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Show Arkansas Demo Vote Shakes Party Chiefs It seems generally agreed that the renomination of Democratic Gov. Orval Faubus in Arkansas last week has upset many Demo cratic calculations and forced party leaders to readjust their strategy to assure victory in November No-vember and again in 1960. Richard L. Strout,' writing in the Christian Science Monitor this week noted: "The South is still in revolt and the revolt has long-range political consequences. "It improves the chances of Republican victory in 1960 and probably under the banner of vice president Nixon. "It reduces the prospect of Senator Lyndon M. Johnson, Democrat of Texas or any other Southern middle-roader becoming becom-ing the Democratic presidential nominee. "It makes the nomination of Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts on the 1960 ticket less likely since he has received support sup-port from the south. "It throws into doubt the political po-litical future of various southern Democratic liberals such as Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee. "And finally it makes more likely a bolt in the next presidential presi-dential election as in 1948, 1952 and 1956." |