National Affairs: NEW MAN IN THE CABINET

Named last week by President Eisenhower to be the second U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare: MARION BAYARD FOLSOM, 61, welfare-minded businessman.

Family and Early Years: Born in McRae, Ga. (pop. 1,900), where his father ran the general store. As a boy he clerked in the store, took charge of the accounts when he was only 14. Graduated from the University of Georgia with honors in 1912 at 18, won a scholarship to Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration, graduated there with distinction in 1914, earned enough money tutoring to travel in Europe....

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