ARKANSAS: Kingfish Faubus

"Can you think of anything bad in Arkansas today?" asked Governor Orval Faubus. If they could, the voters of Arkansas did not blame the man who in 1957 made Little Rock a worldwide symbol of U.S. racism. Last week, in his bid for an unprecedented fourth term, Faubus handily won the Democratic nomination (and automatic reelection) by a 68,000-plus majority over a field of four unimpressive primary opponents.

Faubus played on the voters' pocketbooks, hogged credit in hour-long harangues for everything from widows' pensions to new factories to higher teachers' pay. His...

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