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...what had happened. Even before MacArthur's entry into the race, Harold Stassen's free-speaking, free-spending campaign had won him thousands of new supporters. When MacArthur jumped in, his name became a new rallying point for many who had climbed reluctantly onto the Dewey band wagon for lack of anywhere else...
...what other name could good Democrats plump for? They did not forget the ancient political axiom: you can't beat somebody with nobody. Before they ditched Truman, they had to get a new band wagon rolling. And that was a risky business. Chicago's canny little Jake Arvey was the first front-ranker willing to take the risk. "Come convention time," announced Boss Arvey, "I will vote for ... a man who can be elected. I hope General Eisenhower becomes available...
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., with a hand from his brother Elliott, gave the Eisenhower band wagon a family push. Said young Franklin: "The most serious concern of the people of the U.S. is to elect as President ... a man who will not only have a united party behind him, but also will be capable of securing the unity of our country. . . . The American people have a right to call the General back into active public service...
Most of their music, he said, "sounded like a dentist's drill or a musical gas wagon. ... It is simply beyond endurance," he roared. "Pay attention to this...
Southern politicians were still circling the White House like Sioux menacing a covered wagon. A lot of the hallooing after Harry Truman's scalp came from men who simply enjoyed listening to the echo, but last week the President heard one statement which hurt. Alabama's Senator John J. Sparkman, former Democratic whip of the House, and hitherto an ardent Truman supporter, demanded that the President remove himself as a candidate...