No spellbinder, Alf M. Landon did his most effective Kansas campaigning by putting on his oil-field breeches and windbreaker, climbing into his automobile, dropping in at country stores and farmhouses with a smiling, "I'm Alf Landon,'' sitting down for a talk about crops, weather and politics. Last week his first vacation trip in three years gave Alf Landon his first chance to display his close-range charm as Republican Presidential nominee.
In Topeka one evening Governor Landon, his wife, mother-in-law, three children and nurse climbed into a private railroad car furnished by a Union Pacific...
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