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Cavanagh's popularity and his strength lead to only one conclusion: that he wishes to seek higher office in Michigan. He is probably more interested in the Senate than in the Governorship, but both of the state's seats are held by Democrats. (Detroit municipal officers are nonpartisan, but Cavanagh is known to be a Democrat.) Senator Philip Hart, who is 51 and was reelected last year by 900,000 votes, is not about to retire, but the other seat, held by 70-year-old Pat McNamara might be up for grabs...
Representatives of the National Student Association will soon seek volunteers -- they hope to find at least ten at Harvard and Radcliffe--for a large-scale voter registration drive in the South late this month. The drive will be called "Freedom Christmas...
...past six years, Germany has demanded a more significant role in planning NATO strategy. Fearing that Germany may seek her own nuclear weapons, the U.S. has proposed increasingly complex schemes for nuclear sharing. These schemes -- designed to give Germany a feeling of equality without giving her the bomb -- would perpetuate U.S. control and could not possibly satisfy Germany if she really wants nuclear power. Yet, the Soviets regard them, along with the present arrangements, as an opening wedge -- a precedent for Germany's future acquisition...
Merle Fainsod, director of the Universtiy Library, is heading a committee which will seek a better solution...
...Last -- but very important -- the President should appoint as federal judges only men who have demonstrated that they will administer the laws fairly and firmly. In the past, too many such judges have been chosen on the basis of politics, not performance. Giving the federal government the power to seek an injunction to halt jury discrimination will have little effect if the case is decided by a judge who believes in white supremacy...