest-spending
department of the government ?
the Defense Department.
The number-one Cabinet post ?
Secretary of State? went to a
southerner, acknowledged to be a
brilliant administrator and sound
student of diplomacy and govern
ment?Dean Rusk.
The most liberal element of the
Democratic Party is represented
in recent Kennedy appointments
but in a rather limited way. Gov
ernor Mennon William of Michi
gan was put on the African desk
in the State Department Chester
Bowles was placed under Dean
Ruak, the Secretary. Adlai Steven
son was sent to the United Na
tions.
Coupled with the fact that Con
gress is in the hands of the less
than -extreme element of the party,
this seems to indicate that there
will be no revolution in the politi
cal and legialative sense in the
coming months.
In this connection, it was inter
esting to note that the new Senate
Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield,
of Montana, recently announced
that he did not favor a fight to
change the Senate's rules at the
beginning of the 87th session of
Congress. The most liberal ele
ment of the Democratic Party
favors changing rule 22 again, so
thst less than two-thirds of the
Senate can squelch debate on a
bill. But it appears that the rule
will not be changed.
If this is an accurate indication
of events, the Kennedy Adminis
tration might enjoy very harmo
nious relstions with Congress ? at
least at the beginning of the Ken
nedy era.
In addition to these develop
ments, the new Democratic Party
leadership appears certain to be
more representative of all sections
of the party than has been the tra
' dition in the aenior major party
for a number of years.
Paul Butler, who baited and an
tagonised the South constantly, is
gone. The Democratic Advisory
Council is gone. ThU waa a group
picked by Butler which repreeent
ed the moat liberal elementa in
the party. Thus the party, Con
gress and Cabinet appear to be
more harmoniously tuned than at
any time in a number of years.
It could mean that the govern
JANUARY UNEMPLOYMENT
Labor department official* have
indicated they expect the nation '?
unemployment total to climb to
more than 5,000,000 by January.
Thii new unemployment figure
la cure to receive attention from
the eleven-member committee nam
ed by president- elect Kennedy to
map a program of aid to areai of
chronic unemployment.
fnf^t jriii be more capable of en
actio* a iagialative program la
(ha naat lew jraara Uun at any
time tin ee the Reoaevait era. The
flnt law month* el the new year
wtU confirm or aeotradiet thla
Good Pressure
In Tires Vital
Driven art reminded by Jerry
Co* of Co* Insurance & Realty
Co. to keep .their tire* properly
inflated a* a precaution against
blowout*. This 1* especially im
portant today with the advent of
turnpikes and freeways which
have made it possible to make
long trips at sustained high speeds.
"In a study made by the Kemp
er Insurance Central Automobile
Safety Committee," Coe says, "it
was learned from tire manufac
turer* that there la little truth to
the popular belief that over-infla
tion of tire* I* ? primary cause of
blowouts.
"However, a definite contribut
ing factor is the flexing of the
tire's sidewall* as the car travels
at sustained high speeds. This
flexing causes the inner tire to
heat up and can deteriorate the
fibres, thus weakening the cas
ing."
There are two ways to reduce
this flexing according to Coe. One
way, of course, is to keep the
speed of the car down. But also
important, keep the tires rigid by
proper inflation.
Too often people become alarm
ed when the warm weather caua
es the air in the tire to expand
above the recommended pressure.
But actually it la better to have
the tire a little over-Inflated than
under-inflated.
A little extra air will not hurt
the tire. But if air is removed in
warm weather, when the weather
cools off, the tire will become fin
der-inflated. Thi* i* when the
flexing i* moat pronounced and
the farther a car i* driven at a
high speed, the more chance there
1* of a blowout.
A* another precaution, Coe sug
gests that drivers make periodic
checks of the tires for cuts, bulges
or thin spot* in the casing, all of
which are danger signals.
When s tire is in questionable
condition, an investment in a new
one could mean the difference be
tween a ssfe trip and a bad acci
dent, with death or injury, (adv)
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