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That afternoon, at a secret caucus, an emotional Phil Murray addressed P.A.C.'s delegates (from 28 states). In his low, Scottish burr, thrusting his fist forward. Phil Murray said: "Wallace . . . Wallace . . . Wallace. That's it. Just keep pounding...
...Flynn, Walker, Hague & Co. Harry Truman stayed there for three hours, handshaking the delegates as the bosses brought them in. Inside, someone was always on the telephone, and whispered snatches of conversation floated to the door: "I think we got California in shape . . ." "Kelly said . . ." "At the New York caucus, they . . ." "Don't worry too much about Alabama. . . ." One of the most impressive lines, used with small-town delegates, was the whisper: "I think they have the President on the wire...
Scene IX: Back to Touhy's. In the Illinois section, Ed Kelly suddenly snapped at Scott Lucas: "Christ Almighty, let's get in this thing. We're clean out." Out rushed the whole Illinois delegation for a caucus at John Touhy's. Wyoming switched to Truman. Aging, ex-Ambassador James Gerard got the microphone for New York, rasped out: "New York is now unanimous. . . . Make it 93 for Truman." The Truman total: 558½, with 589 needed to nominate...
FLASH. Late last night in an embroiled caucus the men of Company 1 decided that Roosevelt had been in long enough. They did recognize that he has given to the country a great many things, such as: SEC, HOLC, RFC, OPA, WPB and V-12; the last, his greatest contribution. But when the Naval Uniform shop can't get our whites here on time for graduation, and their grays split every time we bend over, we must have new leadership. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party...
...votes to 60, his colleagues declined to discipline Bevan for attacking the Labor Party's Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin and his tough anti-strike regulation (TIME, May 15). Instead, the party caucus proposed to let the whole thing die in committee. Chuckled unrepentant Nye Bevan: "If the Party executive [ruling committee] can keep it quiet at the [annual] Conference they will. But it'll have to come up ... and the rank and file won't let it pass...