Word: republicans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...impressed with Ike's speech of the night before, gushed a remarkable torrent of praise. Even Arkansas' Democrat William Fulbright. who had often delighted in baiting Dulles, called the revised aid program "wise and imaginative." As Dulles flushed redder than his wine-colored tie, Vermont's Republican George Aiken topped it all off. "I want to compliment you." he said, "on the compliments you have received...
...Defense Secretary Wilson, after putting up his sturdiest fight yet for his defense budget, pointedly advised $100-a-plate guests at a Republican fund-raising dinner in Milwaukee to look over their shoulders and see if the voters were still there with them. "As a tip in this regard," he said, "I would like to remind you of the great popular vote that President Eisenhower received...
...Winding up a series of six regional G.O.P. conferences last week. Republican Xational Chairman Meade Alcorn reported ''a strong feeling against federal aid to education" in all regions except New England, promised to report to the President "exactly what we heard...
...over a problem with New York's Irving Ives and Utah's Arthur Watkins. Each was a ranking contender for the chair on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee left empty by Joe McCarthy's death, and it was Bricker's job, as chairman of the Republican Committee on Committees, to make the choice. Ordinarily, the nod would have gone to the Republican with the greater seniority. Bricker's dilemma: both Ives and Watkins were sworn into the Senate on Jan. 3, 1947. Technically Ives could claim a hairbreadth of seniority because he had held previous...
...right wing of the Republican Party now has 1) its issue, 2) its strategy, 3) its candidate for 1960. The issue: Government economy as a popular expression of a growing conservatism. The strategy: to take over the party after showing strength in the 1958 elections. (Such Old Guardsmen as Indiana's Senator Bill Jenner and Nevada's Senator "Molly" Malone appear safe for reelection, while some Eisenhower Republicans are by no means sure bets...