Governor Brown of California is already in trouble with labor leaders who thought they had a commitment from him to oppose any new or increased consumer taxes in 1959…. Rockefeller supporters in New York are attempting to purge the “Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon” organization of proNixon elements…. Charles White of Republic Steel is organizing a $100-a-plate Nixon-for-President dinner scheduled for April, hoping to raise $250,000.
Thomas E. Dewey was reportedly behind the Modern Republican drive to stop Everett Dirksen as Republican leader in the Senate. Dirksen’s famous Chicago Convention speech of 1952 still rankles.




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