Word: stevenson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vice President, Nixon used to refer to the "Truman-Acheson-Stevenson gang," and described all three as "traitors to the high principles" of the Democratic Party. Truman at the same time was widely quoted as calling Nixon "an s.o.b." He denied saying it, however. "I would never call him that," observed the former President. "After all, he claims to be a self-made...
...course, there might have been some sick humor in this book, if Adler had not scrupulously avoided all of Nixon's Red-baiting witticisms from Joe McCarthy days, or his pre-assassination remarks on he Kennedys (Jack and Bobby). On the other hand, Alder evidently decided that Adlai Stevenson (who died of natural causes) was acceptable comic terrain for the book, so among Nixon's Wit and Humor is the gem, "Stevenson is a pathetic Hamlet strolling across the political stage. To be or not to be--that is the question of him. And I assure...
...heard Humphrey speak was photographed with him, and each received a press release for his home-town newspapers. Those who had stayed away realized they had passed up a chance to appear in the spotlight, at least in the eyes of their constituents. Of the study group, says Stevenson...
Shambles Ahead. It is also inviting a head-on collision with King Richard, who has maintained an iron rule over Illinois Democrats for the past 14 years. When the crash comes, says Stevenson, "there'll be a shambles." He adds, "But what have we got to lose?" After all, he points out, in November Daley was unable to carry Illinois for Humphrey. The mayor's choice for Governor, Sam Shapiro, was defeated, as were several other Democratic candidates...
Next month Stevenson and his reform friends are carrying the battle to Chicago, where a special election is being held to fill six vacancies on the 50-man city council. Independent Democrats will challenge machine-backed candidates in five of the six races. They have reasonable hopes of winning two seats, with Fred Hubbard, 39, a black youth worker running in a largely Negro ward, and William Singer, 28, a lawyer who campaigned for Robert Kennedy and is running in a well-to-do Near North Side ward...