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This should not astound President Johnson. For Mr. Dirksen is at least as consistent a party booster as he is a leader of Congressional reactionaries on foreign policy. Mr. Johnson should realize, however, that the hawkish wing of the G.O.P.--epitomized by the snake-haired Illinoisan--is seriously tinkering with the idea of proclaiming their candidate, most likely Richard Nixon, an apostle of peace as a 1968 election maneuver...
...parable of the talents-and needled the liberals unmercifully. "I have great affection for the Senator from Tennessee," he cooed at Gore. "He and I have a great deal in common, including bull-that is, Angus bulls."* When he successfully escaped from a semantics trap baited by Douglas, the Illinoisan tossed him a barbed Plutarchian salute: "We will meet again at Philippi." Cracked Kerr: "I hope we will meet in Washington before that." Occasionally, Kerr got as good as he gave. When Gore referred to "the liquidity position of the U.S. corporations," Kerr loftily called for a dictionary. Gore politely...
Joseph Guerney ("Uncle Joe") Cannon was a bearded, tyrannical Illinoisan who firmly believed that the majority should rule-and that the Republican Party should be the perpetual majority. He welcomed and roundly misused the Reed Rules, became the House's greatest despot-but managed to maintain a host of loyal friends in both parties. He once blandly ordered a third roll call on a motion because "the Chair is hoping a few more Republicans will come in." Eventually, the House revolted against Cannon, stripped him of many of his princely powers, and hobbled the speakership...
...French cuisine of the New Frontier may have claimed a Republican victim. Shortly after Jacqueline Kennedy's Mount Vernon fête champêtre (TIME, July 21), Senate Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen, 65, a cornbred Illinoisan, checked into Bethesda Naval Hospital for treatment of a reactivated peptic ulcer that had been quiescent for many years...
ADLAI STEVENSON could only benefit by a Brown win. Pat Brown was one of Stevenson's presidential boosters in 1952, backed him strongly again in 1956. Urged on by powerful Stevenson Democrats in California, Brown would be agreeably inclined toward Stevenson in 1960 and might hope to be Illinoisan Stevenson's running mate...