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...Andrew Carnegie, Dr. Van Dyko, Mark Twain, Phillips Brooks, William James, and the Dowager, Queen of Rumania. She has met many a magnate in America, including Ford and Edison. She has also been to the White House and met most of the presidents of her life-time: Cleveland, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and Coolidge. Before I proceed to the questions I asked, I must mention that her secretary, Miss Thompson, spoiled on her palm every word I uttered. The interview follows...
...President's recollection was correct, except for a few details. Actually his first concern on winning the nomination was for the man who lost. It was not until after he had called at the headquarters of the late Robert A. Taft and had shaken his hand that Ike got around to the subject of vice presidential possibilities. Back in his own suite in Chicago's Blackstone Hotel, Ike sat down with Herbert Brownell, General Lucius Clay and a few other top advisors to discuss the business at hand. Eisenhower said he had only one thought: he wanted...
...Senate seat (which he lost to John Kennedy); Thornton and Langlie were also needed at home; Alfred Driscoll was a fading political light. Bill Knowland, with both the Democratic and Republican nominations in his pocket, had a sure seat in the Senate and was too closely identified with Bob Taft. Illinois' Ev Dirksen, whose name was also mentioned, was too far to the political right...
...abrasive name of Dirksen, who had insulted Tom Dewey in a convention speech, was brought up under a curious circumstance but never seriously considered. Shortly after the meeting began, Senator Frank Carlson got a message that Robert Taft would like to talk to him. Carlson left the conference, and Taft told him that, although he had no right to ask it, he had promised immediately prior to the convention that Dirksen's name would be considered for the vice-presidency. Would Carlson, as a favor, nominate Dirksen so that Taft could honor his promise? Carlson would...
...opposition. OTC has also been denounced as "socialism," even though (by lowering trade barriers) it would not increase, but actually reduce, Government intervention in trade. Another charge is that the U.S. is handing over to foreign countries the power to set U.S. tariffs. To this, President Charles P. Taft of the businessmen's Committee for a National Trade Policy retorted: "Outright misrepresentation and dangerous nonsense...