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Many Washingtonians thought that Bill Knowland, in pushing on his path of logic, had managed to make a little headway toward a possible political goal: edging out his fellow Californian Dick Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination in 1960.* Politicking or not, Knowland had built up a position that was likely to make him more friends than enemies. It would appeal to 1) the conservative Republicans, who instinctively trust and admire Knowland and have mistrusted the U.N. from the start, and 2) the once-trusting U.N. partisans who have lost faith in the U.N. since its vote against Britain, France...
...Knowland has a long way to go, reported the Gallup poll this week. Asked whether they would "personally prefer" Dick Nixon or Bill Knowland as the G.O.P. presidential nominee in 1960, Republican voters replied: Nixon 63%, Knowland 23%, don't know 14%. But even more indicative: of Republican voters polled, only 2% said they did not know Nixon, 28% said they did not know Knowland...
...Eisenhower is probably the most insistent member of the Republican Party in urging smooth integration. But he has allowed his excellent Civil Rights Bill to be pigeon-holed in the Senate. He insists on remaining behind the scenes, perhaps from fear of tarnishing the national father image. Cautious backing of federal legislation is just fine, but the President's statement during the last campaign to the effect that it didn't matter whether he backed the Supreme Court decision or not because it was the decision of the highest court in the nation is carrying the noncommital approach...
Certainly if anyone in the country has the influence to bring home the necessity of adjustment to the Supreme Court decision, it is the President. For example, President Eisenhower carried Montgomery Country in the last election, which is the first time since the Civil War that a Republican president has done so. No one besides the President can bring home to the South so clearly that the rest of the nation and historical progression are against their attempt to negate the Court's ruling...
...idea of there being no Young Republican chief in Cambridge does sound good. Two heads are better than one, but perhaps where the HYRC is concerned, none may be better than both put together...