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...Twenty have passed through the fire of public scrutiny and stand either purified or hardened. As a result, they give the liberal platform a much solider foundation than the six enterprising young bucks could ever hope for. The effectiveness of the plan seems demonstrated already, since through it Rayburn and Johnson have been drawn into partial co-operation...
...House Speaker Sam Rayburn from N.A.A.C.P. Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins came a letter urging against party punishment for Adam Clayton Powell. Reason: it might give the impression "that the Democratic Party is taking such action because of Mr. Powell's race, and also because of his efforts to secure passage of civil-rights legislation...
...return of such congressional figures as Johnson and his fellow Texan, House Speaker Sam Rayburn, to their roles as the nation's most powerful Democrats, does not mean the party can speak with a single, clear voice. Liberals in Congress, with an eye toward 1958 elections, are already insisting that the party should offer its own ambitious legislative program, have been sharply critical of Johnson's announced business-as-usual, middle-of-the-road strategy for the next session of Congress (see below). Last week the Fair Dealing New Republic gloomily warned that "Eisenhower's brand...
...according to New York Times reporters roving the Middle West, generally have little appeal. ("Eisenhower is ordinary-like," said a gasoline-station attendant in Oceana County, Mich., "and so is Kefauver.") Expounding on "The Case for the Democrats" in last week's Saturday Evening Post, House Speaker Sam Rayburn managed to write 4,500 words of a 4,700-word article before mentioning the candidate's name. Stevenson's campaign managers are well aware of their problem, are carefully following the "reverse coattails" strategy (TIME, Sept. 10) of linking Stevenson with local candidates and local issues...
...tiny (pop. 550) Tioga, Texas, early in the month, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, 74, became a formal church member for the first time when he joined Lone Star Primitive Baptist Church.* The conversion took place in a white frame church, after a Sunday sermon, when Elder Henry Greer Ball, a grocer on weekdays, asked if anyone present would like to accept Jesus Christ. Up stepped Sam, taking off tie, jacket and shoes. Then, wearing socks, trousers and white shirt, the Speaker of the House was completely immersed for a moment in a portable baptistry before he emerged dripping...