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Oregon, May 18, is a primary in which a candidate's name may be entered without his consent. Kefauver won in 1952 against token opposition. Democratic State Chairman Howard Morgan recently announced for Stevenson, came out with a blast against Harriman and Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio. Jack...
Herbert Lehman, a popular symbol in New York Democratic politics, last week issued a formal statement: "Many months ago I stated publicly that, of the many well-qualified Democrats available for the nomination, my preference was Adlai Stevenson, and that I expected to support him. I see no reason for...
In New York politics, Tammany Boss Carmine De Sapio makes few mistakes. Perhaps that is partly because the politics of his city runs in settled patterns; everybody knows the rules. Last week De Sapio made the mistake of going on a campaigning mission to California, where nothing is settled except...
Carmine's objective: to pick up some California support for Averell Harriman's effort to get the Democratic presidential nomination. The Tammany leader knew that the California Democrats were for Kefauver in 1952 and that most of the leaders are now for Stevenson. But what, he reasoned, could...
The Democrats [have] an even chance-or perhaps better-of winning the next election. It is therefore the concern of every American, regardless of party, that the Democrats pick the best candidate. Estes Kefauver has neither the stature nor the articulated political principles which the President of the United States...