California's Governor Earl Warren, a man with a ruggedly blond face, a ruggedly bland manner and a terrific popularity in his home state, became the third avowed candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
In his office at Sacramento one day last week, he sat like a defensive halfback behind his sleek, cork-covered desk. Up to the desk came California's Republican Chairman Arthur W. Carlson. In his hands, Carlson carried a framed copy of a resolution, neatly hand-lettered, adopted by the Republican state committee. The resolution asked Earl Warren's permission to line up a Republican convention delegation for him.
On the Governor's...
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