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Stevenson, son of the Democratic nominee, Governor Adlai Stevenson, spent the latter part of the summer accompanying his father on tour around the country. But on all controversial questions, he is making no statements whatsoever, at least for publication...
Since he mounted the Democrat's national platform, Adlai Stevenson has been the subject of two books. After reading them it is difficult to tell who is taking advantage of whom. The most plausible theory, perhaps, is that the Governor's little men are using authors Martin and Busch, both reporters, as part of a know-your-candidate campaign, aimed at the many voters who know Stevenson only as a Princeton accent out among the steers...
...advance all these theories because both Adlai Stevenson and Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois look very suspiciously like rush jobs. (Busch's appeared just before the Democratic Convention and Martin's soon after). Basically, they are overblown news stories, combining amateurish attempts at character analysis with homey anecdotes about the Governor frolicking with his kids on the front lawn. Neither book is well written because, I suppose, quotations, homily, and hum-drum are incompatible with polished prose. At best, they are slick...
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Sept. 22--A grandson of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Borden Stevenson, 20, son of Gov. Adlai Stevenson, Democratic presidential candidate, are roommates at Harvard...
Though-most U.S. newspapers oppose Adlai Stevenson, he could not complain about the preferences of reporters covering the campaigns. A poll of Stevenson's train last week showed that 19 are for Stevenson and nine for Ike; five are still undecided. On Ike's campaign train a poll showed: 24 for Stevenson, seven for Ike, six undecided. Nevertheless, relations between Stevenson and reporters were not always rosy. He has held only five press conferences since his nomination, prefers to make his policy statements in speeches without questioning from the press. Complained the New York Times's James...