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D29771-1
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- 1947-09-25 (Creation)
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All eyes are on Senator Robert A. Taft, Republican from Ohio, who was in town to speak at the World Affairs Council. Next to Mrs. Taft are S. Albert "Sam" Perkins, newspaperman and former secretary to Mark Hanna, and newspaper publisher Frank E. Gannett (in polka-dotted bow tie) of New York. Senator Taft's hand is bandaged due to a car door slamming on it while in Seattle; it required six stitches to close the wound. Senator Taft was the son of former President William Howard Taft and sought the Republican nomination for the presidency three times. His descendants continued in public service: his son, Robert, Jr., was also a U.S. senator from Ohio and his grandson, Bob, is a two-term governor of Ohio. (T. Times, 9-24-47, p. 1, T. Times 9-25-47, p. 1) ALBUM 2.
Taft, Robert A., 1889-1953; Taft, Martha; Perkins, S.A.; Gannett, Frank E.;