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Boss McCormick's Men
Shelton, Willard | March 11, 1944 issue

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The Chicago Tribune's endorsernent was the kiss of death for a political candidate in Illinois. It was commonly said, and with reason, that people bought Colonel Robert McCormick's newspaper to learn its views and vote the other way. But candidates were victorious in the 1940 and 1942 state elections, and the voting this year will show whether a Republican machine has been created in Illinois. McCormick's ticket for 1944 consists of Senator Dwight Green for reelection as Governor, Senator Stephen A. Day for reelection as Congressman-at-Large, and candidate Richard Lyons for Senator against the Democratic incumbent, Senator Scott W. Lucas, plus whatever Presidential aspirant comes closest to the Colonels taste.

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POLITICAL candidates; MCCORMICK, Robert; CHICAGO Tribune, The (Newspaper); POLITICAL campaigns; LYONS, Richard; LUCAS, Scott W.
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