Word: stevensonism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...much of the danger of Senatorial machinations may be avoided. Whereas Senators Douglas, Humphrey, McNamara, Morse, Murray, and Neuberger line-plunge might be stymied effectively within Congress, there is not much that Southern Senators and/or Republican ones can do to the reputations of Eleanor Roosevelt, H.S. Truman, and Adlai Stevenson. Most of the Twenty have passed through the fire of public scrutiny and stand either purified or hardened. As a result, they give the liberal platform a much solider foundation than the six enterprising young bucks could ever hope for. The effectiveness of the plan seems demonstrated already, since through...
Besides transcending Senate factions, the Twenty as a group offer the only possibility of awakening Democrates from the opiate of the Eisenhower personality. The group offers Stevenson for the intellectual, Mme. Roosevelt for the downtrodden, Truman for the writers of vitriolic letters to newspapers, Estes for the plain folks, and Kennedy for the women. The combination of Democratic principle with Republican-style advertisable personalities is simply incredible...
...Stevenson it also represents an important step in determining his future political role. If he accepts, he may appear to be aligning himself with the dissatisfied Northern liberal faction, while in the past he has been primarily a moderate figure in the party...
Interviewed in the early afternoon, Stevenson said, "I am on that committee" in reference to the group, while in the evening he said, "I have been appointed to that committee, but I haven't accepted yet. I'm going to do something about that sometime next week...
...issues in the North-South conflict is that of the filibuster. An opening day attempt will be made to change Senate Rule XXII to facilitate limitation of debate, and Stevenson said he was "very much in favor" of this change. He said he had been "largely instrumental" in having a pledge to change the rule included in this year's party platform