The Smile on Stassen’ s Face
Only Harold Stassen seems to dissent from the general feeling in Washington that he threw a boomerang at the Vice President. Notwithstanding, your correspondent believes that Mr. Stassen has excellent reasons for being pleased with himself. True, he has done little to hurt Nixon’s chances of renomination—he has probably helped them. But Stassen well knew, when he made his move, that the possibilities of diverting Len Hall’s well-oiled machine were remote. He also knew that the occasion would never be better for trying to seize the leadership of that segment of the Republican Party which, despite its temporary setback on the Nixon issue, has the inside run in future power struggles.
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