REPUBLICANS: One of Those Mornings

"This is one of those mornings," rumbled Big Jim Duff cheerfully, "when it's a pleasure to get out of bed." Pennsylvania's strapping governor was as relaxed as a man who hadn't yet gotten up. In the Capitol at Harrisburg, his long legs were draped over the edge of his massive circular desk. He had just clobbered the G.O.P.'s Old Guard in last week's primaries.

Ten weeks ago, Big Jim rattled the teeth of the conservative Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association with a suggestion that industry ought to cut prices (TIME, March 8). Then he served...

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