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"I've been getting up this early every day for the past year-it's standard practice," said a cheery Adlai Stevenson into the microphones at Chicago's Midway Airport. The time was 8:15 a.m. At his side, Estes Kefauver chimed in: "I don't...
With that exchange the Democratic nominees took off on an exhausting 5,032-mile air tour to confer with party leaders from 34 states at five regional meetings. Democratic planners thus hoped to get a head start on Republicans by coordinating the national campaign with state and local candidates, exchanging...
At airport stops Stevenson for a time would pump hands as enthusiastically as Kefauver, pose for pictures with politicians and small children ("Well, I think this young man has lost his teeth"). But at Santa Fe, N.Mex., while Estes was still shaking hands, Stevenson finally turned to an aide and...
Emplaning in Portland, Ore. that night, Stevenson and Kefauver sat together, sipped on a bourbon and soda each, grabbed bits and snatches of sleep before arriving at Sioux City, Iowa's Sheraton-Warrior Hotel at 3 a.m. Just before the plane landed, a reporter asked Stevenson how he could...
confusion and bungling in foreign affairs," announced "enthusiastic support" for Stevenson-Kefauver.