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...Socialists grumbled bitterly, but Nenni urged them to bide their time. "If there's going to be a government crisis," he told a meeting of his party's central committee, "it's not going to be caused by us." Nenni has his eye on a Cabinet post in a new government; causing a crisis at the moment would be irresponsible, for Fanfani this week goes off to visit John F. Kennedy, and in a fortnight Harold Macmillan arrives in Rome. Fellow travelers in the Socialist high command were willing, even anxious, to topple the government...
...that neglected feeling, are wondering whether Charlie has been taking them for granted. Result: from now on, 13-termer Halleck will concentrate on wooing the Hoosiers in Indiana's Second Congressional District (which gave him a none too solid plurality of 6,000 in the 1958 elections), will bide his time until next July's Republican Convention, when he will be as available as ever...
...tackles are Bide Thomas and Charles Griffith. Thomas, a 6-2, 205 pound strong man, was captain of the '53 freshman team, and is very tough. Griffith, not even listed on the pre-season roster, surprised everyone by making the squad and then by beating out senior Ken Jones. A sophomore, Griffith is 6-2 and 200 pounds even...
Massachusetts (40): Still planning to bide a while with Favorite Son John...
...were jubilant. But few were as surprised as Morgan, now general manager of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. "After the Republicans took over, we thought there was no hope of a new tax law in the next few years," he said. "We had resolved to bide our time...