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Where is Senator Knowland? Everyone seems to agree that the Republican Party is in danger, and that it is in danger largely as the result of list-lessness on the part of conservative Republicans who have never been quite convinced that there’s anything in it for them in November. Meanwhile, the heir to Robert Taft, who must be presumed willing to come to the aid of the party, is off somewhere in cold storage, while Arthur Larson, Emmet Hughes and the boys work round the clock exalting progressive moderation, and Mr. Nixon goes around being genteel. Are they afraid of Mr. Knowland? Or ashamed of him?

Just to straighten out the record: Harvey Matusow was a liar and a Communist. Then he told the FBI and Roy Cohn he wasn’t a Communist any more and all Communists are liars and traitors. They sent some Communists to jail, including some that Matusow said were Communists. Then Matusow said that he had lied about lying and that nobody was a Communist, but Roy Cohn and the FBI were liars. Then a jury said that Matusow had lied when he said he was a liar, and Matusow said to the judge that “Harvey Matusow is dead,” and the judge sent him up for five years. Next question?

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Where is Senator Knowland? Everyone seems to agree that the Republican Party is in danger, and that it is in danger largely as the result of list-lessness on the part of conservative Republicans who have never been quite convinced that there’s anything in it for them in November. Meanwhile, the heir to Robert Taft, who must be presumed willing to come to the aid of the party, is off somewhere in cold storage, while Arthur Larson, Emmet Hughes and the boys work round the clock exalting progressive moderation, and Mr. Nixon goes around being genteel. Are they afraid of Mr. Knowland? Or ashamed of him?

Just to straighten out the record: Harvey Matusow was a liar and a Communist. Then he told the FBI and Roy Cohn he wasn’t a Communist any more and all Communists are liars and traitors. They sent some Communists to jail, including some that Matusow said were Communists. Then Matusow said that he had lied about lying and that nobody was a Communist, but Roy Cohn and the FBI were liars. Then a jury said that Matusow had lied when he said he was a liar, and Matusow said to the judge that “Harvey Matusow is dead,” and the judge sent him up for five years. Next question?