Political Note: The Law and the People

The Law and the people of North Dakota violently disagreed last week. Last month Governor William Langer was found guilty of conspiring to defraud the U. S. Government by soliciting party funds, in the guise of subscriptions to his administration newspaper, from Federal employes (TIME, June 25). A stay of sentence was granted by Federal Judge Andrew Miller pending the forthcoming primary elections, in which Governor Langer was a candidate to succeed himself.

When they went to the polls last week, North Dakota Republicans had the choice of three slates: Independent Voters Association,...

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