Cried Kentucky's Republican Senator Thruston Morton to some 200 members of G.O.P. national committees in Washington last week: "Get off your various-shaped duffs and let's go!"
This might never become the official G.O.P. campaign slogan, but there was certainly little time left for Republican chair warming. With the national elections only ten months ahead, the party treasury was still $225,000 in the hole. Republicans must scrape at least $12 million more to finance the upcoming campaigns. It could well be worth the price. With the civil rights issue still percolating in the South, and John Kennedy's charismatic control over the...
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