THE NATION: Picking the Men

The closeness of his election victory had wrought a change in Jack Kennedy, and it showed last week. It determined him on a more moderate political course, and it made him more cautious in making his appointments. It had not, however, deprived him of that remarkable self-confidence of a man of 43 taking on perhaps the toughest and most important political office on earth. As rumors of Cabinet appointments swirled like snowflakes, in the midst of it all sat President-elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy—relaxed, and determined not to be rushed into any decisions before he was good and ready.

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