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Republican leadership vows loyalty to 1948 platform
Washington report questions GOP pledge binding for the 80th congress and notes leadership continuity into the 81st. It cites Taft, Wherry, Martin, Halleck, Knutson, Taber and Alfen, and discusses Truman’s cross-pressures with Thurmond and southern politics amid a looming election.
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Herbert Brownell Jr
Dewey
Philadelphia
Taft
Senate
Wherry
Joe Martin
House
Charlie Halleck
Knutson
Taber
Alfen
GOP
Truman
Martin
Congress
Henry Wallace
Fortune
Governor Thurmond
South