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Having fallen flat on his face last Nov. 7 when he failed to produce enough Chicago votes to re-elect Scott Lucas to the United States Senate, egg-bald, ulcer-plagued little Jake Arvey made good his threat to resign as boss of the Cook County Democratic organization. He did it, he said, "for reasons of health." To make him feel better, Democratic leaders promised him the job of Illinois National Committeeman, which has been vacant since Boss Ed Kelly died...
Last week in the Security Council, the U.S.S.R. cast a veto-its 46th-against another five-year term for Lie. The General Assembly cannot re-elect Lie unless the Council so recommends. But, the Assembly, which fixed his original term, can -and probably will-extend Lie's present term of office...
What About Taft? For the rest of the day and well into the evening, Douglas kept at it through a full 20 speeches. The advice: re-elect Lucas, without whom "we would have lost rent control," who "led the fight for increasing the minimum wage from 40? to 75? . . . Are there any questions?" "What about Senator Taft?" somebody yelled. Said Douglas, borrowing an old gag: "He's a good fellow until he makes up his mind. Then he makes it up wrong. I hear he's coming into Illinois to try to beat Senator Lucas. That...
...Democrats' Answer. The answers had a lovely sound. New York would have to hold a special mayoralty election at the same time as the elections for Governor and Senator. The Democrats could undoubtedly put a fresh, cooperative type of mayor into office. Better yet, they would stir up a big city vote, and with Tom Dewey already out of the gubernatorial race, might be able to re-elect Senator Herbert Lehman and put over their whole slate, from Governor on down...
...smooth, deep-voiced Negro, Johnson settled back on the witness stand and be gan to tell a federal jury in San Francisco how he had heard Bridges address a Communist National Committee meeting in 1936, how he recalled voting to "re-elect" Bridges to the national committee two years later under the alias of "Rossi." Attempting to discredit the testimony, Defense Attorney James M. MacInnis got the witness to admit he had never seen Harry Bridges at a national committee meeting after...