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...election, Senator Taft tried on a new, grey-blue fedora-a present from his office staff to replace the old, grey good-luck hat which he had worn in his Ohio campaign. The new fedora was symbolic; politically speaking, Robert Alphonso Taft also wore a new hat. When the 82nd Congress convenes, no man in the U.S., including Truman, will exercise more influence on legislation...
...suspicion that the State Department had played footie with Communists within its own organization and in Asia. They were suspicious of what Harry Truman might do with his oft-repeated Fair Deal program-the Brannan Plan, repeal of Taft-Hartley, etc.-if he got full control of the 82nd Congress. Republicans swam in the conservative tide and rode it to the beach...
Many of the old familiar faces will be gone when the 82nd Congress sits after New Year's, and in their places will be a crop of fresh-faced newcomers. Most likely to be heard from in the Senate...
Unlike the Republican 80th Congress, the Democrats would organize the 82nd. The Republicans would wield a balance of power without having to answer directly for what Congress did. They had not planned it that way, but they were mightily pleased that it was to be that...
...fact is, the President does retreat. While still bugling all the notes of the Fair Deal, he retreated, for example, from the legislative front line on FEPC, repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. Whether he retreats or not in the 82nd Congress will not make much difference. If he doesn't, he will be immobilized...