Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political flop that Ike has ever had. Most perceptive editorial writers agreed with what he said ("earnest and impressive," said the often-critical Washington Post and Times Herald). But most also thought that he was far too late in saying it. "He should have moved when Secretary Humphrey made his incredible [curl your hair] criticism," said the pro-budget Atlanta Constitution. "Meanwhile, the enemies took possession of the field and established themselves on all the strategic positions in the political terrain...
...Republicans are divided on the budget. Again and again, Johnson gleefully pointed to such specimens of Republican budgetary schizophrenia as Treasury Secretary George Humphrey's famed "hair-curling" warning and the businessmen's revolt on the budget...
...Republican Old Guard is back on its feet. Not since 1952 has it been so in evidence. Its battle flag is the curl-your-hair Eisenhower budget, first unfurled by Treasury Secretary George Humphrey. But the size of the budget actually is less at issue than the things it stands for. Says a top Eisenhower Republican: "The fight was bound to come, and if it had not been the budget, something else would have started it." The reason the fight was bound to come lies deep in the chemistry of the Republican Party...
Most Old Guard Senators are genuinely fond of Dwight Eisenhower as a fine fellow. They were even willing to go along with the thing called Modern Republicanism when Ike first used the term. But they were awaiting an opening-and they got it when George Humphrey, without any hint of reproof from the President, called into question not only the budget and its programs but, in effect, Ike's leadership...
Eisenhower said he and Humphrey "jointly prepared a letter" on which the Treasury head's depression views were based...