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...Hubert Humphrey erroneously credits "that mythological god Atlas" with the ability "to touch the earth and gain strength" [Election Extra]. Atlas was a Titan, not a god, whose function in Greek mythology was the support of the earth on his back. His strength was sapped, not supplemented, by the crushing burden...
...Minnesota, politicswise, whomever Hubert Humphrey wants, Hubert gets. And last week the whom that he got was Walter Frederick ("Fritz") Mondale, 36, appointed by Democratic Governor Karl Rolvaag to take over the remaining two years of the Vice President-elect's Senate term...
...Methodist minister, Mondale worked part of his way at St. Paul's Macalester College for a canning company, inspecting peas for lice. He soon decided that this kind of life did not appeal to him. Turning to politics, Mondale attached himself to the cause of then Minneapolis Mayor Hubert Humphrey, helped Hubert carry a traditionally Republican district in his 1948 Senate campaign...
Thus, as tired of campaigning as he -and the public-might have been, Hubert on a holiday turned out to be little different from Hubert on the hustings...
...Hubert Humphrey once characterized the wise Senator as "one who reads the New Republic frequently and takes its advice not at all." The "N.R." celebrates its 50th anniversary this month, and it seems a good time to ask why Humphrey's remark rings so true. Though carefully read, widely respected, and perhaps even Established, the New Republic has never really been influential...