Word: pol
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Oklahoma's Bob Kerr was roaring around Nebraska campaigning for votes in the April 1 presidential primary. It was a high-pressure campaign. A man who will run if Truman doesn't, Kerr had the support of Old Pol Jim Quigley, perennial Democratic national committeeman, and plenty of money. He had billboards, posters, radio and television shows and 300,000 copies of a campaign newspaper...
Civil Service status for the 64 U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue was urged three years ago by Herbert Hoover's commission on reorganizing the Federal Government. But the collectorships are among the juiciest patronage plums in politics, and Old Pol Harry Truman ignored the Hoover recommendation. Then, last year, scandal after scandal rocked the Bureau of Internal Revenue...
...appearances, the old pol in the White House has been having himself a wonderful time keeping everyone guessing about whether or not he will run again for the presidency. Harry Truman began the fun almost a year ago, when he told newsmen that he had made up his mind and in due time would let them know about...
...Cautious Pols. Most politicians across the country can't see the general as a candidate, although they admit his popularity. Explained one California pol last week: "It's like a guy walks up to you with a new suit on. He asks you how you like it. You say it's beautiful. Then he says, 'You want to buy it?' Now, that's a different story. It seems to be that way with MacArthur. People revere him. But for President, I don't know. The whole thing's so ethereal...
...week President Truman summoned Governor Stevenson to Washington. Why? Did he want Stevenson to run as Vice President? That was one rumor. Or had Truman decided not to run at all, and to ask Stevenson to head the Democratic ticket? That was another rumor. Or was the oldest, biggest pol of them all turning to Sir Galahad for advice on how to win? That seemed hardly likely...