National Affairs: The Underscored Blunder

Walking confidently out of a three-day visit with Harry Truman in Key West last week, Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney faced correspondents with the air of a man who has been so close to the horse's mouth that he could count the teeth.

Is the President going to run? McKinney implied strongly that the answer was hinged to peace in Korea: if peace is achieved, the President "will have considered his job well done . . . It may be wishful thinking on my part, but it is hoped that the Korean situation can be resolved either by convention time or at...

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