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The Eisenhower Administration had got into and out of its first jam. The lesson: Washington had a lot to teach Detroit about how to handle appearances, just as Detroit assuredly had a lot to teach Washington about the realities under the appearances.
This week the Senate (77-6) confirmed Wilson as Defense Secretary. The six included Wayne Morse, who made a two-hour speech opposing confirmation, left the Senate floor, fainted as he walked into the reading room, recovered in time to vote. (Friends said Morse's swoon probably resulted from treatment to his jaw, broken last year when a horse kicked him.)
* Called Erwin by his friends and "Engine Charlie" by industrialists, who want to distinguish him from Charles Edward Wilson, formerly of General Electric (see BUSINESS), who is known as "Electric Charlie."