Ballots for Bullitt?

Egg-pated William Christian Bullitt last week tossed his top hat in the political ring. The candidacy: Democratic, for Mayor of Philadelphia, at the election this Nov. 2.

This was hot news to Philadelphians, who have not had a gaudy mayor for four years, not since the late Samuel Davis Wilson, who carried around a little rostrum which he would solemnly place on the speaker's table. When he flicked a switch, neon letters flared: "S. Davis Wilson, Mayor."

What Bill Bullitt would do among Philadelphia political muggs, how he would grapple with the sewer problem, the noisome water--such topics were much mooted by Philadelphians last week. For Bullitt is a patrician and a reformer. His family tree is ornamented by the father of George Washington, the sister of Patrick Henry, Pocahontas herself. His greatgrandfather and grandfather are civic statues.*

His wealth and charm made his Parisian table a favorite of two continents. Bullitt thought nothing of throwing a party for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (490 bottles of choice champagne), or embellishing his vast Moscow house with cockerels and baby bears borrowed from the zoo. As the first U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Bullitt was the darling of Moscow, until the mutual love affair turned to mutual coolness. He made a decorative but somewhat indiscreet U.S. Ambassador to France.

Long shelved by Franklin Roosevelt, he has now been picked up by Pennsylvania's Joseph F. Guffey, worried about Republican-minded Pennsylvania. His chances of election: unpredictable.

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