Letters, Jul. 21, 1952

Horse Trader & Broker

Sir:

As I reach legal voting age, I am at a loss to understand . . . the dangerous and deplorable electoral system in this country which allows one individual to control, swing or influence such a large bloc of delegates that he could theoretically personally choose the next President.

Without casting any aspersions on such leaders as Governor Fine of Pennsylvania [TIME, June 30], Senator Knowland of California and others who have strong political leverage, I only wish to suggest that it would invoke an almost superhuman strength of...

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