OHIO: Declaration of Independents

"There is no room for independents in our political system," said Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler, as he settled back to chat with students and newsmen at Ohio Wesleyan University last week. And he left no doubt in the minds of his Ohio listeners that he was talking about their independent Democratic Governor Frank Lausche. Lausche's recent endorsement of the President's farm bill veto "was quite shocking to Democrats everywhere—it was sharply in conflict with the majority." If Lausche wins his Senate race against Republican Senator George Bender this year, Butler would not hazard a guess whether Lausche "would...

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