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...apparently not helped his neck-&-neck rival Bob Taft (whose press secretary last week explained that Taft was not an "active" candidate). Despite an awed respect for Taft's mind, the pros were as conscious as ever of his lack of political sex appeal. Said a Califor nia GOPster: "Taft is a fine and capable man. If it was a matter of hiring the President of the U.S., he'd be the man for the job. But we're still electing Presidents...
...last decade except try to keep his guerrillas in hand, would reap his reward and become Speaker of the House. Indiana's Charlie Halleck, a repentant Willkieite now in the Chicago Tribune fold, would become Majority Leader. Illinois' Leo E. Allen, an undistinguished but faithful GOPster, would become chairman of the powerful Rules Committee which controls the House's business...
Discharge Points? Republicans made the best of the bad week at the White House. Said Oregon's smart Senator Wayne Morse: "This Administration shows not only confusion and indecision, but also a lack of intelligent comprehension of the industrial and economic issues." Another GOPster, thinking of Harry Truman's massive 21-point legislative program, quipped: "The President has so many points that he'll soon have enough for discharge as commander in chief...
Biggest question mark among top contenders was Captain Harold E. Stassen, U.S.N.R., Minnesota's ex-Governor soon to return to civilian life. Many a young GOPster, and many of all ages from the West and Middle West, looked to him as their leader, but he had been out of the political arena too long to be properly gauged. He has told friends that he will seek no office between now and 1948, but will discuss national and international issues freely. He is said to feel strongly that plain, unvarnished talk will pay off in the next few years...
Republican bosses, out of power so long that they could not find a dyed-in-the-wool GOPster, were confronted with a choice between two Democrats. They picked one Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, onetime secretary to Al Smith. In so doing, they lost the services of the top Republican in city politics, Council President Newbold Morris, a patrician socialite who believes in government as a career. Cracked Newbold Morris: "[Judge Goldstein] thinks he can buy the good government label like a new collar. You've got to earn it through the years. It comes after trial by fire...