POLITICAL NOTES: Fall Planting

The days grew shorter, the wind carried a sharp tang and the dogwood burned a sultry red. To farmers, it was a time for harvest. To politicians, it was a time for fence-mending and planting. Across the land rose the busy cries of forehanded candidates, cultivating votes and storing up good will for crucial congressional and gubernatorial elections of 1950. Some new voices last week:

In California, Lieut. Governor Goodwin J. Knight, who had gotten a whiff of powder when Governor Earl Warren seemed headed for the vice-presidency, loudly proclaimed he would run for the governorship next year whether Warren...

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