National Affairs: Arial Warfare

Ohio's senatorial campaign consists largely of Republican Candidate George Bender's being here, there and everywhere; whether that is good or bad for the G.O.P., nobody can quite decide. While Democratic Senator Thomas Burke has plugged quietly away at building up organizational support, Bender's baritone has boomed out in every Ohio gas station and crossroads store. Win or lose, by last week George Bender had proved that he knows only one way to run for public office: loudly.

Bender recently bounced out on the platform of Dayton's Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church, beamed down on perhaps 75 persons, and said hoarsely: "Don't worry....

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