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...election gets closer, Soapy has taken a firm tone to prove his independence of the C.I.O., and C.I.O. has cheerfully joined in this chorus of innocence. When Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg died, the C.I.O. came forward with its candidate, C.I.O.-man George Edwards, onetime Detroit city council president. Soapy, on Hicks Griffiths' advice, rejected Edwards and told the C.I.O. he was going to pick Detroit Newsman Blair Moody, an old, personal friend. The C.I.O. publicly beat its breast over this "defeat," but had no really serious objections. And any doubts about Moody's relations with labor were dispelled...
...Washington, Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt S. Vandenberg reported back for duty at his Pentagon desk, after a four-month convalescence from a sudden and serious operation...
...conference that he had made plans, at least a week before, for intelligence briefings of both Stevenson and Eisenhower, and that both nominees had been so informed. (Three days earlier, presidential Press Secretary Joe Short had denied knowledge of any plans for briefing Ike.) From Denver Eisenhower aide Arthur Vandenberg replied: "Neither the general nor anyone in this office has any memory of such a message, and there is nothing in our files...
...Michigan, Democratic Senator Blair Moody and Democratic Governor G. Mennen Williams have tenuous holds on their jobs. Moody was appointed by Williams to fill the seat vacated by the death of the late great Arthur Vandenberg; Williams himself was elected by a bare margin. Unpopular outside Detroit, Moody is supported by the unions, but labor leaders are frequently unable to swing the Detroit election. This week, Republicans faced Moody with a tough opponent: Congressman Charles E. Potter, a legless war veteran who has the support of Michigan industrialists, is a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Williams...
Eisenhower's Working Staff: includes Arthur Vandenberg, executive assistant; James Hagerty, press secretary; Abbott Washburn, correspondence secretary...