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...Federation in Minnesota. Phillips, at that time still listed as Council president, was one of six candidates for the office of was one of six candidates for the office of College Service Committee Chairman, that highest post open to undergraduates. One of his most dangerous opponents was Tom A. Alberg '62, president of the Harvard Young Republicans, and a more liberal politician that Phillips...
After the first ballot, Alberg held a 20-19 lead over Phillips. But a midwesterner, James Harff of Northwester, was ahead of them both with 27 votes. Neither the second nor third ballots produced any change, and no candidate had the necessary majority...
...Harvard contestants fear opposition from the midwest far more than they do each other. Phillips feels that Alberg "has as many votes now as he can hope to get," leaving other men with "far greater potential." Reviewing the situation, Alberg maintained he did not "see where Phillips will get his support...
...Phillips, Alberg looks like the "liberal candidate," and he concedes "practically all the liberal votes" to the HYRC chief. Claiming that "a liberal can't win it." Alberg classifies himself as "on the conservative side of Nixon...
...While Alberg asserts the conservatives are definitely in control, Phillips views the race as a "major" liberal-conservative test which might "have great repercussions... to the extent where we could elect a President...