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...idea for the Stevenson script originated in the bouncy political organization of Minnesota's Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey, whence came the suggestion that Stevenson, as a peg for taking off on the Eisenhower Administration, might recall the 1952 campaign day when both Adlai and Ike traveled to Kasson, Minn., to set forth their farm policies...
Stevenson wrote a letter to Kasson Farmer Henry Snow, in whose pasture the candidates had appeared. Excerpts...
...Kasson, Minn., Ike scored the "agricrats," came...
Finally, at Kasson, Minn., Ike faced direct comparison with the best Democratic stump speaker to come out of Illinois since Stephen A. Douglas-and Ike's friends were satisfied that their man had not come off second best...
Next day Stevenson backtracked to Kasson, Minn, to outline his farm policy (see above). Then, pushing West again, he flew to Cheyenne, Wyo., devoting 20 minutes of the flight to drafting notes for a speech. When he arrived at the auditorium, however, Stevenson discovered that he had forgotten the notes. In five minutes the governor hastily scribbled down his outline, oblivious to the throng of onlookers. The result was a neatly phrased blend of reminiscences of previous trips to Wyoming, praise of the Democratic record on development of natural resources and hammering at what is becoming a major Stevenson (formerly...