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The object was to "create a Democratic atmosphere" and to give aid to Majority Leader Scott Lucas, who badly needed it in his campaign against Republican Everett Dirksen (Lucas, no red-hot campaigner, agreed to run again only on Truman's promise of active help). By the sort of...
Outside the stadium, bleachers were set for the overflow crowd. As the lights beat down on the stage, Harry Truman spoke the ritualized words of political benediction over Scott Lucas ("fine work ... excellent manner in which he has measured up to that difficult task . . . entitled to gratitude of entire nation...
Town-Site. How had Harry Truman made out? He had talked to 525,000 people in 15 states which would elect twelve Senators and 147 Congressmen this fall. Whether he had helped local Democrats much was debatable (except for Lucas in Illinois and Mike Mansfield in Montana, he had done...
For a Little, Nasty Vote. Meanwhile the Senate was busy chewing over the President's FEPC bill, which would impose penalties on employers who discriminate against their workers on account of race or religion. Faithful Majority Leader Scott Lucas had insisted on making it the next order of business...
For frenzied weeks, Wisconsin's Senator Joseph McCarthy had kept the Democrats in an agony of uncertainty. But last week they plucked up courage. Eleven weeks had gone by since he told a Salt Lake City audience: "I have here in my hand the names of 57 card-carrying...