The man who made headlines in Ohio last week was Wendell Willkie (see p. 26). But the man Ohio was talking about was Harold Hitz Burton, mayor of Cleveland, Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate.
When Burton sought the nomination last spring, the G. O. P. machine was set to roll him flatter than a pancake. But Burton, like Willkie at Philadelphia, stopped the professionals in their tracks. After his nomination, astute Harold Burton made peace. It took some making. As mayor of Cleveland during the city's relief crisis, he had cracked out right & left, had collided with...
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