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...Green was going to deliver a wad of Illinois' 56 votes to Dewey in return for the vice-presidency. Governor Alfred Driscoll, who was originally for Vandenberg, was going to deliver himself and at least a part of New Jersey to Dewey for the same reward. Congressman Charlie Halleck was going to deliver Indiana for the same reason. The effect of the stories was always the same. Delegates were assailed with doubts about their candidates and growing panicky over their own political hides. Were they missing a bandwagon? Would they go unrewarded when the patronage was dealt...
...Wednesday four more blows fell on the bewildered opposition. Halleck announced that he would indeed deliver Indiana. Driscoll announced for Dewey, although his delegation was split. Senator James P. Kem came out of the Missouri woods, rushing for the Dewey camp. And right at his heels was Governor Robert Bradford of Massachusetts...
...shortness of time was on the side of the House wreckers, and they set to work with a will. By their silence; Speaker Joe Martin and Majority Leader Charley Halleck did much to encourage them, little to whip them into line...
Sulks & Snarls. But taken in the round, the record was the full answer to Harry Truman's irresponsible blurt. Congress did not need the replies in kind that some of its members delivered. Majority Leader Charley Halleck said: "There are a lot of people who think Mr. Truman is the poorest President since George Washington." On the floor of the House, Ohio's Cliff Clevenger rapped: "Might well be there will be some Congress-tanned Missouri jackass hide on the Christmas market-come November." The Rev. Peter Marshall, the Senate's chaplain, spoke the final word...
...through Jenner's strategy. If Jenner were elected governor, he could resign from the Senate, name his successor, and thus get control (along with Senator Homer Capehart) of most of Indiana's state and federal patronage. He let it be known that House Majority Leader Charles Halleck would get first crack at his Senate seat...