Word: stassens
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Harold E. Stassen is not a man who holds himself lightly. A dead-aimed contender for the presidency in 1948, he believes that hefty Harold Stassen in the next two years can go a long way toward revitalizing the Republican Party. He believes that he can do a good deal toward strengthening the U.S. people's attitude toward the United Nations Organization, thus possibly help prevent World War III. He also believes that he can bring harmony between U.S. Labor and Capital...
Last week Harold Stassen put together these firm convictions and decided not to run for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota this year...
...that ex-Governor Stassen lacked confidence in his ability to beat isolationist, four-term Senator Henrik Shipstead in the GOPrimaries next July. Stassenites were fully confident that they already had the man to beat Shipstead. He was tall, horny-handed Edward John Thye, who garnered the biggest vote and the biggest majority in Minnesota history when he was elected governor...
Able, friendly Ed Thye (pronounced thigh) owes everything to Harold Stassen, who hand-picked him as his successor when Stassen resigned as governor to enter the Navy early in 1943. Thus when Stassen decided that he could best further his chances outside the Senate, Ed Thye was ready with his candidacy. Stassenites had expected an obstacle: plump, vivacious Mrs. Myrtle Thye, who greatly enjoys being Minnesota's First Lady. There was gossip in Minneapolis that perhaps Harold Stassen himself had had a talk with her. There had been another point: there would have to be a strong candidate...
Unlike his potent conservative' rival, Ohio's John W. Bricker, 38-year-old Harold Stassen sees no advantage in having a sounding board in the Senate. Instead, he has a two-year plan. He intends 1) to visit Russia, Europe, South America for firsthand study, 2) to talk international and domestic issues in the 48 states. To the G.O.P. Old Guard this was clear notice that he would also be trying to build a 1948 organization. A man as determined as Stassen could not be held lightly...