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...Michigan's brash, young (44) Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams shocked a roomful of political reporters (who do not shock easily) by answering a press-conference question-as to whether President Eisenhower would run again-in this candid manner: "There are so many things that can happen in this life. For example, he's an old man (64). He might die before the campaign begins." While reporters boggled, Soapy went on: "I mean Stevenson or any of us might die before that time. I think that at this early date the situation has not fully jelled. Any number...
Michigan's Governor G. Mennen Williams-"I doubt that there is any American who wouldn't feel highly honored and flattered. I know I would...
Michigan's gregarious Democratic Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams went Dutch to help the townfolk of Holland (pop. 15,858) celebrate their 26th annual Tulip Festival. Clogging among admirers on his wooden shoes, Soapy Williams obligingly got down on hands and knees, worked himself into a lather scrubbing the town's main street, later danced through an arch of arms with pretty Dawn Poppen. who will reach voting age in five years...
Michigan's Democratic Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams cleaned up last week in the biennial spring elections for lesser state and county offices traditionally held by Republicans. Soapy stumped the state personally, staking in the campaign his prestige, and plentiful cash (donated by the United Auto Workers). On election day the Democrats took Detroit two to one, won five of the eight state offices at stake, swamped the Republican state slate for the first time in a spring election since 1933. Afterwards, the Detroit Times sized up ambitious young (44) Soapy: "The strongest leader his party...
Last week Harriman made appropriate statesmanoid sounds by delivering a foreign-policy speech to a Democratic "1956 strategy" dinner in Manhattan. Among his hearers were Tammany's Carmine DeSapio, Pittsburgh's Mayor and Boss Dave Lawrence, and Michigan's Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams, who thinks his green bow-tie talisman may lead him to the vice presidency at least. Another guest, National Chairman Butler, brought encouraging words. A few days before the dinner, he told Albany reporters that "many people around the country" favor Harriman for President...