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...some observers it appeared that the Administration was casually trying to brush off a mere Republican State Governor who persisted in being tiresome about a trivial matter. But the outraged Governor continued to badger and challenge the Federal Government for his full, undiluted, sovereign State's rights. Each side stood stubbornly and firmly on its dignity. But Tom Dewey, who cut his political eyeteeth on just such gang-busting as the Lepke case, seemed to be standing on the firmer legal ground. The next move was up to Washington-and what seemed to be at stake was something bigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Waiting for Lepke | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

...Badger for Thye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 17, 1943 | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

...PHOTOGRAPH AS THYE IS EMINENTLY QUALIFIED TO BE GOVERNOR," BUT HE IS, IN REALITY, ABLE, VERSATILE LESTER BADGER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 17, 1943 | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

...BADGER Beverly Hills, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 3, 1942 | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

Determined to make the Ministry mend its muddling ways, London newsmen badger it constantly, refer to the Press v. Ministry feud as the Battle of Bloomsbury. (The Ministry operates out of Bloomsbury from an elephantine white building borrowed from London University.) Typical of the quarrel are snide cartoons of Minister of Information Alfred Duff Cooper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Battle of Bloomsbury | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

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