High-pitched rustlings from widely scattered Republican quarters last week told of a rising anti-McCarthy breeze across the grass roots. Items: ¶ In McCarthy's native Wisconsin, Editor Leroy Gore of the Sauk City Star launched a campaign to petition for a special election to recall the Senator. Under Wisconsin law, more than 400,000 signatures, one-quarter of the last vote for governor, would be required. By this week Gore, a Republican of 30 years' standing, had passed out 10,000 petition blanks. ¶ Chairman Brad Sebstad of the Marinette (Wis.) Young Republicans wrote President...
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