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With the U.S. Senate at razor-edge balance between 49 Democrats and 47 Republicans, the success of the Democratic leadership may well depend on the ability of the assistant majority leader, or whip, to cajole Democratic Senators of all hues and persuasions (including the Southern) into following the party line. Last week, casting about for someone to replace Kentucky's defeated Earle Clements as whip, Senate Democrats thought they had found a topnotch prospect: Montana's shy, sharp-featured Senator Mike Mansfield, 53, the heavy favorite to become field commander in charge of carrying out the strategic planning...
...chance to live in Washington, where he feels the steamy summer climate will be no great bother because, as he hears it: "You go from one air-conditioned room to another." Said he on his arrival: "If the prospects of peace and justice are to be good, it will depend on the extent" to which the United States and Britain "harmonize" their policies...
...production at its Kirkuk field drastically; Syria sacrifices $50,000 daily in pipeline earnings alone; Saudi Arabia gets an estimated 85% of its income from oil (some $290 million in 1955). On the other hand, as one old Middle East hand grumbled last week, "You can never really depend on the Arabs' not hurting themselves. They're always biting off their nose to spite their face...
Jordan's use of Stahura, Eikenberry, and Harris will depend a great deal on the complexion of the game. With the Yale contest only a week away, they will see action only when necessary.Brown captain DICK BENCE (above) and Crimson tackle BOB SHAUNESSY...
...gubernatorial race lines up much the same way with Republican Sumner G. Whittier resting his hopes on an Eisenhower victory. Foster Furcolo is a very slight favorite, but Whittier can win if the President retains his 1952 plurality of over 200,000 votes. Furcolo's chances depend heavily on carrying his home area, the western part of the state, because his voting power in Boston may be hampered by his Italian name...