The keynoter at a national convention is the man who makes the opening speech. His job is to blow a fanfare loud enough to drown out all the sour notes. The man the Republican National Committee picked last week as keynoter for the Philadelphia Convention was 220-lb., 6-ft. 3 in. Governor Harold Edward Stassen of Minnesota. He had one pre-eminent qualification for the job: he was not a Presidential candidate. Only 33 (35 is the minimum for President), he is not old enough.
"Red" Stassen will be old enough some day soon, and...
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