Word: committeemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After debating at length a Soviet Ukrainian Proposal to include Europe as a possibility for the temporary or permanent headquarters of the United Nations., the 14-man committee voted it down 7 to 2, with Russia and the Ukraine alone favoring it. Three committeemen abstained...
...better politics. Bob Hannegan gulped, threw away the resolution and announced that he and the executive committee stood "100% behind the President." The armed forces promised to help some; instead of taking 25% of the available legitimate meat they would take only 10%. Ed Kelly and the other committeemen passed a statement of policy: "Peace, production and progress-these are the watchwords of the Democratic Party for 1946 . . . under the inspired leadership of Harry Truman." Glumly they went home...
...well as anyone, Committeeman Haight should know that it was Governor Earl Warren, not G.O.P. committeemen, who revived the Republican Party in California. Let him consider his own negative salesmanship of the GOParty: twice he deserted Republican ranks to run for governor on the Progressive and Commonwealth tickets (results: defeated once, withdrew once). Let him also consider the fact that the first 15 men approached by Charlie Thomas-who is no New Dealer-gave $2,500 each to his campaign...
While overconfident La Follette committeemen relaxed, energetic Joe stumped the state wearing his old khaki shirts. He shrewdly wooed conservative farmers with attacks on Washington bureaucrats, skirted the touchy foreign-policy issue, chided his opponent for a long absence from home. Backed by the regular G.O.P. organization he accused errant Progressives of trying to steal the Republican party...
Will Harry Truman be a hard man to beat for President in 1948? This week the Republican, G.O.P. magazine, gave its own answer to this question, supplied by 3,408 Republican wheelhorses (county chairmen, district committeemen, precinct workers). Ten months ago 77% of the GOPsters had thought that the President would be hard to beat. Now 68% thought it would be easy as apple...