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16. Despite the internecine hassle among the candidates' backers, the G.O.P. did agree on one thing. Republican senators quietly elected a new floor leader:
1. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
2. Leverett Saltonstall.
3. Styles Bridges.
4. Robert A. Taft.
5. James P. Kem.
17. In the matter of presidential candidates the Democratic mirror was still fairly dark. But one person who publicly announced he would run was:
1. Senator Estes Kefauver.
2. Justice William O. Douglas.
3. Senator Paul H. Douglas.
4. Senator James W. Fulbright.
5. William Boyle.
18. One of the blips on the political radar screen was the election in New York City of a vice crusader, Rudolph Halley, as:
1. President of the city council.
2. Mayor.
3. City tax collector.
4. Bookie supervisor.
5. Police Commissioner.
Business & Finance
19. It looked like the biggest binge since Repeal when thousands of customers rushed the nation's liquor stores to:
1. Buy ingredients for a new drink called "Four for the Road."
2. Vote for Miss Rheingold.
3. Stock up on no-longer-to-be-imported Scotch whisky.
4. Beat the new Nov. 1 federal excise tax.
5. Play Carrie Nation.
20. The aroma of scandal eddying around the Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation arises from irregularities in:
1. The farm subsidy program.
2. The stockpiling of kohlrabi.
3. Grain storage.
4. Ploughing under shoats.
5. Its legal department.
21. Hoping for a fast buck, enterprising Texas Oilman Glenn McCarthy signed a contract in Paris which gave him:
1. A partnership in the Follies Bergére.
2. A "lien" on a 51% interest in the National Petroleum Co. of Egypt.
3. 51% interest in the Citroën auto works.
4. Control of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.
5. Control of Aramco.
22. In his fourth quarterly report Mobilization Boss Charlie Wilson announced a significant change in the arms program. Peak year will not be 1953 as planned but:
1. 1952.
2. 1954.
3. 1955.
4. 1957.
5. 1958.
23. Chicago's Henry R. Crown closed the biggest building transaction in history when he helped to finance the recent purchase of:
1. The Brooklyn Bridge
2. The Empire State Building
3. The Merchandise Mart
4. Westminster Abbey
5. Four city blocks in midtown Los Angeles.
A Quick Glance Around
24. The Bureau of Internal Revenue politely jolted many of the nation's bookies out of business (at least temporarily) by putting in effect the new law:
1. Raising taxes on their patrons' incomes.
2. Requiring them to apply for a tax stamp.
3. Fingerprinting each one.
4. Getting a Supreme Court injunction against gambling.
5. Taxing horse racing to a standstill.
25. Union bosses could do nothing when New York, the world's greatest seaport, lay 90% idle for 25 days during a strike of:
1. Harbor pilots.
2. Barnacle cleaners.
3. Truck drivers.
4. Ship repair crews.
5. Longshoremen.
26. In contrast Phil Murray's terse telegram "Stay on the job"