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...anyone, Committeeman Haight should know that it was Governor Earl Warren, not G.O.P. committeemen, who revived the Republican Party in California. Let him consider his own negative salesmanship of the GOParty: twice he deserted Republican ranks to run for governor on the Progressive and Commonwealth tickets (results: defeated once, withdrew once). Let him also consider the fact that the first 15 men approached by Charlie Thomas-who is no New Dealer-gave $2,500 each to his campaign...
...Afghanistan, desperately in need of outside supplies, was finally made eligible for Lend-Lease. A U.S. official went to Kabul to ask the Afghans what they needed most. They said "everything." He suggested medicines as a starter. The Afghan committee withdrew with a drug catalogue, returned next day with a list that began: " 1) Medicine to ease a weary heart...
Meekly and sadly, impractical Lord Darnley withdrew the motion. "I don't want to make any trouble," he said...
Last week the Hungarian inflation came far closer to needing evaluation by googol than any other inflation in history. The pengo was quoted at 500.000,000,000,000,000,000 to the dollar. At that point the Finance Ministry withdrew it from circulation, replaced it by something called the "index pengo," at 6,500,000 to the dollar. If the ordinary pengo had merely added a zero a day for another 80 days, it would have passed the googol...
...Gates Special proved itself a good machine from the moment it was started. For the first time in Indiana history an incumbent G.O.P. Senator failed to be renominated. Willis took one hard look and withdrew. LaFollette stayed in the race, got only 105 votes for his pains, then quit the G.O.P. completely. The total for Jenner: 1,994. With Democratic influence dissipated in the state, the nomination virtually assured Jenner a Senate seat. But Indiana Republicans almost forgot to talk about him, fell to speculating on what gruff, stocky Governor Gates might do when he got behind the wheel himself...