One set of decisions that the new Administration cannot defer is the selection of people to run and represent the Government. Last week Richard Nixon made several appointments: >Charles W. Yost, 61, an author and retired career diplomat, became the surprise choice as Ambassador to the United Nations. Yost is a Democrat, but not the sort of prominent party man that Nixon had been seeking to give his Administration a bipartisan touch. Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy and Sargent Shriver all turned down the assignment, which traditionally has had more prestige—and problems—than power. Shriver...
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