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On hand were many familiar faces, some soon to be seen around the halls of Congress no more. Big, bronzed lame-duck Scott Lucas, after a visit to the White House, went through the motions of majority leader. His gear was all packed. He will be at home in Havana...
New Leader, New Whip. By virtue of a shaky 49-47 majority, the Democratic Party would also organize the upper house. But in the Senate the loss of Scott Lucas and Francis Myers posed a formidable problem. The Democrats had to find a new majority leader and a new whip...
The voters were in a mood to teach Harry Truman the hoary lesson that no politician ever has the U.S. voter in his pocket. A beaten Scott Lucas decided, and probably correctly, that he was the victim in part of Harry Truman's cockiness. He ruefully recalled the President...
Pint-measured Jake Arvey, 55, had to take most of the blame for the debacle visited upon Chicago's once-mighty Democratic political machine. Arvey had defaced the Illinois ticket with Police Captain Daniel A. ("Tubbo") Gilbert, a veteran cop with a big bankroll and a psychological block against...
More surprising, though less ominous than the Tydings defeat, was Everett M. Dirksen's victory over Scott Lucas in Illinois. Lucas, Senate majority leader, voted in favor of the McCurran anti-communist bill and toned down many of the Administration's policies when he returned home to campaign. He still...