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...Illinois' Cook County (Chicago), judgeships are usually easy picking for Democrats. This year Illinois' young (39) Republican Governor William G. Stratton, who is an old hand at politics, decided he would try to change that situation. The first governor in years to take an open interest in Chicago judgeship races, Stratton made the rounds of rallies, fired up the G.O.P. organization, told ward and precinct workers they would be held responsible for the turnout of voters in their areas. He concentrated on the Republican suburbs. Result: the Republicans scored a solid upset, won eight (seven superior-court...
...nine months as chief executive, the population of California nearly doubled, and he faced the great problems brought by great growth. No other governor in U.S. history has built so many highways, schools and hospitals. None of the major bills he signed has ever been declared unconstitutional; his judgeship appointments greatly improved the caliber of the California bench...
...Lausche wants a federal judgeship, as has been rumored, he would appoint someone pleasing to the Eisenhower Administration. Names mentioned: Republican Arthur Flemming, director of the U.S. Office of Defense Mobilization (whose appointment was called "as certain as death" by the Middletown, Ohio Journal last week); Author-Farmer Louis Bromfield and General Curtis E. LeMay, head of the Strategic Air Command...
...exhaustive analysis, the Committee came up with positive suggestions for a reorganization of the system. These suggestions were embodied in Senate Bill 247, which received a hearing before the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature in March. The bill, which provided for a smooth shift to a full-time judgeship system, was then placed in committee. It has remained in committee for well over a month now and, according to key members of the Legislature, it is likely to continue pigeon-holed for a good many more months...
...friend explained that a professional politician has go to hundreds of similar affairs. When Kennedy was running last fall, he said, sometimes he went to five a day. A Mr. O'Rourke, across the table, said that the Republicans were very poor at banquet throwing. A man got a judgeship a few months ago and they couldn't get 500 out at $5 a plate...