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Sound Tactics. But he was never in too much of a hurry to answer questions at every stop or to clamp a firm grip on every hand in sight (average time: one hand every second and a half). The tactics paid off. Said one admiring Nebraskan: "Taft and Dewey went by so fast I thought they were jet-propelled. Stassen stops and says howdy."
This week Nebraska's voters cast their verdict. There were four other candidates in the race: Arthur Vandenberg, Earl Warren, Joe Martin and Douglas MacArthur—none of whom campaigned. But Candidates Dewey, Stassen and Taft had made it a fight to the last bell.