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...black inference was clear to Bundy's friends: "et tu, Mac," they thought, "power has so turned your head that you are prepared to sell Harvard down the Charles and the Potomac at the same time...
Even his kid brother was mad at Interior Secretary Stew Udall last week (see above). Running against Republican Mac C. Matheson, 43, for Stew's old Second District congressional seat, Democratic Lawyer Morris K. ("Mo") Udall, 38, found that his big brother was costing him votes. As last week's election approached, Republicans and Democrats alike were grumbling about Stew Udall's apparent attempt to shift part of the blame for Cuba to the Eisenhower Administration; more fuss was raised by his decision at Interior to dispossess farmers who had been squatting for years along the Colorado...
...squeaky margin of 51,318 to 49,263, which was close enough to encourage Republicans for the future. At his victory press conference, Udall made no secret of his belief that his brother had hurt him: "I had counted on winning Yuma County. I lost it." In defeat, Mac Matheson got off the best shot of the campaign. "Congratulations, Mo," he wired the new Congressman. "You came through in spite of Stew...
...whole state except the Phoenix area and has a history of hard-riding political warfare. Last week, as national leaders of both parties watched closely, the two candidates for Udall's old seat began stepping up their campaigns for next month's election. The rivals: Republican Businessman Mac C. Matheson, 43, a smooth-speaking conservative, and Democratic Lawyer Morris K. ("Mo") Udall, 38, one of Stew's kid brothers...
Although Mo Udall is more conservative than his big brother (Mo opposes farm supports, has mild reservations about federal aid to education), he seems to be a wild-eyed New Frontiersman compared with Mac Matheson, a former radio announcer who is now part owner of some Muzak franchises and who lost to Stew Udall last year. Devoted to Goldwater, Matheson strongly opposes federal aid to education, minimum wage legislation and the welfare state. Says he: "People are being offered a mess of welfare pottage in exchange for their American birthright...