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...April Fools' Day. Arkansas' Governor Orval E. Faubus announced that he would not run for reelection. But last week, just three hours before the filing deadline for the July 31 Democratic primary. Faubus smilingly said that he had changed his mind and would try for a fifth term...
...Michael W. Schwartz has provided us with an engaging article on the colorful and confused state of Arkansas politics. He has shown that Gov. Faubus' success was not without good reason that he possesses a true political genius notwithstanding the fact that one would not wish one's sister to marry the gentleman. If Mr. Schwartz is to continue his perspicacious analysis of the problems of the South, however, it is to be hoped that he will strengthen his presentation by a more judicious appraisal of the validity of the assertions which he makes concerning religious bodies in the South...
...clear who the candidates will be to succeed Faubus. Persistent rumors that he will run again himself have frightened all but one man out of the race: the brave exception is "Uncle Sid" McMath, who was governor from 1946 to 1952. "Uncle Sid" was perhaps the most popular and the most corrupt governor the state has ever had. They say that when he moved out of the governor's mansion ten years ago, a policeman, making a routine check of the vans carrying the governor's property, discovered one filled with nothing but toilet paper--15,000 rolls...
Except for these eccentricities, McMath has a fine record: he was one of the first to oppose Faubus' school policies in 1957, and, as governor, established Arkansas' minimum wage. He could probably beat anybody other than Faubus handily; and should Faubus run, "Uncle Sid" might give him a fight...
Republicans are optimistic this year; with Faubus out of the way, they think their candidate, whomever Winthrop Rockefeller decides he's going to be, may make a good showing. Pratt Rummell, who was Little Rock's first, and only, Republican mayor, and who got 44 per cent of the vote against Faubus in the 1954 gubernatorial race, is likely to be Rockefeller's choice...