GREECE: Liberal on the Spot

Greece last week got what the U.S. doctor ordered—a coalition Cabinet of Royalists and Liberals.

The U.S. doctor was State Department Career Man Loy Wesley Henderson, who was dispatched to Greece two weeks ago. He found that Royalist Constantine Tsaldaris, who has strong dictatorial leanings, had been entrusted by King Paul to form a new Cabinet (TIME, Sept. 1). Liberal Leader Themistocles Sophoulis refused to serve under him, so Tsaldaris said he would go it alone. Henderson put his foot down, delivered what amounted to an ultimatum. Tsaldaris then stepped down to the...

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