Word: bandwagons
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...Eisenhower bandwagon got ready for the big pull last week by shifting some loads and adding some new wheels. At a Washington press conference, Campaign Manager Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. introduced ex-ECAdministrator Paul G. Hoffman as the full-time adviser of the Citizens for Eisenhower committee. Hoffman, just back from a visit with Ike at SHAPE, will take a leave from the presidency of the Ford Foundation to work as principal salesman, idea man and talent scout of the Ike campaign...
Other actors jumped aboard the bandwagon: Tyrone Power got ready to tour with Poet Stephen Vincent Benet's John Brown's Body; Sarah Churchill and Edward Thommen headed west to read the letters of Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw; Emlyn Williams arrived from London with the novels of Charles Dickens under his arm. One might have thought the movies, radio and television had never been invented, and that the golden years of the Chautauqua circuit* were back again...
...MacArthur has decided to start pushing his own bandwagon, his choice of propellents is regrettable. For while the bitterness and partisanship of his orations have increased ever since The Return, his support has been dropping. As the speeches become more hysterical, the General's stature decreases in proportion...
...Taft bandwagon was ready for a threeday, 500-mile swing through 20 cities and towns. With most voters thinking about the March 17 income-tax deadline, Bob Taft will dwell on two of his favorite subjects: Government extravagance and high taxes. As the Ohio Senator campaigns, 26 strategically-placed billboards will call attention to Ike's non-campaigning status: "We're for Taft because we know what he stands...
...mouse with the OPS job offer. When he finally accepted it, he issued a statement that "in America someone must ever be willing to perform the difficult but tough, unpopular and thankless tasks." Some Washington hands think that he believes Truman will run and is simply getting on the bandwagon...