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...Sears interlude; before it adjourned for lunch, the committee had his resignation. The problem then was to find a replacement. Two days before, Mundt had telephoned Illinois' Republican Senator Everett Dirksen, a committee member, in Huntsville, Tenn., asked him to rush back to Washington for the Sears showdown. Dirksen told Mundt that an important celebration prevented his immediate return: the first birthday of his only grandson, Darek Dirksen Baker...
...When the showdown with Naguib started last February, however, Khaled Moheddine showed that his true color was still red. He led a group of cavalry officers who demanded that Nasser turn over all power to Naguib. Moheddine seemed to look upon Naguib as a kind of Kerensky of the Egyptian revolution, while imagining himself to be the eventual Lenin...
...Cabinet authorized Scelba to begin the ratification process for the European Army treaty, and empowered him to risk a vote of confidence when the issue-after a long, noisy and tortuous parliamentary process-comes up for a showdown in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The EDC bill will not get out of committee until May or later, and when it does the Communists and their allies will launch a massive attack. Optimistic timetable for ratification: six months...
...A.F.L.'s 7,568), but 4,405 challenged ballots were never counted, and no winner was certified. While the labor board checked into I.L.A. electioneering methods (including three stabbings), the A.F.L. went on signing up stevedores. Five weeks ago the A.F.L. felt strong enough for a showdown on one small issue: Billy Mc-Mahon...
...their rounds, pooled their findings and reported back to Speaker Joe Martin with discouraging news: between 40 and 50 G.O.P. Congressmen were ready to throw off party discipline and vote with the Democrats for a $100 increase in personal income tax exemptions. But just four days later, in the showdown last week, Republicans stood as a near-solid phalanx and defeated the move. Reason: a remarkable display of leadership by Joe Martin and his top aides...