Old Joe Martin's world was the U.S. House of Representatives. A genial, teetotaling bachelor and newspaper publisher from North Attleboro, Mass., he was re-elected to the House consistently from 1924, served for 20 years as the Republican leader, for two terms as Speaker. Then, as last year's session began, Joe Martin's world exploded around him; in a coup by the G.O.P. young guard that shocked him to tears, he was cast out of the minority leadership in favor of Indiana's tough, driving Charlie Halleck. This week, from the obscurity of his back-row seat,...
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