Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...emphasized that he was only "observing") is scanning the budget for soft spots, will make recommendations to Eisenhower on how and where it might be trimmed. He conferred with two men who have been doing the same kind of scanning for a long time-Virginia's Senator Harry Byrd and New Hampshire's Styles Bridges. One Byrd suggestion as to where savings might be made: the huge (an estimated $70 billion) unspent funds on hand mostly for defense purchases...
...solid is the South? Virginia, whose Democratic Boss Harry Byrd had refused to work for Stevenson, gave Eisenhower an 8:30 lead of 48,000 to 34,000; Richmond, expected to go Republican, gave Eisenhower a big lead (21,866 to 14,314). In Florida, Ike not only led in the big resort cities (full of transplanted Yankees) but ran only slightly behind Stevenson in industrial and thoroughly Democratic Duval County(Jacksonville...
...addition to Texan Daniel, five Democrats claimed their sure seats: the five: Mississippi's John. C., Stennis, Florida's Spessard L. Holland, Virginia's Harry Byrd, Rhode Island's John O. Pastore, all incumbents, and Representative Albert Gore...
...Virginia Senator Harry Byrd's announcement that he would not support Stevenson has made this state look like a 50-50 proposition, perhaps with an edge...
Sure Democratic Seats. Six seats can be considered won by the Democrats. Mississippi's Senator John C. Stennis has no opposition. In Texas, Attorney General Price Daniel got both nominations for Senator Tom Connally's seat. Florida's Spessard L. Holland, Virginia's Harry Byrd and Rhode Island's John O. Pastore are all but certain to be reelected. In Tennessee, Representative Albert Gore won his only battle when he beat veteran Senator Kenneth McKellar in last summer's primary...