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...H.L.U. letter that definition "begins at home," and asked the H.Y.R.C. what it supports. It continued, "you can on the one hand grasp the isolationism of Dirksen and with the other reach out for the internationalism of Lodge. You can in one breath accept the principle of McCarthyism and in the next subscribe to the 'Declaration of Conscience' of Margaret Chase Smith...
...Signed by twenty-five Republican senators--Welker, Cain, Schoeppel, Knowland, Martin, Mundt, Ferguson, Jenner, Watkins, Flanders, Butler, Dworshak, Kem, Bennett, Dirksen, Brewster, Wiley, Capehart, Young, Case, Bridges, Hickenlooper, Bricker, Carlson, and Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin...
...Suicide Route." Illinois' Republican Everett Dirksen, who proposed a $250 million slash in economic aid for Western Europe, voiced one side of the argument: "We lift our voices in magnificent cliches about the danger from outside. Are we alert to the fact that America can die from suicide within? The suicide route is the fiscal route." Majority Leader McFarland voiced the other side: "Is it cheaper to arm European boys, or put all of our young manhood in uniform? The world is in a dangerous situation and we must see to it that our allies are strong economically...
...billion or so were acting more from general convictions of the need for economy than from knowledge of specific items which could be sliced. But there was also no more doubt that the Administration's figure was based as much on horseback estimates as solid figures. Dirksen's slash just squeaked through...
...genuine home-grown and earthy aura. The Kansans are grateful for Eisenhower's support from Eastern industrialists and political leaders, but do not want to get Ike too thoroughly identified with them. They are even thinking of balancing the ticket by agreeing to Illinois' Senator Everett Dirksen for Vice President, though Dirksen's senatorial toga often looks like the mantle of the Chicago Tribune...