Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Politics: When he returned to his Chicago law practice in 1947, Illinois Democrats picked him to run against Dwight Green, who seemed sure of reelection. Jacob ("Jack") M. Arvey, Cook County Democratic chairman, accepted Stevenson, whom he had met only a few months before, as the sacrificial lamb. Stevenson swept into office over Green by the biggest margin any candidate ever piled up in Illinois (572,000 votes), while Harry Truman won the state by a slim 33,612. As governor, Stevenson sent state police out to stop commercial gambling downstate when local officials failed to act, lopped...
Russia, of course, wanted no such thing. Soviet Delegate Jacob Malik used all the familiar stalling tactics-he demanded priority for an entirely different subject (new U.N. members) and was voted down; he insisted that representatives of Red China and North Korea be invited into the debate, and got voted down again. Then he strolled out to the delegates' lounge while the Council discussed the U.S. proposal...
...tabulation has been carrying as 85 for Ike, one for Taft, ten uncommitted, Taft has made some small gains. Manhattan Delegate Richard Neville said he will vote for Taft, and in Queens, Delegate Frank C. Kenna, county Republican chairman, indicated he was leaning Taftward. In Brooklyn, veteran G.O.P. Leader Jacob A. Livingston, a strong anti-Dewey man, announced for Taft. Although he is not a delegate, Livingston's influence is considerable. Taft may have ten or more New York votes...
...Trades and Labor Council, with a total membership of 90,000, declared: "This is the first crack of the Nazi whip." In Cape Town, Opposition Leader Jacob Strauss, as stout an anti-Communist as Dr. Malan, promised that his United Party would stand by the trade unions...
Supra-Political Plane. "I think I understand the governor," said Chicago's Democratic Boss Jacob Arvey. "He is not a candidate ... If, however . . . the nomination [were] given him . . . then no man could say no." Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey announced that Adlai was still "susceptible." New York Post Correspondent William V. Shannon explained that Adlai was just saying no to boost himself up to a "supra-political plane...