Like a mighty political juggernaut, the President's train plowed through the South last week. All observers (and even some of the principals) agreed that the President left in his wake the wreckage of the anti-fourth term movement.
At all bridges and at practically every fence post along the 4,000-mile right-of-way, armed soldiers stood guard.* Hawkeyed secret-service men swarmed about the roped-off stations. At the stops were cheering crowds, parading soldiers, marching WAACs; and always, above, clouds of planes. At Fort Benning, Ga. there was a sham battle with deafening noise—an improvised grenade...
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