Word: gop
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first query, even the GOP's own Hercules would admit the inadequacy of his law to handle labor problems in times of national stress. The government's dilemma is this; on one side there are production schedules which must be kept, on the other there is the constitutionally protected right to strike. The Taft-Hartley Law's injunction powers are worthless here because their use simply gives each side eighty days more to think up bigger and better arguments against each other. And if the Miners' strike of 1947 is any indication, the government cannot make an injunction stick anyway...
...first anniversary of the day Eisenhower formally established SHAPE headquarters in Europe. At Ike's verbal request, the exchange was kept secret until he had an opportunity to tell his NATO fellow officers his basic decision: he has decided to return home to run as a GOP candidate for President...
...GOP popularity contest, the count from 1,938 of 3,840 precincts was as follows: Eisenhower, 145.518; Taft, 101.483; Stassen...
NEWARK. N.J., April 15--Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower pulled steadily ahead of Senator Robert A. Taft with about one third of the vote counted tonight in New Jersey's primary test of GOP presidential race strength...
Leather chairs, paintings, and drapes with a wine bottle motif, suggested small-scale cocktail parties for Parlor B, and not the official headquarters of the Massachusetts Committee for Taft. On the center hors d'hoeuvres table, were pamphlets telling why "Bob Taft is the GOP's best bet for '52." The pamphlets, a poster of a grinning baby elephant on the wall, a filing cabinet, and Taft-for-President buttons on every lapel signaled the switch from cocktails to politics...