Word: committeeman
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...poor boys hawking papers on the streets of south Baltimore, Tommy D'Alesandro and Jack Pollack were friendly rivals. When they went into politics they stayed rivals. Tommy became Baltimore's mayor and Democratic national committeeman from Maryland. Pollack, a prosperous insurance broker, became Democratic boss of Baltimore's fourth state legislative district, and proved in election after election that he could swing 25,000 votes for any candidate he named to his faithful followers...
...Florida, Smathers replied: "I would have to say that I do not agree with him on the tidelands oil grab, on the jail-sentence FEPC, and on gagging of the Senate." Meanwhile, a Florida politico petitioned the Democratic National Committee to unseat Richard Barker, Florida's national committeeman, because of his "lack of cooperation" in campaigning for Stevenson. Nevertheless, Stevenson seems to be ahead in Florida...
...Houston Oil Millionaire Wright Morrow made his move. He resigned as Democratic National Committeeman, and commented that he had "the advice of the state Democratic convention to support Eisenhower...
Apparently impressed by Hagan's scraping and by an 1860 Cincinnati Daily Gazette description of the house as "a Quaker tint of tan," the advisory committee members after 90 minutes' deliberation ruled for "Quaker Brown." "Quaker Brown" was defined by one committeeman as "just about the shade of Mr. Hubbs's suit"-a light chocolate. Said Hagan: "If we get within three shades of the original color anyway, we'll be lucky...
After three days of hearings, Committeeman Ferguson went back to Washington. He will return some time next month, he said; meanwhile, New York City would carry on alone. Last week the city claimed some powerful new support for the job: a state court of appeals decision upholding a city charter provision that any municipal employee who refuses, on the grounds of selfincrimination, to answer questions before an authorized body may be fired. Henceforth, all the board of education has to do to get rid of a suspected Red is to prove that he has used the Fifth Amendment to avoid...