Nation: THE ONE WHO WORRIES THEM

Criticism by Republicans of President Kennedy's tax cut bill was predictable. So was that of such a fiscal conservative as Democrat Harry Byrd. The bill can probably pass over their opposition, but it will need down-the-line support from liberals. And for that reason the man whom White House strategists are most worried about is Tennessee's Albert Arnold Gore, 55, a liberal member of the Senate Finance Committee whose dislike of the bill may influence other liberals.

A farm boy from Possum Hollow, near Granville, Tenn., Gore worked his way through a state teachers college...

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