In their key race for the U.S. Senate, Ohio's Democratic Governor Frank Lausche had blocked all the plunging attempts of Republican Incumbent George Bender to corner him for face-to-face de bate (TIME, Oct. 8). But last week Lausche arrived to make a "nonpolitical" speech to a group of Negro businessmen in Columbus—only to discover that George Bender was already on hand with the political question that had been puzzling Ohioans for months.
"I'd like him," cried Bender, "to tell you how he'd vote to organize the Senate if he were elected." It was a ticklish moment, for Lausche, who last...
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