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Candidate Estes Kefauver picked up a powerful supporter: Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas, who had once suggested that both parties nominate General Eisenhower, and was himself a leading possibility for the Democratic nomination until he took himself out of the race. "I am in Kefauver's army," Douglas announced...
. . . Both the Republicans and the Democrats should select Eisenhower as the presidential candidate, and each party should nominate its own vice presidential candidate. Thus he could be on one ticket with Earl Warren as a running mate, and on the other with Adlai Stevenson.
There is a third possibility. Harry Truman's open opposition might prod Kefauver into a fight. Perhaps New Hampshire proves that Truman is already treed on Kefauver's television antenna. If the Chicago delegates have proof positive that the Legend is a better vote-getter than the Liability...
Radio and TV commentator Tex McCrary called for the Republicans to nominate a candidate who can win, and held that Eisenhower would appeal more to the nine million young people voting for the first time than Taft. "Nobody wants Eisenhower," he said, "but the people."
Thomas said that although he thinks the Socialists should expend their efforts in educating the public rather than running a national slate of candidates, they probably would nominate Darlington Hoopes for President. In regard to his not running, he declared, "I would be committing a positive indecency in running more...