Word: mackinac
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...steadily proving his mettle: whatever happens in '44, he will have an increasing voice in the Republican Party and the nation. At the Governors' Conference in Columbus last June, he stole the show by offering a daring and sense-making food program (TIME, July 5). At Mackinac, a forthright Dewey press conference got as many headlines as the conference resolution itself (TIME, Sept...
...piece of statesmanship it offended at once the proponents of the more forthright B2H2 Resolution (TIME, March 22). Beside it the mild "Mackinac Charter," adopted by the Republicans a month ago, seemed now monumentally grand. Minor Statesman Connally explained feebly: "The best possible . . . that could be secured. Unity and harmony are vital if the Senate is to pass a resolution by a substantial majority...
...have read with some surprise the stories of the Mackinac conference. The conclusion of the article in TIME, (Sept. 20) is a fair summary, but the history of the conference given on the first page is so contrary to fact that I can hardly believe I attended the same conference...
...TIME'S thanks to Senator Taft for his informed version of the doings behind the scenes at the Mackinac meeting. TIME agrees that in the considerable progress made at the conference toward Republican Party unity and a forward-looking position on foreign affairs, there is credit for all Republicans concerned...
...deserting his party and even his country. Privately you were saying things, using a word that began with 'B' and a phrase that is indicated by 'S.O.B.' I want to remind you, therefore, that only a couple of weeks ago my party assembled at Mackinac Conference and adopted doctrines that I had been advocating, and further, that only last week Congress passed the Fulbright Resolution that was concerned with other measures I had been criticized for speaking out about...