Noting that "round-shouldered Raymond Clapper reported that the Midwest had only the 'mildest interest' in the Presidential race" (TIME, Jan. 29), General Hugh S. Johnson was ready for an argument last week. "Well," snorted he, "paunchy, red-faced Columnist Johnson doesn't agree with round-shouldered Ray."
Whatever the country's midwinter feeling was about the Presidential campaign, there was evidence last week that warmer weather would thaw out a lot of political ice. Floes from Presidential primaries quadrennially precede convention floods of politics.
No more complicated political system could be devised than U. S. Presidential primaries, which are held in 15 or 16 of the 48...
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