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Wright and Houghteling entered their names for chairman when the balloting for officers began in the region's first caucus. Outgoing regional chairman Lawrence Jaffa 2Div had not at that point filed for reelection in view of his candidacy for national vice-president. His subsequent defeat for the national office set off an intricate chain of political complications...
Friday's stormy caucus evidently brought the split to a head. The sun was already shining over lake Mendota, literally if not figuratively, when the session reported out the nominations of Paul L. Wright '49, Houghteling, and William Tracy of Springfield college. Jaffa was not eligible for the office on Friday night because he was running for national office on for national office on Saturday morning...
...Jaffa's subsequent defeat in the national election rendered him eligible for the regional office in time for Saturday afternoon's caucus. This factor set off an intricate chain of events so complicated as to make the machinations of Tammany Hall appear amateurish. The links of this chain in the order of their forging were...
...Jaffa was nominated for regional chairman and accepted...
...Jaffa withdrew...