Word: democratism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...preliminary vote concerning support of the proposed Political Forum, seven presidents agreed to continue the seven presidents agreed to continue the idea, while one, Kent R. Wilson '58, abstained because he had not attended the first Forum discussion. Also, the Young Democrat Cub was not represented at the meeting...
...TIME erred. Democrat Graves was duly invited to the California Democrats' first big fund raising get-together of the year but had more pressing business elsewhere...
...ground Republican posture was the general willingness to face reality The merest handful of Republican leaders still clung to the idea that Dwight Eisenhower might run again for President. Said Louisiana's National Committeeman John Minor Wisdom: "I would rather see a sick Eisenhower than a well Democrat in the White House." Crooned Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen: "'Duty' is the shiny iridescent word the President learned at West Point. The President knows and will know where his duty lies." To Ev Dirksen, Ike's duty clearly lies at the head of the ticket on which Dirksen...
...Austin's Commodore Perry Hotel, Adlai Stevenson spent 35 minutes closeted with senior Texas Democrat and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. That night, at the university, Stevenson's subject was "America, the Economic Colossus." Stevenson had some doubts about the colossus. Said he: "I am not a prophet of gloom. I am not a prophet of any kind whatever. Nonetheless, I groaned the other day when a leading politician said with glee, 'Everything is booming but the guns.' I wish people would take less interest in booms and more in stability-in making good conditions last...
...Fight. Another Democrat whose prospects take on a different shape is New York's Governor Averell Harriman. Although he has publicly insisted that he is for Stevenson, the fact that Harriman is a candidate is not in doubt. Early last week New York State Chairman Michael H. Prendergast told newsmen that Harriman, if he is "convinced the convention wants him," will seek the nomination even though it means a floor fight with Stevenson. Added Prendergast: Stevenson "isn't going to stampede anybody." Two nights later, to underline the Harriman push, Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio lavishly entertained...