THE WEEK

• Anyone seen or heard of Nixon lately? Has the earth, which in California is capable of such super-colossal productions, simply swallowed him up? What a Christmas present that would be for you-know-who—and we don’t mean the American people. (None of that at Christmastime.)

• Walter Reuther was the first big-time labor leader to jump on the Kennedy wagon. Now, from his remarks to a meeting of the United Auto Workers in Chicago, it would seem that he expectantly awaits the payoff. Reuther told his union members that he would be in Washington in January to watch the incoming Administration “move aggressively” in the field of social legislation—particularly in the enactment of a program of government-supported medical aid for the aged. Reuther boasted that his union would have a strike fund of $40 million by April and outlined the demands he intends to make when the new United Auto Workers contracts are negotiated with the Big Three next summer. He talked big—bigger than he has for many a month, as if confident that in the event of a showdown—a prolonged strike —he has influential friends in court.

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• Anyone seen or heard of Nixon lately? Has the earth, which in California is capable of such super-colossal productions, simply swallowed him up? What a Christmas present that would be for you-know-who—and we don’t mean the American people. (None of that at Christmastime.)

• Walter Reuther was the first big-time labor leader to jump on the Kennedy wagon. Now, from his remarks to a meeting of the United Auto Workers in Chicago, it would seem that he expectantly awaits the payoff. Reuther told his union members that he would be in Washington in January to watch the incoming Administration “move aggressively” in the field of social legislation—particularly in the enactment of a program of government-supported medical aid for the aged. Reuther boasted that his union would have a strike fund of $40 million by April and outlined the demands he intends to make when the new United Auto Workers contracts are negotiated with the Big Three next summer. He talked big—bigger than he has for many a month, as if confident that in the event of a showdown—a prolonged strike —he has influential friends in court.