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Reasons for his licking: 1) Kump followers, lusting for revenge, helped Revercomb; 2) C.I.O., which had always helped Matt Neely before, this year remained silent; many coal miners did not vote; 3) a Neely victory, West Virginians knew, would have left the State Governorless until a special election could be held. (West Virginia has no Lieutenant Governor; the State Senate president governs temporarily in the event of a vacancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Beginner Wins | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

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