As he quipped his way through the friendly political climate of Georgia and Alabama last week, Adlai Stevenson showed some of his old form. Arriving in Atlanta, Stevenson announced that he
"should have brought his golf clubs, then hurried to add: "I hope you don't construe that as an announcement for the presidency. We Democrats can break 90, but 108 is the figure we're interested in—out in '52, back in '56." At a news conference, he perched on a television set, and cracked: "I'm really on TV now. I'm glad Arthur Godfrey isn't here. This doesn't look like humility." After...
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