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...G.O.P. win, even if it had to be with a candidate who owed no debt to the organization. He visited Williams' headquarters, but "it was like a morgue. No one was ever there except his wife and a couple of other people. Then I'd walk past Longstreth's headquarters and the place would be jumping. Mostly with young people, you know, amateurs. I'd meet a friend and he'd say, 'Who are ya for, Louis?' and I'd answer, 'I'm for Williams...
Says he: "We all admire Meade's views-even if he's out of politics." Not all of Meade's men remained so steadfast. Last month G.O.P. City Chairman Robert Duffy, who owed his position to Meade, resigned and announced for Longstreth. Leader Edward Harris, after a canvass in his 27th Ward, also went for Longstreth, saying: "I thought it would be better for the party if committeemen took orders from the bottom up-from the voters-instead of from the top down." Other ward leaders pleaded with Meade to support Longstreth...
From Washington, where President Eisenhower has said that he would like to see some bright new G.O.P. faces in state and local politics, came efforts by National Chairman Leonard Hall to swing Philadelphia leaders behind Longstreth...
...week before the primary election, Meade switched. Meademan John Monks passed around a new word: "We're going for Longstreth." Dubious Henor? Last week, with his new-found organization support adding to his considerable independent strength, Thach Longstreth easily took the Republican nomination. He thereby won the right to face Dick Dilworth, who had only token opposition for the Democratic nomination, in the November elections...
...less aggressive type than Longstreth, this might be considered a dubious honor. Dilworth is a vote-getter. An honored Marine veteran of both world wars (an arm wound in the Soissons drive of 1918, a Silver Star from Guadalcanal), Dick Dilworth is a successful Philadelphia lawyer, specializing in libel suits. He was elected city treasurer in 1949 and was a key man on the Democratic team that ousted the Republican machine from the city hall after 67 unbroken years of sodden rule. In 1951 he was elected district attorney...