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| | TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Bitter Pill -- Mar. 17, 1961 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Right before the eyes of the voters, the New Frontier employment agency put members of the U.S. Senate on the spot with the nomination of Charles M. Meriwether, 49, to be director of the Export-Import Bankand the Senate did not like it a bit. |
 | | A word from Sparkman would have prevented Senate confirmation, and even without a word, many Northern Senators teetered on the edge of a nay vote. |
 | | But John Sparkman swallowed his bitter pill, loyally backed the President, and his fellow Senators went along, approving the Meriwether appointment, 67 to 18. |
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