National Affairs: JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES

On the Election

The pro-Ike MADISON, Wis. STATE JOURNAL: The Republicans deserved to lose this one, not because their record was bad, but because they failed to tell the voters how good it actually was. The Republicans had a record of winning and maintaining the peace, cutting taxes, beginning the job of eradicating Communists and Communist influence from government. But the Republicans let the opposition call the signals.

Hearst's pro-Eisenhower, pro-McCarthy NEW YORK JOURNAL-AMERICAN: There are three chief causes for the comparatively good showing of the Republicans: 1) The honest-to-goodness grass roots campaign by...

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