Man for the Post

The home State of durable ex-Senator Jim Watson gave the Senate another notable orator last week--this time a Democrat: balding, 48-year-old Samuel Dillon Jackson, ex-State Attorney General of Indiana, ex-prosecuting attorney, longtime elder in Fort Wayne's Presbyterian Church, active member of the Scottish Rite. Governor Henry F. Schricker appointed him to fill the unexpired term of the late Frederick Van Nuys (see p. 82).* Said Senator Jackson: "I will support the President."

Governor Schricker had taken a terrible amount of advice. The phones had been ringing for four days. Three calls were already awaiting him when he reached his office the morning after Senator Van Nuys's death. Shortly the telegrams started coming. The man for the post was the Supreme Governor of the Loyal Order of Moose. The man for the post was the State Democratic Chairman. The woman for the post was a fine local lady with eight children. Labor plugged the State Democratic Chairman. Then A.F. of L. and C.I.O. both plugged A.F. of L.'s Dan Tobin. Three ex-Congressmen called to offer themselves. The Governor dragged lapel-hangers along when he walked abroad. Strangers breathed down his neck as he lunched. The phone calls came from all over the country. Telegrams came from both coasts. The Governor's secretary counted the telegrams the third night: 275. On the final night, with good Senator Van Nuys scarcely in his grave, the Governor estimated them at 1,000.

* Till Nov. 7, when a candidate will be elected for the term's remaining two months.

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