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Attack in the Senate. Even before the Senate met, Southern Democrats showed their muscle. In the caucus to elect a new majority leader, they rejected Wyoming's Joseph O'Mahoney, who was backed by outnumbered and plaintive Fair Dealers; the caucus elected Arizona's Ernest McFarland, an amiable, inconspicuous second-termer who consistently breaks with the Fair Deal on civil rights. For the job of whip the caucus picked Texas' Lyndon Johnson, chairman of the Armed Services Preparedness subcommittee, who defies the Administration just as regularly on civil rights, labor, tidelands...
...Lane McGovern (LS) defeated Sam Hear 15-10, 15-11, 156-11, J. Mugaseth (H) defeated Bob Braucher, 15-10, 15-11, 15-4. Wister Wood (H) defeated Lew Bigelow, 10-15, 15-13, 15-12, 15-8. Allston Flagg (H) defeated Mike Mahoney...
Dudley and Silliman, teams which have lost all other games during the season, fought to a scoreless tie yesterday. Dudley made three concerted efforts to score, while Silliman failed to threaten once. Two passers, Dave Mahoney for the Commuters and John Goldsmith for Silliman, stood out for their long throws...
...President at the national convention in 1948, was talked about. Russell as majority leader, running Senate legislation, might be more than Mr. Truman could bear. Russell himself was not willing to play the role of presidential advocate. Compromise candidates were discussed: Wyoming's New Dealing O'Mahoney, 66, sharp and shrewd but in poor health; New Mexico's Clinton Anderson, 55, a faithful party man but solidly opposed to Mr. Truman on the Brannan Plan; Arizona's Ernest McFarland, 56, meek and mild and notably neutral...
Backs Dave Mahoney and Jack Collins worked an effective passing attack for the undermanned Dudley squad, serving both on defense and offense...