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...Taft had been one to harbor grudges, there were plenty he could have harbored against Bill Knowland, who had challenged him in the Senate and refused to deal with him for the presidency. But Taft was perfectly aware of Bill Knowland's basic quality. Late on the afternoon of June 9, 1953, Bob Taft, fatally ill, entered Styles Bridges' office, dropped heavily into a chair and said quietly: "I'm going to be away and I've asked Bill to carry on for me. Nobody can push him around...
...Unpushable. Taft was all too right. Nobody could push Bill around and, elected majority leader in his own right after Taft's death, Knowland soon ran into trouble trying to push the unpushable Senate around. In his rush to political power, Knowland had learned how to handle issues-but not men. Senior Republicans began grumbling: "He treats us like kids." Once Knowland called for a night session without consulting Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Johnson rounded up enough Senators to hand Knowland one of the worst indignities that can be inflicted on a majority leader: he adjourned the Senate right...
...Knowland also had some rough sailing in his relations with the White House. He is proud of his voting record of support (88% in the 83rd Congress, 91% in the 84th) for the Eisenhower Administration, but he has made some of his biggest, blackest headlines breaking with the Administration. Perhaps the low point, in the Administration's eyes, came during the 1954 debate on the Bricker amendment, designed to dilute the President's treaty-making power. Just when Senate leadership was needed most, Knowland abandoned his majority leader's desk, walked to the rear of the Senate...
Thus, Bill Knowland's first years of leadership were disappointing to both the Administration and the Senate. He has since come a long...
Unrequited Love. The White House knows that it still cannot depend on Knowland for down-the-line support, but it respects his sincerity of purpose and-because they are always the result of careful thought-his opinions. Ike, carefully cordial toward Knowland, unfailingly calls him "Bill." Knowland, carefully correct, unfailingly calls Ike "Mr. President." In the privacy of his office Ike sometimes grows hot under the collar when Knowland challenges a cherished White House plan, but the President is a confirmed Constitutionalist and neither asks-nor expects-Knowland to toe the executive line. On one vital point...