Word: revercombe
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...West Virginia, Senator Chapman Revercomb is probably closer to being a lame duck than any extant Republican. Although Dewey & Co. will be saddened to see Revercomb depart, they will undoubtedly be a bit relieved. Revercomb is roughly two miles to the right of present party leadership, and his public utterances often make even John Bricker look a little pink. Neely, his Democratic opponent, has strong labor support, including a thunderous blessing from John L. Lewis...
WEST VIRGINIA. Republican Chapman Revercomb had surprised even himself in 1942 by edging out demagogic, 73-year-old Matt Neely, West Virginia's one-man office-holding machine (five times Congressman, thrice Senator, once governor). This time there was less likely to be a surprise. Tub-thumping Matt Neely reminded his good friends the miners of Revercomb's Taft-Hartley vote, reminded Jews and Catholics that Revercomb had refused Tom Dewey's personal plea to broaden provisions of the D.P. bill...
...Passed the Fellows bill to admit 202,000 D.P.s over the next two years, a more generous formula than the Senate's discriminatory Wiley-Revercomb bill. ¶ Passed a farm-price support bill to continue present support policy until 1950. ¶ Received the Andrews draft bill from its Rules Committee, where it had been bottled up for five weeks...
...Senators sat agape. Observed West Virginia's Chapman Revercomb: "This is the most unusual qualification I have ever heard advanced for the appointment of a federal judge-to appoint him because he is irksome to the Administration." Said Harold Ickes...
...President, will the Senator yield?" is the most frequently heard question on the Senate floor. Despite its familiarity, West Virginia's droning Chapman Revercomb faltered in mid-speech when he heard it one day last week. The polite parliamentary request came from a citizen in a rear gallery...