"The President has signed Maryland, Massachusetts and Ohio primary petitions. This means he enters the primaries of these three states as a candidate for re-election."
These words on a mimeographed sheet passed out last week to White House newshawks were the sole formal announcement of what no one needed to be told. ¶At Norris, Tenn. a siren shrieked, eight sluice gates slipped shut, a lake began to form inch by inch behind the dam. In Washington 500 miles away, Franklin Roosevelt sat with his finger on the siren button, saying, "Norris Dam...
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