Far-right Liberty Lobby 1964 Ev & Charlie Show How GOP Leaders Sells Out Voters

Description: Title: The Ev & Charlie Show: How the GOP Leadership Sells Out the Voters.Author: Research Staff of Liberty Lobby.Publisher: Liberty Lobby, Washington, D.C.Publication Date: 1964, stated first printingFormat: softcover; printed pictorial wrapsLength: 31 pagesSize: approximately 3 7/8" by 9"Description: Very rare political booklet produced by Liberty Lobby, a far-right think tank and lobby group founded in 1958 by Willis Carto. This publication takes on the Republican establishment represented by Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen and House Minority Leader Charles Halleck. According to senate.gov, “in January of 1961, as President Dwight D. Eisenhower relinquished the Oval Office to incoming president John F. Kennedy, Republicans wondered how they could maintain their influence while serving in the minority during a Democratic administration. The Republican Party ‘must have a voice while it’s out of power,’ Eisenhower stated, and he suggested that such a voice must come from the ‘collective judgment of the congressional leaders.’ Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen heeded that advice and established the Republican Joint Congressional Leadership Conference. Each week, Republican leaders met behind closed doors, then the House and Senate minority leaders held a joint press conference. Officially titled the ‘Republican Congressional Leadership Statement,’ this weekly event became known as “The Ev and Charlie Show.’” Although unsigned, the political cartoon on the cover may be the work of the political cartoonist Herblock (Herbert Block) who produced cartoons depicting Dirksen and Halleck as vaudeville characters. The entire booklet is a frontal attack on these two Republican leaders. It concludes that “at present, the best hope for conservatives seems to be the election of a conservative midwestern senator to replace Dirksen and a conservative to replace Halleck.”Condition: Sound binding. Light toning and light foxing. The staples show some rust.

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