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...President's nominee for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. Kentucky's Senator Thruston Morton, checked with both Nelson Rockefeller and Dick Nixon before agreeing to run, but he has both publicly and privately pledged his support to Nixon...
Made-Up Mind? The President and party leaders considered two dozen possibles ranging from Interior Secretary Fred Seaton to Ohio's Chairman Ray Bliss to fireballing Chicago Camera Maker Charles H. Percy. Ultimate choice: Thruston (rhymes with boostin') Ballard Morton, 51, elected Kentucky's junior Senator in 1956. Husky (6 ft. 2 in., 185 lbs.) Thruston Morton, seventh-generation Kentuckian, is no politician-come-lately. He served three House terms (entered as a freshman with Congressman Richard Nixon). In 1952 he was the lone Eisenhower supporter in Kentucky's 20-man Taft-minded convention delegation. Later...
Before he agreed to try for the chairmanship at this week's national committee meeting, Morton sounded out Rockefeller and Nixon. Nixon was enthusiastic. Rockefeller also approved, although Morton, who could swing considerable influence one way or the other in the 1960 convention, stated publicly last January: "Some people like Nelson Rockefeller. But I've been for Nixon for a long time, and nothing has happened to make me change my mind...
Only a short time before, Eisenhower had given his blessing to the selection of Sen. Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky to succeed Meade Alcorn as Republican National Committee Chairman. Tradition assures Morton of the job. He is regarded as a supporter of vice-President Nixon...
...Morton's election is scheduled formally for Saturday, with indications he will have no opponent. The national committee also will decide then on a city and date for the 1960 nominating convention. Chicago and a July 25 opening date still appear to be favored...