Show kefauver offers challenge adial stevenson and estes defau ver will the flordia primary in may mr stevenson some time ago announced that he would enter this primary on tuesday sen ke fauver said that he too would corn com pete in flordia this brings the two leading dem socratic candidates into an open con test sooner than was expected it was known that they would oppose each other in california in june but sen kefauver s announcement ad vances ances the time of a primary show down between them it is curious that kefauver would challenge in flordia the common belief it that stevenson has the ad vantage in that state success in a primary is more than a numerical success regarding del agates it gives a candidate prestige and if f won at the expense of a ng opponent counts heavily in favor of the victor sen kefauver s vie vic tory ory in new hampshire in 1952 win ning over mr truman even though mr truman had not announced was a marked boost to the senator senators s cau se sen kefauver knows that at pre sent he is trailing trading adlai stevenson the senator has more to win than to lose in challenging mr stevenson but he is willing to take the risk in deed it seems a necessary risk there is one thing for certain the people will be watching the flordia primary with keenest interest the outcome of the first skirmish be tween the two candidates will not determine who will be the nominee but it will slightly affect the odds |