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IT'S high time, says Mr. Also Ran of '52, for the Democrats "to resume the executive direction of our national affairs" -meaning for the nation to go back to the grand old days of war, inflation, government by crony and crook, White House seizure of private property, and all the rest of it.
THE WASHINGTON POST AND TIMES HERALD :
THERE should be a sense of reassurance in the country that Adlai E. Stevenson has announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. He has demonstrated a wisdom and a degree of responsibility too seldom found in politicians, and he is a man of principle and intelligence. If the Democrats choose him again, and if the Republicans also are as wise and as fortunate as they were in 1952, the country may face the forthcoming campaign with equanimity. Mr. Stevenson appears today to be almost the ideal leader from the Democratic viewpoint, for he combines liberalism with moderation and conservatism with understanding. He fits the mood of the times as well as any Democrat on the scene today.