One day last week the front page of the New York Herald Tribune, prominent G.O.P. elephant-hide-bound organ, bore the following headline:
CRIPPLED BOY'S DEER IS SEIZED FOR SMITH ZOO
The next "deck" of the headline said:
Conservation Board Accused of Taking Fawn from Child to Make Nomination Fete Gift.
The last, least conspicuous part of the headline explained:
Parent, Saying Son Weeps for Pet, Sure Governor Had No Part in Action.
Non-partisans, recalling that the Herald Tribune had printed something sportsmanlike about Nominee Smith the week previous (TIME, July 9), concluded that now the score was...
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