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High on a Hill. South Korea was getting set for this week's national election. The race for the presidency will be a fourth-term walkover for venerable President Syngman Rhee, 84. Death last month for the second time removed his only opponent (TIME, Feb. 29). For Vice President, Rhee and his Liberal Party nominated Lee Ki Poong, 63, an ailing automaton so unpopular that he has not campaigned at all. Four years ago Lee Ki Poong lost by more than 200,000 votes to the Democratic candidate, Roman Catholic John Chang...
...open and honest election, Chang might well win again. But the police and Rhee's administration have resources of their own. Chang found himself unable to hire public halls or athletic fields, and bus and taxi service was mysteriously "suspended" whenever Democrats tried to hold meetings. At Suwon, Chang had to hold his rally on a high, bare hilltop while white police Jeeps filled with black-uniformed cops circled the hill and held attendance down...
...southern port city of Yosu, the Democratic Party treasurer was beaten to death with iron bars. In Kwangju, a young Catholic leader was stabbed to death by the local chief of Rhee's green-shirted "AntiCommunist Youth League...
Leader of Three. But an even more impressive assurance of proper voting is something called "cell voting." Rhee's Liberal Party has printed 60 million "training sheets" that are identical with the ballots which will be used this week...
...rehearsals, teams of nine voters carefully practice marking the training sheets for Candidates Rhee and Lee Ki Poong...