THE CABINET: Cleanup Man

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At Dwight Eisenhower's New York headquarters a few days before the election, a receptionist slipped down the hall to take a look at Herbert Brownell, the great campaign strategist. She peeked in his office door and saw a man who had passed her desk a score of times. Said she in tones of disappointment: "Oh, is that him? He looked so unimportant I didn't think he could possibly be Mr. Brownell."

The new Attorney General of the U.S., a highly capable lawyer, is recognized as the best political strategist of his party,...

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