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...major job of the nation's voters will be to absorb, weigh and compare the records in the Republican Who's Who of presidential candidates. Herewith, in the third-of a series, TIME publishes the condensed biography and political record of Ohio's Senator Robert Alphonso Taft...
Ohio's fact-minded Senator Robert Alphonso Taft wanted to find out what lay behind the talk of recession. That was part of his job as chairman of the joint Senate-House Committee on the Economic Report, which is responsible for recommending policies to maintain high employment. So Taft asked Dun & Bradstreet to gather the opinions of manufacturers, financiers, retailers, economists, labor leaders, etc. Last week, Dun & Bradstreet reported the results of its detailed questionnaire...
...began at seven. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft got up and faced the day. At breakfast he ate one egg, as usual. Then he picked up his large briefcase, climbed into his car and drove through Georgetown, over Rock Creek, through the nasty, wet snow to his office in the Senate building...
...Philosopher. As the 80th Congress begins its critical two years, one thing is certain: the popular estimation of Robert Alphonso Taft is in for a change. In the days of Democratic power, his objections were termed obstruction. His political philosophy was termed reaction. But in other lights than the New Deal's he is a man of unexpected hues...
...Monte Alban. Hero of the occasion: Dr. Alphonso Caso, who was about to retire into politics, perhaps to be Mexico's Minister of Education. Dr. Caso, brother-in-law of mercurial Labor Leader Vicente Lombardo Toledano, symbolized an era coming to a close. Under his direction, the ceremonial center of the Mixtecs and Zapotecs at Monte Alban, near Oaxaca, had been excavated. Digging carefully into the 60 square kilometers of overgrown mounds, Dr. Caso's men unearthed a dazzling complex of subtly designed stone tombs and religious buildings. In many they found golden masks and necklaces, carvings...