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...what is possible. But it was in the Senate, cliff-hanging between 49 Democrats and 47 Republicans, that the G.O.P. had its best chance to demonstrate that it really believes in the kind of Republicanism that got Ike elected. And upon the massive shoulders of Senate Republican Leader William Knowland rests much of the responsibility for making the showing...
...said that he could not count on any help along those lines from the Republican Party; any such attempt would mean a split with his party, open warfare with Senate Minority Leader William Knowland. Well, asked Nehru, why doesn't the U.S. at least relax its trade embargoes with Red China? Patiently the President explained that until Peking proves itself a more acceptable member of the international community, he has no intention of recommending such action...
...Republican Party should fulfill its debts both to the huge number of Negro voters who supported it this year and to its heritage of Lincoln. Vice President Nixon, as the Senate's presiding officer, and Minority Leader Knowland are able to provide the leadership if the President will not. They can carry enough votes to swamp Majority Leader Johnson if they wish, and, with liberal Democratic support, end the filibuster...
Democratic Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson stuck out his right hand and grinned like the cat that swallowed a canary. Republican Senate Leader William Knowland stuck out his right hand and grinned like the canary that swallowed a cat. Johnson and Knowland were meeting in Washington last week to discuss the prospects of the newly elected. Democratic-controlled 85th Congress. Both seemed pleased with the way the 1956 election turned...
...Democratic margin, rumbled Bill Knowland, "is so narrow that there is going to have to be coordination between the leaderships to get anything done." The U.S. Senate under his leadership, indicated Lyndon Johnson, will follow the same moderate course he charted for the 84th Congress. Said Johnson: "We'll have a good, reasonable group of men working for the best interests of the country...