For the Record

Senator Lehman is reported to have made his retirement contingent on the promise that the Republican nomination would go to another Liberal, specifically, Jacob Javits—so that in case his chosen candidate, Mayor Wagner, should be defeated, Mr. Lehman’s Senate seat would be still occupied by a Liberal. John Hay Whitney, who has sponsored Javits in the past, is said to have gone to San Francisco to clinch the deal….

It was pressure from the CIO, which is the main factor in his support, that compelled Governor Goodwin Knight of California to make a last minute attempt to block the endorsement of Nixon by his state’s delegation. This in turn forced Senator Knowland and Mr. Nixon, between whom there has been bad feeling, into a solid front in order to assure their control of the California vote…. Secretary of Agriculture Benson is receiving belated credit for his refusal to raise parity levels during the slump in cattle and hog prices last year. With fewer cattle and hogs now reaching the market, prices are up 33 per cent and 50 per cent respectively since December….

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Senator Lehman is reported to have made his retirement contingent on the promise that the Republican nomination would go to another Liberal, specifically, Jacob Javits—so that in case his chosen candidate, Mayor Wagner, should be defeated, Mr. Lehman’s Senate seat would be still occupied by a Liberal. John Hay Whitney, who has sponsored Javits in the past, is said to have gone to San Francisco to clinch the deal….

It was pressure from the CIO, which is the main factor in his support, that compelled Governor Goodwin Knight of California to make a last minute attempt to block the endorsement of Nixon by his state’s delegation. This in turn forced Senator Knowland and Mr. Nixon, between whom there has been bad feeling, into a solid front in order to assure their control of the California vote…. Secretary of Agriculture Benson is receiving belated credit for his refusal to raise parity levels during the slump in cattle and hog prices last year. With fewer cattle and hogs now reaching the market, prices are up 33 per cent and 50 per cent respectively since December….