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...Capitol Hill itself, there was another new team. Illinois Republican Everett Dirksen succeeded California's obstructionist William Fife Knowland as Senate Republican leader, and Knowland had been as inept a leader as was ever inflicted upon a President. In the House, Indiana's Charles Halleck, with White House blessings, ousted Massachusetts' aging Joe Martin as Minority leader, soon proved himself a whiplashing, gut-fighting leader who would go down the line for the Administration...
...other time during the Eisenhower Administration. As never before. Congressmen are informed about Administration aims, and the President gets an accurate and detailed picture of congressional sentiment. Under Halleck's predecessor. Massachusetts' doughty old (74) Joe Martin, and the Senate's obstructionist G.O.P. Leader William Knowland, it hardly seemed possible for Ike to keep his congressional fences in good or der. This year, with Halleck, and with Illinois' Everett Dirksen replacing Knowland in the Senate, the Republicans in the White House and on Capitol Hill work as an effective team. The weekly legislative conference has passed...
Brown can scarcely be blamed for yearning. Touted as a do-little attorney general (TIME, Sept. 15) before he swamped Republican William Fife Knowland for Governor last fall, Brown as Governor is doing a lot. He was barely in office before he forwarded a 30-bill liberal plan of action to California's newly Democratic legislature, pointedly marked the bills "by request of Governor Brown." Passed to date: Brown's recommendations for a fair employment practices bill, curbs on installment buying to stop credit rackets, a measure ending California's odd cross-filing primary system...
Within the State Department there are already two possible choices--Undersecretaries Herter and Dillon--and outside the Department there are more--John McCloy, General Alfred Gruenther, and Ambassador David Bruce. Of these five possible choices--the nomination of Tom Dewey is about as probable as that of former Senator Knowland--only Bruce has all the qualifications for the position. Herter, seriously crippled by arthritis, has only been in the Department a few years; Dillon, though young and reportedly popular with Eisenhower, lacks a really broad background in foreign policy. Both McCloy and Gruenther have been out of the government...
...look carried over to the postconference briefing session with newsmen. Where Knowland had often been barely able to hide his distaste for key parts of the Eisenhower program, the new leaders seemed downright enthusiastic. Said Charlie Halleck: "We were all impressed with the attainability of a balanced budget without sacrifice or injury to essential programs of Government. If we can hold the line on this program, it means not only will we have a good economic year but that the cost of living can be stabilized and held down." Added Everett Dirksen, signaling a new day in the relationships between...