Last week Perle Mesta got her walking papers. A loyal Democrat, she had submitted her resignation as U.S. Minister to Luxembourg to President Eisenhower three months ago. But still, his acceptance seemed rather hasty, Perle thought. In a cablegram asking her to represent him at the forthcoming marriage of Grand Duke Jean, heir to the crown of Luxembourg, and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Ike had added a postscript, setting April 13 as the dismissal date. "I was expecting to be fired only about June," Perle told weeping staffers. "It was a great shock, being so sudden. [But] I suppose there...
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