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...President. More exactly, it is a time for statesmanship in the White House and Arthur Vandenberg is clearly and predictably a statesman. Thus he is esteemed in all quarters except those envenomed by the Chicago Tribune or perverted by fellow travelers. In New Hampshire, for example, many Deweymen and Stassenmen were second-choice Vandenbergmen. In sum, the private conversations of many GOP wise men were expressed by Pundit Walter Lippmann. Said he: "There is no doubt that Vandenberg is now the man on whom the active candidates could most readily come together ... of no other man can it be said...
...noticed that their slate in the April 6 primary lacked outstanding names. Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, the state's most potent vote-getter, who had helped Dewey defeat Willkie in the 1944 primary, had deserted to head the Mac-Arthur forces. Sparked by Senator Joe McCarthy, the Stassenmen had put on a razzle-dazzle campaign, now claimed most of the state organization. Hastily, Dewey dispatched three trusted lieutenants to set up headquarters in Milwaukee, retrieve what they could...
With the story out, Stassen hurriedly called in newsmen to give his own account of the meeting. Stassen agreed that Taft had asked for a conference as soon as he found that Stassenmen were canvassing the Ohio area. He also agreed that Taft had urged him to stay out. But he denied that Taft had threatened...
When the results were announced this week, Stassenmen wished they had worked harder on the 1,159 delegates, and Dewey-men laughingly wondered why they had been worried. The poll showed these top choice results: Dewey 321; Stassen 286; Douglas MacArthur 157; Robert A. Taft 97; John Bricker 77; Arthur Vandenberg 59. Eighth choice of Wisconsin Republicans: Wisconsin's ex-Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr.-seven votes...
...Pacific, was certain to win this week's Nebraska primary (a secret, unpublished poll indicated that he would have beaten Wendell Willkie 3-to-2 anyway). This meant little. The chief Stassen supporter in Nebraska had announced: "A vote for Stassen is a vote for Dewey." But the Stassenmen's eyes were not necessarily glued only...
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