More than six weeks ago, when the political woods still buzzed with rumors that Adlai Stevenson planned to keep Harry Truman in a minor role in the 1952 presidential race, Mr. Truman firmly announced that he himself was the key to the campaign. Last week, haranguing his way through the Far West, Harry Truman went a long way toward proving his point.
The significance attached to Truman by the Republican opposition was attested by the G.O.P.'s first countermove: Michigan's Senator Homer Ferguson, Iowa's Senator Bourke Hickenlooper and South Dakota's Senator Francis Case joined to form a Republican "Truth Squad," set...
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