Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some important Southern leaders say that they might "go fishing" on election day. One such is Texas' Governor Allan Shivers who is deeply disturbed by the Democratic stand in favor of federal control of tidelands. Virginia's Senator Harry Byrd has not announced his support of the ticket. The prospect: little help for Stevenson from Byrd...
...coming election, Sparkman will be doing well if he adds 2 or 3% to the Democratic vote in the South. But that small percentage may be extremely useful. For there may be some close fights in a number of Southern states-particularly Texas, Virginia and Florida-and Sparkman's continual search for an angle here and a formula there may help to reunite a divided party...
...Reason: the issue that divided them was "white supremacy," and "white supremacy" is no longer a live slogan in the U.S. One of the Democratic Convention's most important achievements was to make this fact clear. Few delegates really wanted to force the South into a walkout. Said Virginia's Harry Byrd: "We'll just sit here, and maybe they'll have to throw...
...midst of the nomination hoopla, the North-South battle erupted again. Louisiana's Governor Kennon insisted that his delegation could not sign the loyalty pledge: "So, I suppose, I shall have to say goodbye and God bless you." Maryland's senatorial candidate Lansdale Sasscer moved to seat Virginia, even though it had not signed the pledge. The Harriman-Kefauver forces fought it all-out. For a while, it looked as if they would win this test. Stevenson's own Illinois voted 45 against seating Virginia, 15 for. But by the time the roll passed Pennsylvania, it became...
...reflexes. While the polls and roll calls dragged on, televiewers could see the next moves taking place in countless floor huddles and maneuvers, e.g., the gleaming bald heads of New York's Jim Farley and Chicago's Jack Arvey preparing the Illinois break for the seating of Virginia. Other memorable scenes...