Who's for Whom

Candidate Estes Kefauver picked up a powerful supporter: Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas, who had once suggested that both parties nominate General Eisenhower, and was himself a leading possibility for the Democratic nomination until he took himself out of the race. "I am in Kefauver's army," Douglas announced last week. "I'm enlisted for the duration."

"Some of the politicians, bureaucrats and kingmakers may not like you because they know they cannot control you," Douglas wrote to Kefauver. "But the people are for you. Let the voice of the people be heard." Kefauver, campaigning in Massachusetts, gratefully replied by telephone: "Paul, bless your heart."

Other endorsements of the week:

P: In West Germany, the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine favored the election of General Eisenhower as an essential to continued U.S. efforts to strengthen European defenses. The election of Senator Taft, it said, would paralyze European initiative.

P: Seventy-nine visiting newspaper editors in Washington were polled on their personal presidential preferences. Results: Eisenhower 31, Taft 24, Russell 7, Stevenson 4, Kefauver and Warren 3 apiece.

P: Kathleen Norris, 71, novelist and a onetime America Firster, plunked for Taft. Said she: "Most women lean toward an isolationist policy. We feel a lot more confidence in Mr. Taft keeping us out of entangling alliances than any of the other possible candidates."

P: Floyd B. Odium, president of Atlas Corp., chairman of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. (6-365) and for years a regular Democratic campaign contributor, came out for Ike. Among his reasons for shifting sides: "He can best give us inspiring leadership during a period when we will be needing badly both inspiration and leadership."

P: A Hollywood group supporting Eisenhower announced that a poll of several hundred film stars, producers and other movie names showed a majority of 65% for Ike. Among his Hollywood supporters: Darryl Zanuck, Sam Goldwyn, Jack Warner, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe.

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