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...restated his position: he wanted to be chairman of the Appropriations Committee; he did not want to be majority leader unless that was the only way to avoid an open fight between Bob Taft's friends and the Eisenhower people who seemed to like California's Bill Knowland as a candidate...
Taft's logic did not automatically guarantee him the job. New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, who was G.O.P. floor leader at the end of the 82nd Congress, would prefer to take the chairmanship of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. But California's Bill Knowland let it be known that he would run for majority leader if Bridges steps out. When Taft heard of Knowland's candidacy, he telephoned Knowland in California and offered to support him for chairman of the important Republican Policy Committee (Taft's old job in the 82nd Congress) if Knowland would...
...Although Knowland did not commit himself, news of the Taft offer buzzed across the long-distance grapevine and irked even some of Taft's close friends. Knowland, 44, ranks 17th on the Republican seniority list. Why, asked the G.O.P. seniors, should Knowland be catapulted into the policy chairmanship over such venerable heads as Colorado's Eugene Millikin, ranked eighth, or Nebraska's Hugh Butler, fifth? There was no doubt that Bob Taft could corral enough votes to get the job if he wanted to fight for it. In the interests of party harmony, however, the odds grew...
...Angeles' Mayor Fletcher Bowron (who all turned in first-rate performances). The program, like most such, was long (60 minutes) and draggy, but it perked up in spots. Sample: Gracie Allen telling Governor Warren about the "deplorable" excessive drinking in the Senate-"I read about Senator Knowland trying to make a speech from the floor-and the Speaker of the House was even in worse condition-he didn't even recognize...
...Senate, the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee will be the man who has held the post since 1947: Robert A. Taft. For majority leader, the leading prospect is California's Senator William Knowland, a middle-of-the-road man who is quick on his feet in parliamentary clinches. For the key Senate committee chairmanships (assigned by seniority), this is the prospective lineup...