Regional Politics Down South in Georgia In gracious, urbane Savannah, in bus- tling metropolitan Atlanta, and “way down upon the Suwannee River,” the Georgian political pot is simmering, ready to come to a quick boil. Neither
Senator Walter George nor former Governor Herman Talmadge is official- ly a declared candidate for the Senate seat which George now holds, but even the humblest citizen knows that the battle is on. Herman Talmadge is mak- ing speeches hither and yon, to farm- ers, small businessmen, cattlemen, but ready and able to talk to any audience on its own terms. Senator George is confining his “campaigning” so far to luncheon clubs and to organizations that tend to revere the global view- point. No one underestimates Senator George. Even his most emphatic politi- cal enemies respect him. But-to put it bluntly-the Senator now belongs to
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