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More important, however, than the fact Truman swam and Eisenhower golfs, is how their respective vacations have interfered with the job of president. Roosevelt had an excellent system for assuring the public and Republicans that his vacations were well spent. He merely labeled Hydc Park the "Summer White House," Palm Springs the "Vacation White House," and said Shangri-La, his Maryland retreat, had the prefect atmosphere for writing important speeches...
...Harvard Young Democratic Club has had a rather unhappy history. In 1948, for example, club members, after endorsing the Democratic slate, discovered that their president was a rabid Dewey supporter. Only after much bitterness and counter-charging was the Deweyite impeached. The HYDC quietly died following election day, and remained buried until last spring when some Democrats resurrected...
...expected anything unusual from the group. Its place among college organizations seemed obvious: it would support the Democratic nominee, whoever he be, and follow party policy to the letter. For president HYDC members elected a down-the-line Democrat; they elected a five-man voting executive board, and the president later appointed two other members without voting powers. Then trouble started. Two Texans on the executive board decided they could not support Stevenson...
...club's detriment. In their eagerness, they have ignored the more than 120 members who have willingly donated to the Democratic club because it stands for the Democratic Party's policies; they have slapped the members twice in the face by committing one illegal and another irresponsible art. The HYDC cannot supinely withdraw from these assaults. The clubs' officers at least should demand that these mavericks reimburse the club for the spent money and offer formal apologies to Governor Dever...
Panic struck at 2 p.m. Dever had not been right behind the advance car and a rumor that he had been seen near Kirkland House spread among the politicos. Then, just on the hour, a HYDC agent pedalled up furiously on a light-weight bike. "I just spoke to a cop," he reported to Tobin, "and the cop says he saw Dever's car going up to the Law School. The cop says Dever is going to speak at the Law School...