POLITICAL NOTES: Nobody Here But Us Chickens

The word from Democratic presidential possibilities (subject to revision when Dwight Eisenhower makes known his intentions):

Private Citizen Adlai Stevenson—"I haven't made up my mind, and I don't know whether I'm needed or wanted."

Michigan's Governor G. Mennen Williams—"I doubt that there is any American who wouldn't feel highly honored and flattered. I know I would."

Georgia's Senator Richard Russell—"I will not be a candidate for the nomination this time."

Tennessee's Senator Estes Kefauver—"No one really is drafted," and Kefauver says that he will not be a voluntary candidate.

Missouri's Senator Stuart Symington—"I'm...

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