Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: SUNDAY, April 22, 1990 TAG: 9004220217 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: The New York Times DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Nominally a Democrat, he was philosophically a staunch conservative. Over the years, he made some political capital with his antagonism toward organized labor, but, in the end, that and his open disdain for the Democratic Party organization finished his political career in 1968 at age 72.
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