When Interior Secretary Douglas McKay announced in March that he would run for the U.S. Senate in Oregon this year, he expected to win the Republican nomination with the ease of a stone rolling down Mt. Hood. A big automobile dealer (Chevrolet and Cadillac) in Salem for some 30 years, a state senator for four terms and governor for four years (1949-52), McKay had been winning elections in Oregon since his college days. At first he planned to stay in Washington until June 1, with only a speech here, a bow there before the May 18 primary. But back...
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