Summoning newsmen for his first press conference in two years, Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr., who has a passion for anonymity, announced his resignation from the job that he has held since Ike came into the White House. Reason: a desire to improve family fortunes by returning to private law practice. Successor: close friend and No. 1 aide, Deputy Attorney General William Pierce Rogers, who at 44 will be the youngest member of the Cabinet. It was the third major change in the Eisenhower Cabinet in three months (others: Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson for George Humphrey, Defense Secretary Neil...
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