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...must to all Democratic presidential prospectors, the time had come for Missouri's Senator Stuart Symington to head west in quest of the golden nuggets-California's 76 delegate votes at the 1960 national convention. Winding up a six-day California trip last week, Symington was following the trail already blazed this year by Massachusetts' Senator John Kennedy and Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey. Indeed, so worn has the trail become that Symington stopped at most of the same political watering holes and camp sites...
...favorite son. Pat Brown, after a remarkably successful first year as Governor, is beginning to get serious notions about the 'White House. He is therefore extremely careful never to let the state's aspiring visitors get far out of his sight. As with Kennedy and Humphrey. Stu Symington's speaking dates and travel schedules were set up by the Brown-dominated Democratic State Central Committee...
Respectful Hearing. Beginning his tour in San Francisco. Symington was taken tightly in tow by Roger Kent. Northern California chairman of the State Central Committee and a devoted Brown follower. After speaking at a Fairmont Hotel luncheon-an affair arranged and run by Brown followers-Symington whisked off to Sacramento to spend a night with Brown himself. Next morning he sat with Brown (as had Kennedy) at a press conference, traded amiable tributes. Asked how he would regard Pat Brown as a running mate on the national Democratic ticket, Symington replied: "Well. I think so highly of Governor Brown that...
Following the Kennedy-Humphrey path into Southern California, Symington went on to San Diego, was guest of honor at a $100-a-plate dinner. Present was a liberal sprinkling of aircraft executives and missile manufacturers, among whom onetime (1947-50) Air Force Secretary Symington is especially popular. But again, the meeting was dominated by the Brown-following San Diego County Democratic Committee. Indeed, it was not until he got to Los Angeles that Symington was able to do any real digging out of reach of the watchful Brown followers. There, at a cocktail party at the home...
...Truman listed Fellow Missourian Stu Symington as his first choice, Johnson as his second. Rayburn was naturally partial to Fellow Texan Johnson, but placed Symington a palatable second...