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Though he was a winning Republican, he was anathema to most G.O.P. leaders. He infuriated party regulars by his association with socialists and other radicals-one of his proteges was Communist-line Vito Marcantonio-and by his refusal to accept Republican platforms. The party's silk-stocking element was frankly appalled by him-a noisy little man whose feet dangled when he sat on a chair, who needed a shave, who walked in picket lines and smelled of garlic. When he was finally beaten for Congress in 1932, the party sighed with relief. It seemed that his career...
...when it was read. Some Congressmen looked up and yelled "Boo" at the galleries. The vote in the House was quick and overwhelming: 331 to override (225 Republicans and 106 Democrats); 83 to sustain (11 Republicans, 71 Democrats and New York City's man of the Labor Party, Vito Marcantonio...
Meet the Press (Fri. 10 p.m., Mutual). Representative Vito Marcantonio of New York City v. four reporters...
Party lines sagged and ancient political enemies got together. On the opposition side, New York's Leftist Vito Marcantonio was joined by far-right Republicans like Michigan's Clare Hoffman, Pennsylvania's Robert Rich; by isolationists like Wisconsin's Lawrence Smith...
...Leader Bob Taft took off his glasses, rubbed his face and yawned prodigiously in his front-row seat. When the Congress rose to applaud at the end of the speech, Harry Truman's grim expression was outdone only by that of New York's Communist-line Representative, Vito Marcantonio. To be different, Little Marc "applauded" by tapping his palm with a cigaret...