Word: w
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guillotine-swift blow that cut Joseph W. Martin off from the Republican leadership of the House Tuesday may rankle in G.O.P. Congressional ranks for some time. First of all, Martin was dumped with a gracelessness not soon to be forgotten by his many close friends in the House. And the 74 votes (against 70 for Martin) elevating Charles A. Halleck to the minority leader post represent an uneasy compromise between various Republican factions, one of which may well break down...
...should take Martin's place. This was a thorny issue, for the ranks of the insurgents were widely split. The young liberal Republicans favored a man like Gerald R. Ford Jr. of Michigan or the more experienced Richard M. Simpson of Pennsylvania. The arch-conservatives tended toward John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin (who later came out for Halleck and was made chairman of the Republican Policy Committee). But no bloc would pledge themselves to another's favorite, so they compromised on Charlie Halleck...
WASHINGTON--In a close battle that turned on the issue of age and aggressiveness, House Republicans voted Tuesday to toss out the veteran Joseph W. Martin as their leader and replace him with Charles A. Halleck of Indiana...
KING GEORGE VI (891 pp.)- John W. Wheeler-Bennett-St. Martin...
Spencer Ervin 3L, William C. Hudson '60, Gail H. Jones '59, John B. Jones '62, Carola deP. Kittredge '60, Stephen I. Klass '59, John P. Leonard '62, Judith O. Ogden '62, Gavin R. W. Scott '58, and Margaret M. Spencer '61 will play minor leads...