DEMOCRATS: After You, Estes

Campaigning in Florida, Adlai Stevenson delivered the sharpest personal attack he has yet made on Estes Kefauver. Said Stevenson in a speech last week at Jacksonville: "There may be such a thing as wanting to be President too badly. And that may be one of the reasons why none of Kefauver's colleagues in the Senate and so few of the party leaders around the country have endorsed him." Then, citing his chapter and verse, Adlai accused Kefauver of missing vital congressional votes, planting the impression that Estes neglected legislation for electioneering.

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