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...draft Averell Harriman, whose presidential campaign had struck a few sparks. Harriman, with his eyes apparently on other goals, refused. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. might have had the nomination, but Congressman Roosevelt is saying himself for the 1954 campaign for governor. The bosses pondered over Robert Wagner Jr., borough president of Manhattan, who had little to recommend him but the name of his crusading, pro-labor father. Carmine De Sapio, a colorless small-timer who runs what's left of Tammany Hall, was for Wagner, which meant that New York Mayor Vincent Impellitteri was automatically against him. In doubt...
...Democrats, confused and leaderless since Bronx Boss Ed Flynn became ill last year, still have not fixed on a candidate to oppose able Republican Senator Irving M. Ives. Since Averell Harriman has so far refused to accept the nomination, party leaders may have to fall back on Manhattan Borough President Robert Wagner Jr., son of the author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act. In that case, the Republicans would have an advantage, but the Democrats may dump Wagner in favor of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. There is an argument among Democrats over whether Junior's name balances his political...
Modest Proposal. In London, the Chelsea Borough Council abandoned plans for a big electric sign along the Thames waterfront after Councilor Margery Thornton argued: "Let us leave a little darkness for the lover and his lass...
...reshuffling, which was generally applauded, came at a time when voters all over Britain were showing their dissatisfaction with Churchill's six-month-old Tory government. In a new wave of local elections, the Labor Party won control of 101 borough councils and cut sharply into Tory majorities in many others. In the past month, Laborites have gained a net of 546 local government seats; the Tories have lost a net of 501. Far from panicked by the trend, the Prime Minister took the occasion to announce that he was buttressing his cabinet for "three or four years...
POLITICAL NOTES Harbinger? New York's Fifth Congressional District, carved out of New York City's Borough of Queens, has long been safe, solid Democratic ground. Its 450,000 residents register two-to-one for Harry Truman's party; they have sent Democrats to Congress nine out of ten times in the last 20 years. Last week, voting to fill its vacant congressional seat, the Fifth turned down a Democrat and elected a Republican to Congress by a vote of 17,300 to 11,442.* It was an unexpected upset for the Democrats. Was it also...