Word: cliffords
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This decision, a confirmation of a similar "considered" motion two weeks ago, is binding only for one year, according to Clifford L. Alexander '55, president...
Voters tended to elect Republicans who resemble Democrats, and Democrats who resemble Republicans. New Jersey's liberal Republican Clifford Case and Delaware's conservative Democrat Allen Frear are examples of this trend. Exceptional were the victories of Illinois' Paul Douglas and Oregon's Richard Neuberger in fights where there was a vast ideological difference between the candidates. Studying the returns, Political Analyst Samuel Lubell concluded that candidates are try ing harder than ever to find and adjust to the central sentiments of their constituencies. If they continue to succeed, as they did in 1954. there...
...middle-of-the-road temper has obvious political advantages for the nation. In the 1954 election the most conspicuous casualties were men with left-wing records (e.g., Idaho's Glen Taylor and California's Robert Condon) and the whole McCarthyite faction, which collapsed with the victory of Clifford Case (denounced by McCarthy) and the defeat of some of those few candidates who dared to run on a platform supporting...
...Jersey: Republican Clifford Case Jr. carved out a razor-thin victory in the face of a strong Democratic attack and McCarthyite desertions. Election night, Case's opponent, Congressman Charles Howell, claimed that he had won. But by morning Howell's early 100,000-vote lead had been wiped out, and the Case-Howell race became a case of cliff-hanging suspense. By next day, as corrections were made and absentee ballots counted, Case's 200-vote margin widened to 3,308, equal to about one-fifth of 1% of the 1,700,000 votes cast...
Electronic Cousin. For papers everywhere, the 1954 election was tough to cover. In the seesaw New Jersey race, the New York Post ran a banner head line: CASE LEADS HOWELL. Under it was a picture of "Senator-elect Howell, who defeated Republican Clifford P. Case." In Oregon, Eugene Register-Guard Editor William Tugman wrote an explanation of why the Democratic senatorial candidate, Richard Neuberger, lost, next day took it back with an article headed: NEUBERGER WINS AFTER ALL, MAYBE, HUH? FINE ARGUMENT FOR VOTING MACHINES...