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...recent New York Times poll reveals that, of those Senators reached, 45 favored lowering the age qualification, 11 opposed it and 30 were undecided. The same poll showed 29 state governors for, 7 against, and 12 undecided. Senatorial supporters include William F. Knowland (R-Cal), Wayne Morse (Ind-Oregon), Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn), Homer Ferguson (R-Mich) and Francis Case (R.S.D.). The political views of those particular gentlemen are frequently in conflict...
Some top Republicans, including Party Chairman Leonard Hall and Senate Leader William Knowland, stepped in to say that McCarthy should get off the committee and should not cross-examine wit nesses. Hall had swerved sharply from his attitude of two months ago when he said that McCarthy was a Republican "asset" who should have the party's endorsement...
...want Hawaii admitted at all, because of Hawaiian disregard for the color line. Last week three Republicans (Nevada's Malone, North Dakota's Langer and Maryland's Butler) joined Democrats in a 46-43 vote to package the two statehood proposals. Senate Majority Leader William Knowland, who had failed to hold his Republican colleagues together for the Eisenhower Administration's Hawaii bill, furrowed his brow deeper than ever and said he would support the package. But almost everyone admitted that this Congress is not likely to pass any statehood bill...
...both sides about the policy that has emerged from these promises. Dubbed the "New Look" in a speech by Admiral Arthur Radford last December, it has been hailed by many as a substantial innovation in defense policy. As if to stress the contrast with its Democratic predecessors, Senator Knowland wrote, "the doctrine is a departure from the policy of 'containment' which we have heretofore followed in recent years...
Came the roll call, close and tense, with the possibility that Knowland's vote might make the difference. When the clerk finished reading the names, the tally was 57 ayes, 28 noes−the necessary two-thirds...