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...said that if anyone wanted to know what his program would be, they should reread his September 1945 message to Congress. And he expected to carry out the Democratic platform, including its planks on civil rights-a challenge which was made sharper by Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath, who, speaking for himself, said that there would be no compromise with the South...
...Democratic Convention . . . and did their best to beat the Democratic President, can now walk back into the party, explain that boys will be boys, and then take up several committee chairmanships won by the uphill fight of loyal and progressive Democrats." In Washington, Democratic Leader J. Howard McGrath gingerly refused to pick up Mrs. Roosevelt's hot potato. Most of the Dixiecrats were discreetly silent. In Manhattan, the trade sheet, Variety, printed a flattering review of the show: " [Mrs. Roosevelt] ranks with the standout commentators on the air ... She displays more courage and is more positive than most...
...behold!" exclaimed the Sage of the Age. "Sotear, but don't Phillip your glass any more. Frank-ly, you've had too much liquor and, e-Naffziger-ettes. Furse I can see, Fasano reason why you Gant see my point. McAfee-lings are hurt and McGrath has reached its peak...
...mounting uneasiness of Pollsters George Gallup and Elmo Roper as they tried through the night to explain figures that continued to defy their predictions; the smug expression on the face of Republican Campaign Manager Brownell as he twice claimed a Dewey victory; the glum face of Democratic National Chairman McGrath as he first expressed confidence in his candidate, the camera's slow pan around G.O.P. headquarters after dawn, the empty, gaily decorated Hotel Roosevelt ballroom, with no one left to hear a victory speech that no one was to deliver...
Dave Gregory, a standout this year in the '52 squad, may be able to pace on amazing Freshman squad to its fifth victory of the year. Backed by such promising runners as Owen Edmunds, Thayer Scudder, Tom McGrath, Peter Lord, Allan Master, Joe Heaney, and Clark Coggeshall, the '52 representatives sense victory within their reach...