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Without one direct word of criticism of Tom Dewey, Harold Stassen made it clear that he thought Dewey had missed the boat by not "talking the issues through to the people." The election, said Stassen, thus was not really a defeat of a "liberal Republican program," because such a program had never really been presented to the people. The Stassen formula: "We need to rebuild the party from the people on up . . .to present a warm and humanitarian approach to the people...
There was no doubt about the candidate that 41-year-old Harold Stassen had in mind for the rebuilding job. The word had already been passed along by Lawyer Amos Peaslee, who managed Stassen's eastern campaign last spring: "Harold E. Stassen will be in the political picture in 1952 ... He will surely be in a topflight position among presidential potentials when the time comes for thinking about a successor to President Truman...
Geniuses & Gadflies. Crusade in Europe should also be close to the final word on the Montgomery and Patton controversies, if not on the Battle of the Bulge. Patiently and logically, in terms of command and the necessities of logistics, Ike knocks down Monty's argument in favor of a single ground commander in Europe (Monty wanted the job) and a single punch against the Ruhr and Berlin (again by Monty) instead of a broad crossing of the Rhine. The same logic and logistics dispose of Patton's claim that, given the men & supplies he needed, he could have...
...Herman will play his underdog role to the hilt, clothe his team in the Frank Merriwell tradition. Herman Hickman won't say a word about just how tough good healthy Yales are, because he's smart enough to hang on to his underdog spot...
This philosophy keeps Art relaxed all week, but on Saturday it only serves as oil slick on rough waters. Except for indulging in his only vice, cigarettes, to the limit of chain smoking, he appears perfectly collected. He has a quiet, good word for everyone, and once the game is started, he never raises his voice unless it is to call in a substitute over the roar of the spectators. In the locker room between halves, he also wants quiet. When the boys are at such an emotional pitch, the effect of an exhorting coach can only be harmful...