The Managers

Into the corners of two leading Democratic candidates moved two of the party's brightest younger lights, eager to try their talents as presidential campaign managers:

Gael Sullivan, 47, took over as national chairman of the Kefauver for President Committee. A native Rhode Islander, a parochial schoolmate of former Attorney General Howard McGrath and an alumnus of Ed Kelly's political campus in Chicago, Sullivan was the fair-haired protege of Democratic National Chairman Robert Hannegan, became Second Assistant Postmaster General in 1945, and executive director of the National Committee in 1947. For a while, he was hailed as a "second Jim Farley," the hope of Fair

Deal liberals, and Hannegan's heir presumptive. But he soon lost out to McGrath and retired from politics to become executive director of Theatre Owners of America (at a reported $60,000 a year). As Kefauver's manager, Sullivan will try to give the Tennessean's amateurish campaign what it sorely lacks: professional savvy and big-city organization on a national scale.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 37, took on the national chairmanship of the Harriman for President Committee. F.D.R.'s third son is also a candidate for re-election as U.S. Representative from New York's 20th District. As Harriman's manager, he has the powerful Harry Truman-Adlai Stevenson wing of the party solidly behind his candidate. He was airily confident last week that Harriman will be a shoo-in for the nomination by convention time. Said he, flashing the familiar family smile: "I've never been in on a losing political race yet, and I don't expect to be this time."

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