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Square Garden). At the state convention last June, Humphrey's regulars overwhelmingly defeated the Wallaceites, who sulkily withdrew to a rump convention of their own. Humphrey himself was nominated for the Senate by acclamation...
...leader of the rump caucus was New York's homespun, able Irving Ives. As a freshman Senator two years ago, he made a, successful fight against some of the more rigorous measures which Taft had tried to write into the Taft-Hartley Act.† Said Ives: "Rightly or wrongly, the consensus of opinion of many Republicans is that the party under Bob is not going forward. We are in a state of suspended animation...
...Berliners called it the "opera government." General Lucius D. Clay, the U.S. commander, called it a "rump government" and refused to recognize it. The political division of Berlin into two cities, begun last June, was now complete...
...Russians ordered the 26 Red members of the Assembly to the Admiralspalast, and filled out the rump convention with some 3,000 hand-picked delegates from Communist-controlled trade unions, splinter parties, women's and youth's groups. Each delegate was given a white card, to make the voting look impressive when they raised their hands. The leader, proposed that the present "undemocratic, reactionary city administration be dismissed." The white cards fluttered like snow on the wind; the vote in favor was unanimous. A candidate was proposed for mayor, and again the white cards waved. A list...
...finally delivered from Red hands. Under Phil Murray's personal direction, anti-Communist unions that had been seceding in disgust for years, were ordered to re-apply for membership. When the Reds refused to seat them, an emissary from C.I.O. headquarters led the anti-Communists into a rump meeting, took over all books and records, and left the Reds holding an empty...