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...Bricker...
Political sophisticates, recalling the strategic distribution of Calvin Coolidge's Have Faith in Massachusetts in early 1920, were satisfied that Ohio now has, in addition to Governor Bricker and Senator Taft, a third Republican Presidential hopeful. Senator Burton, satisfactorily internationalist, genuinely liberal, a potent vote-getter, was the dark-horse talk of the week...
...many a victim of U.S. press conferences knows, being interviewed by the press is sometimes a good deal like being third-degreed by the cops. John William Bricker caught it last week from the Washington press corps...
...John Bricker said he thought the G.O.P. candidate would win in November. "Why?" boomed one reporter. The Governor shook off the tone, replied: because of the forward-looking program of Republicans in Congress. A newswoman snapped: "I don't mean to be facetious, but I haven't been able to discern any such program." Governor Bricker smiled: "I'm hardly responsible for your inability to discern it, and I don't mean to be facetious, either...
This was only February. None of the main names-Wendell Willkie, Harold Stassen, John Bricker, Thomas Dewey, Douglas MacArthur, Robert Taft-had caught hold of the people's imagination. This might be remedied in June, by the manner of the nomination, and of the nominee. But meanwhile the doubts were there, and the people unsure and unwilling to commit themselves...