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South Carolina’s coon-shouting Senator Olin Johnston, who stayed away from Washington’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner because his wife was afraid she might be seated next to a “Nigra” (TIME, March 1), announced this week that he would nominate Dwight Eisenhower for President at the Democratic National Convention. This brought up two questions which probably won’t be answered until the week of July 12: 1) Could the convention be stampeded into nominating Eisenhower? 2) Would Ike accept?
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