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Cleveland's mayoralty race had every prospect of being a model campaign. Democrat Carl B. Stokes, a Negro and son of a laundry worker, and Republican Seth Taft, scion of a distinguished political dynasty, are candidates of demonstrable ability and goodwill. Moreover, both had seemed determined to keep the campaign out of the mud. But by last week the race had descended from issues to insults...
...turning point came a fortnight ago when Stokes openly introduced the issue of race. Making the tortuous claim that Taft was subtly trying to capitalize on racist hatred by urging voters to ignore the candidates' color, Stokes declared: "The personal analysis of Seth Taft-and of many competent political analysts-is that Seth Taft may win the Nov. 7 election, but for only one reason. That reason is that his skin happens to be white...
...cool was the increasingly intemperate and illogical verbal donnybrook over Viet Nam. Other referees weighed in. In the Senate, Washington Democrat Henry Jackson said that both sides "ought to be engaged in reasoning together, not in cutting each other up." In the House, Ohio's Robert Taft called for "a pause in verbal bombing...
...triumph vaulted State Representative Stokes, 40, son of a laundry worker, into position as a slight favorite to become the first elected Negro mayor of a U.S. metropolis in November. His opponent then will be Liberal Republican Seth Taft, 44, grandson of the 27th President and cousin of Ohio Congressman Robert Taft...
Tried & Failed. As a result, employer-obtained labor injunctions largely disappeared. Even the Taft-Hartley Act, which gave the President power to seek an 80-day strike injunction when the na tional health or safety was imperiled, did not make much difference. In the 20 years since it became law, it has been invoked only 28 times...