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" Jor for JorJhe forthe fothe , third th"d thd of oj series seNes on , the th " g < " Obis ThIS ( ( IS s . . ) ) Jhe the Re Republican ubllC/Its ubllC Its / presidentialnomination presidential re"JentllJI reJentllJI re"JentllJItom.tUt.on " / nomination t/om.tUt.on tomtUt.on t om.tUt.on omtUton WASHINGTONWhen WASHINGTON -When When - When the bakers were down in m Washmgton Washington Washing Washmg WashingTol for theIr In Industry industry consel conservation vat Ion program out a gram grain ton sweatmg sweating Mmnesota Minnesota , Harry W Zmsmaster , who whoIS whois frIend from dustry , my column . . calls a frequent VisItor " in the thecapItal thecapital what the personal Tol iCH v- v vA vcapital * " - " * " A IS capital gave a little luncheon for his Ius colleagues and some somepre someprees som . men menWe menWe and radIo pre prees < : s and were gathered around to listen to the bak bakers bakpr eating We w had ad nmsned finIshed when suddenly the door opened and 220 pounds of blond smil smii smiime smi ] ers < troubles potentiality potentlahty burst upon us _ Our u ; host shouted a happy Heuo HeiioHarold Harold then turned and nnd an annaunced anpounced announced naunced pounced Gentlemen the next nextPresIdent nextPresident ncxPresident PresIdent of ot the United UDlted States StatesI I daresay most Minnesota Repub Repubbcans RepubBeans Repuhhcans to that What Whatthe Whatthe Whathe bcans Beans will say aye country says IS ISaw"lted isawaited 11awiited the rest of ot the aw"lted awlted awaited " with interest by the candl candi candldate candidate candidate candidateI date dateI I suppose I 1 have bave had 50 people peopleask peopleask peopliask ask me about Harold Stassen Why Whyhasn Whyhasn Wlyhasnt ' they theyquery theyquery the hasn t Stassen a chance chance7 chancey ; query queryMost Most observer observers * seem to agree agreethat agreethat agreethat that if It he has a chance it s a pretty prettysl1m prettyshin prettyslim sl1m shin one to dateThe date dateways The reason is al a ) 1 ways the same samei same'I sameI i " a ' " ' ' The professionalpol1tIclans professionalpoliticians professional 1 1ways [ politicians pol1tIclans don twant twant t | want h.1m h1m bun . bunr bunNot himf r ( Not because becausehe becausehe because1 he a s a political pol1bcal pol1bcal'unknown political'unknown politicalunknown unknown 'unknown ' ' Hecould He Hecould Hecould could hardly be becalled bev becalled v called that . . Sure Surehe Surehe Surehe he took the job of ofcounty ofcounty ofcounty county chatrman chairman chairmanat chatrmanat at the age of 01 21 21He 21He 21He He was elected electedgovernor electedgovernor electedgovernor governor of MmBankhage MmBaukhage Mm MmBankhaee Bankhagenesota Baukhagenesota Bankhaee Bankhage Baukhage nesota t threetimes h r e etimes e etimes times could havebeen havebeen have havebeen been senator from lrom that state had hadhe hadhe hadhe he wanted the jobIn jobIn job jobIn In his rus case it s not so much that thathe thathe thathe he s a newcomer as it 1t is the way he hecame hecame hecame came up That way is charactenst characterist c cof cof cof of his whole campa gn and t vo vowords vowords vowords words describe descnbe it Lone wolf wolt wolfThe wolfThe The situation favored Stas Stassen Stassenwhen Stassenwhen en enwhen when he forced his way into the thegubernatorial thegubernatorial theCnbernatonal gubernatorial race in 19381m 1938 \1m 1m Mm 1mnesota Mmnesota ! \ Mmnesota nesota was In a bad way There Therewas Therewas Therewas was vandalism vandal1sm and corruptIOn corruptIOnand corruptionand corruptionand and the Farmer Labor parh part parhwhich partwhich partiwhich which had held a stiff grip gnp 00 on 00the onthe onthe the state was dis dls ntegratIng ntegratIngthrough ntegratingthrough ntegratinethrough through its own weakness and andgraft andgraft andgraft graft Stassen entered the race raceagamst raceagainst raceagainst agamst against the wishes of the