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In his Darien, Conn, home, Johnson finds the creation of Barnaby six days a week, one month in advance, a painful literary job. He does the drawing easily. Last week Barnaby and O'Malley were deep in the presidential campaign; behind-the-scenes political moves were being masterminded by cigar-waving O'Malley. Said Barnaby to his practical father: "Mr. O'Malley is for Dewey because a lot of generals got to be presidents, but, so far, not any admirals."