National Affairs: Where I Stand

Harold Stassen has set his sights high. Again last week he made it plain that he would not settle for second prize in the presidential sweepstakes. When he was asked if he would take the No. 2 spot on a Republican ticket headed by Generals Ike Eisenhower or Douglas MacArthur, Stassen said firmly: "No, 1 am running for the presidential nomination."

This week, to make sure that voters knew he was in dead earnest, he released a book that put Candidate Stassen's views on most major political issues down in printer's ink. It was...

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