Re Re- Republican Republican Republican - - publican Old Goard Guard but he be heeventually beeventually heeventually eventually forced Corced them to help helpJllm helphim helphim Jllm him to some degree It w was waslargely waslargely largely his Ius own efforts how however however however ever that tbat elected himIn him himIn In other words he butted inlo into inlothe intothe lnothe { the governorship governorsrup according accordmg to old oldguard oldguard oldguard guard critics cntIcs Others say he did It Itmerely itmerely itmerely merely as a step to the ilie presidency presidencyand presidencyand presidencyand and that it was part of his rus over overweenmg overweening overweening weenmg weening ambition-the ambition the ambition - the same thing thingthey thingthey thingthey they say about Governor Dewey of oft.ew ofhew ofI t-.ew t.ew t .ew ew hew : - . ew York But the old guard tears fears tearsStassen fearsStassen fearsStassen Stassen s type of ambition more morethan morethan morethan than Dewey s They fear it 1t because becausethey becausethey becausethey they fee feel ) that should Stassen be r , come president , , , he might build up upa upa ua ] a strong personal following and thus thusget thuget get a stranglehold on the Repubbean Repub RepubIican hcan bean partyConventional partyConventional party partyConventional Conventional candidates don doncommit t tcommit tcommit commit themselves too heavily HIs HIssupporters Hissupporters Hi : supporters claim that Stassen Is a amiddleot amiddleof imiddle-of imiddle of middle-ot middle ot middle-of of - - the reader roader a little to the theleft theleft thileft left Bu it is not too much his TiberHAROLD liber Tiber libery'h y'h yh ' ' HAROLD STASSENDoes STASSENDoes STASSEN STASSENDoes Does he have a chancesilty chance9 chance chance9ality ' ality aUty silty to which the politicians obJect objectI I doubt if any pract cal polItician polIticianexpects politicianexpects politicianexpects expects us to turn back the clock clockBut clockBut clockBut But in h s highly unorthodox unorthodo'C unorthodoC ' cam campalgnmg campaigning campaigning palgnmg paigning Stassen has violated vloated ] two tworules tworules tw twrules < rules rulesOne One by announcing announcIDg himself blmsclf blmsclfearly himselfearly himselfearly early in the present campaignToday campaignToday campaign campaignToday Today he is the only official ollicsal candid candidate can candidale didale didate did ate for the presidential nom nomination nomi nominationTwo I Ination nation nationTwo Two he has made and aniTbc ' he be repeats repests re repeats peats pests sharp criticism of the Republican Republican Re Republican publican programAs programAs program programAs As Roscoe Drummond of the theChr theChr theChr Chr st an Science Monitor puts ItI itIf it itIf If I ! they pick h m to r de the ele elephant elephant elephant phant they 11 have to get a new newelephant newelephant newelephant elephant . Certainly Stassen hashinted has hashinted runted hinted this was necessary when he be besaid besaid said the Republican program must mustbe mustbe be more constructive more d.y dy d.ynamiC dynamic . d-ynamic d ynamic - namiC He doesn t consult with any anybody anybody anybody body else when he be announces how to tomilke tomake tomake milke make it so That s part of the lone loneYo lonew lonevdlt Yo w , oil off complexHe complexHe complex complexHe He comes up from the soil son with witb a adirt adirt adirt dirt farmer father He worked hIS hISway hisway hisway way through college He has a good goodmllitary goodmilitary goodmilitary mllitary military record as deputy chief ot of otstaff ofstall olstaff staff stall to Admiral Halsey He isyounger IS ISyounger isyounger younger than Dewey D.wey Dwey Dt.wey Dtwey . < ( ( Stassen is J9) J9 s9) s9 J9)and s9)and 69)and 69and ) ) and taller than Taft-a Taft a Tatt - a sandy sandyhaIred sandyhaired sandyhaired haIred slow spoken and del berate beratesu beratesix beratesix su six . footer _ 1 i |