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Show the North Vietnamese coast. In a taped message home after his father's appointment, Jeff observed that "this is a good war to settle." William Rogers, as he listened to his son's voice, nodded affirmatively. Rogers tried to talk his way out of the appointment when President Nixon first offered it to him. As senior partner in a Washington-NeYork City law firm with 70 attorneys under him, Rogers had no wish to give up his practice. He would always be available to the President for counsel, he told Nixon, but would prefer to remain on the outside. When Nixon persisted, Rogers warned him that he would be criticized for appointing a secretary with no foreign-polic- y background. The President replied that he wasn't concerned about first reactions, that it was the final judgments that counted. The Secretary of State would be judged, said Nixon, by his performance. Still reluctant, Rogers said he was a team player and would serve as undersecretary or as a White House attorney if Nixon insisted. But the President was adamant; he wanted Rogers for his Secretary of State. w in m Libby's New Chicken Stew with dumplings is the newest way to cele- brate Stewsday. Its crowded with tender chicken. Tastes home-made, because Libbys makes it with the same skill as our rich Meat Ball Stew and meaty Beef Stew. And to make it even more chops 70 off the price. COUPON reat Stews: Beef. this coupon for d from a retail herein, (2) gro-- , He'll make policy too p the world from being had no training in the t but all who know him his grace under pressure, ap. He keeps cool. He'll ti at world conference :'s ers, well accustomed to e, concedes, though, that ne annoyed. Stupidity, in i bring a frown to his face, lever known him to lose emotions. He will be able ; fluctuations and frustra-?- n affairs without blowing tuiet temperament, suave subdued charm eminently to be the nation's No. 1 st problem Rogers faces, finding a solution for the His son, Jeff, 24, is a nav-- I a Navy ship operating off Rogers' lack of foreign experience has led the press to speculate that Nixon would be his own Secretary of State and merely wanted an administrator to operate the diplomatic machinery. Not so, says Rogers. He has the definite understanding that he will be a policymaker. As a former Attorney General, he understands the workings of the Cabinet, but he had his own misgivings about his lack of diplomatic training. He asked another Attorney General who had gone into the State Department former Undersecretary Nicholas Katzenbach whether this would be a serious handicap. "We have experts," said Katzenbach, "who have spent their lives studying the problems of Tanzania and Upper Volta. They can give you all you need to know about a problem in three hours." The outgoing Administration prebooks, pared six voluminous, detailing the problems that Rogers must face during his first 90 days. He was impressed with the high quality top-secr- et continued Clinton, Iowa rough outside tax. Cash taxed or a house-- i the last redemp. of this than .h e eUEdZSt- - 11 |