POLITICAL NOTES: Busy Beavers

Early in 1952 a small group of distinguished Americans met from time to time to discuss ways and means of persuading General Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for the presidency of the U.S. They went from there to become unofficial campaign managers and victors in the struggle for control of the Republican National Convention.

These days, the pro-Ike leaders of 1952 are meeting again, busily trying to pave the way for his re-election in 1956, if he decides to run. Among members of the group: General Lucius D. Clay, now chairman of the...

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