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Many a loyal Administration Democrat figured that Politician Truman could not afford to risk another blow such as he suffered last week in Senator Burton K. Wheeler's defeat. Gloomed one Democrat with a deep, professional interest in his party's fortunes: "I don't know why the Boss had to get himself mixed up in that one (the Montana primary). But you can bet your salary we're going to try to steer him away from any such foolish moves in the future."
But steering Harry Truman might be difficult, perhaps impossible. If he were repudiated in his own state on as clear an issue as he drew against Roger Slaughter, Truman Democrats could start worrying in earnest.
*But he could not vote against Representative Slaughter. The President's home Congressional District is Missouri's Fourth; Slaughter's is the Fifth.