Word: leader
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turbulent spring of 1946, when the U.S. was paralyzed by a railroad strike, Harry Truman stormed into Congress and gave Alexander Fell Whitney, co-leader of the strike, one of the savagest verbal rawhidings ever dealt a private citizen by a President of the U.S. With that, he broke the strike. Beaten and embittered, Al Whitney swore that he would use his union's last penny to humiliate and defeat Truman. "You can't make a President out of a ribbon clerk," he bellowed...
When New Jersey's Millionaire Senator Albert Hawkes arrived in Washington six years ago, the late Minority Leader Charles McNary took a look at his record and remarked: "His economic thinking goes back to B.C." Last week New Jersey's G.O.P. machine decided that it was time to update. With the full approval of up-&-coming Governor Alfred Driscoll, state G.O.P. leaders unanimously resolved: "Senator Hawkes has little if any prospects of re-election and would be rendering a notable service to the state and nation were he to withdraw his candidacy...
...Hawkes's place, they nominated as their candidate David Van Alstyne, 51, OF Englewood, majority leader in the state senate and wealthy Wall Street broker. But Hawkes did not want to quit. Crying "a threat to our free primary system," he announced that he would run anyway...
Kick Over Every Pot. Lombardo ran a handkerchief-covered finger inside his sweaty collar. With a mocking smile, Party Leader Pietro Nenni handed him a glass of water. "You say that the Marshall Plan ruins our chances of trading with Russia," Lombardo continued. "Do you know what percentage of our imports came from Russia? 1%." A deafening roar swept up from the audience. In a last effort, Lombardo shouted: "To sabotage the Marshall Plan is to kick over every pot in every Italian kitchen...
...feature forum of the term will take place on April 28, when leading Democrats and Republicans will chew the "Major Issues of the 1948 Election." Mrs. Douglas, California representative, and Gail Sullivan, executive director of the Democratic National Committee, will face Halleck, House majority leader, and Vermont Senator George D. Aiken...