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...Halleck to Replace Martin...
...vote, taken in a secret session on the eve of the new session of Congress, was 74 for Halleck and 70 for the Massachusetts congressman who has been the House GOP leader for 20 years...
WASHINGTON--In a close battle that turned on the issue of age and aggressiveness, House Republicans voted Tuesday to toss out the veteran Joseph W. Martin as their leader and replace him with Charles A. Halleck of Indiana...
...other side of the aisle, Republican ranks, though depleted, may find in defeat a new cohesion that will let them exploit Democratic splits. Ailing Joe Martin of Massachusetts will probably hand more of the House minority leader's power over to quick-moving Ikeman Charlie Halleck of Indiana; the Senate's probable new Republican leader, Old Guardist-turned-Ikeman Everett Dirksen of Illinois, will doubtless be a much smoother operator than bumbling ex-Minority Leader Bill Knowland...
...only quarterback for Chuck Chamberlain was Chuck Chamberlain. "My God," he recalls, "the Welcome Wagon came out to see Mrs. Chamberlain when we had the electric meter hooked up, but nobody from the Republican high command came around to see me." From House Republican Leaders Joe Martin and Charles Halleck came only one direct piece of advice: "When you have to make a decision between your district and the national party, vote with your district...