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...Republican Senate is elected under Eisenhower, it will be run by Taft, not Lodge. If a Republican Senate is elected under Stevenson, Taft and his mid-western isolationists will effectively shatter any hope of bi-partisanship on foreign affairs. Only if a Democratic Senate is elected will our internationalist policies be continued. Control of the Senate hangs on three seats. For this reason alone, the re-election of Lodge might well be dangerous to the future of our country. If we hope to keep the gains we have made in unifying the free world against Communism, we must return...
...Stevenson, as president, tries to fulfill his promise of bi-partisanship--regrettably, a requirement, as the past four years have indicated, of any successfully executed foreign policy--Lodge will be far more useful to him than a freshman Democrat, and a none too dependable Democrat at that, for Lodge is the only Republican with the record and ability to assume Vandenberg's position. Perhaps, as Dean Landis and Kennedy alike insist, Lodge could not harmonize his Party with an intelligent foreign policy. There is no point, though, in purging the GOP of its ablest specialist on foreign affairs...
...unite the nation, Bundy thinks. "This would be particularly true," he added, "if the rumor is correct in suggesting that Stevenson would pick as Secretary of State Averell Harriman, who has aroused widespread and legitimate annoyance by engaging in bitterly partisan acts while holding an office dependent on bi-partisan support...
Compared to Kennedy, then, Senator Lodge stands out in terms of legislative leadership, originality of sponsored acts, and the realism and consistency of his foreign policy votes. Since Governor Stevenson is insisting on a bi-partisan foreign policy, Lodge is vital, for only he can dampen the wild cries of the nco-isolationist Republicans and assume the role that Vandenberg so ably carried out. It would be folly for Massachusetts to replace Lodge's seniority, ability, and usefulness with the freshman mediocrity of Kennedy...
Teams of four to six men will comprise the tutorial groups, which will meet bi-weekly throughout the year...