Democratic Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson stuck out his right hand and grinned like the cat that swallowed a canary. Republican Senate Leader William Knowland stuck out his right hand and grinned like the canary that swallowed a cat. Johnson and Knowland were meeting in Washington last week to discuss the prospects of the newly elected. Democratic-controlled 85th Congress. Both seemed pleased with the way the 1956 election turned out.
The Democratic margin, rumbled Bill Knowland, "is so narrow that there is going to have to be coordination between the leaderships to get anything done." The U.S. Senate under his leadership,...
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