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For the time being, Nixon has at least managed to convey the impression of workmanlike determination at the top. What his men lack in glamour or fame they compensate for in records of accomplishment. Even Democratic National Chairman Lawrence O'Brien, himself a former Postmaster General, called the new Cabinet "a group of distinguished men with fine backgrounds." If the Cabinet seems somewhat uniform in composition, it nonetheless bears an air of solidity and serenity that could serve the nation well after this year of contention.
* It was Adele Rogers who showed up for the TV show with her leg in a cast, the result of an operation for a poorly mended broken ankle. Nixon autographed the cast, quipped to photographers: "This is the only time you'll see the President with his hand on the knee of the wife of the Secretary of State."
* Who is reputed to have said at one Cabinet meeting: "Seven nays and one aye. The ayes have it."