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National Whirligig on Cleveland GOP shift polishes face
Ray Tucker surveys Cleveland as the Republican Party shifts toward reform and youth, reshaping its platform away from old guards. The piece contrasts Hoover era dynamics with emerging Kansas and New Deal critics, noting internal strife, convention personalities, and the broader political mood shaping the 1932 campaign climate. It also touches on Washington tax talks, presidential strategies, and farm relief tensions influencing party and policy.
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Cleveland
Republican
Roosevelt
Hoogsevelt
Ohio
William McKinley
Mark Hanna
Republican Old Guard
Hoover
Treasury
Ogden L. Millls
Walter Brown
George Akerson
Senate
Charles D. Hillis
New York
Taft
Mr Coolidge
Jim’ Watson
India
Coolidge
Tim
William Wolzgar Horah
Alf Landon Vey
Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas