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Advocates of Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and Senator Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) for the Democratic presidential nomination disagreed as to the "practicality" of their respective candidates winning the party's nod come the July convention. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, professor of History, extolled the political virtues of Stevenson, while Paul W. Glennon, professor of Law at Northeastern, spoke in favor of Kefauver at a Liberal Union forum last night...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History, thought the Truman loss might cause the President either to back Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, who "appeals to the same kind of voter as Kefauver," or interpret the vote as a personal challenge and run again "to vindicate himself...
Among the Democrats there was a rash of write-ins on the preferential ballot. Among those who got votes were James A. Farley, Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, MacArthur, Taft, Adlai E. Stevenson, Paul H. Douglas, Stassen, and Earl Warren. These counted only a small percentage of the total...
Columbia faculty members favor President Truman and Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois over their own president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, for the November election, The Columbia Daily Spectator recently announced. The student newspaper obtained this result from a straw vote taken last week...
...Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois will win the presidential election if he runs, feels Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History. The Democratic party has advanced a policy safeguarding personal liberty while settling up social security benefits...