National Affairs: Green Light for Daniel

How to jump gracefully from the job he has (U.S. Senator) to the job he wants (governor of Texas) was the problem confronting Price Daniel; he feared that the Texans who sent him to the Senate for six years might be peeved if he applied after four years for another position. Daniel attacked his problem with a radio-TV plea that Texas voters make up his mind for him. Last week, in response to his request that Texans tell him what he ought to do, 29,000 of them sent him messages urging him to run for governor. That was mandate enough for...

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