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G.O.P. Whip Les Arends gasped, "I'm astonished." Halleck and Arends were roiled not by a new Democratic ploy, but by a political move from one of their own: New York's Representative William Miller, who doubles in brass as chairman of the Republican National Committee...
...Mahon, a cautious fellow, declined to fight Vinson openly. Instead, two of the subcommittee's ablest Republican members, Michigan's Gerald R. Ford and Wisconsin's Melvin Laird, threw themselves into the overt fight against Vinson. They enlisted the support of Republican Floor Leader Charles Halleck-who had never quite forgiven Vinson for helping round up Southern votes to liberalize the conservative House Rules Committee...
...bird." Jackie fed pandas and an elephant, watched a cobra rise to music, saw a battle between a mongoose and a snake. Among the many gifts she received were a pair of tiger cubs that were first named Ev and Charlie (for G.O.P. Congressional Leaders Everett Dirksen and Charles Halleck)-until one turned out to be a female. It was all very exotic, exciting, and a bit exhausting for anyone-even though Jackie occasionally managed to sleep late. But there was more to come. At week's end she flew into Udaipur for a restful stay at the palace...
...Administration. "We're being brainwashed with Administration propaganda," says one Capitol Hill Republican. They worry about the ideological differences between the party's middle-roaders and right-wingers. They are distressed by the image of their congressional floor leaders, Senator Everett Dirksen and Representative Charles Halleck. who appear on TV in what is known as "the Ev and Charlie show.'' Says a G.O.P. Congressman: "There's Dirksen with his fuzzy hair and Halleck with his big red nose." Most of all, Washington's Republicans are troubled by their difficulty in presenting to the rest...
Furthermore, "Republicans gain little and lose much" from Halleck's frequent cooperation with Southern Democrats, Advance charged...