LIGHT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL "PRIMARIES"
HE announcement by President Truman that he would not seek another term of office, and the emergence of General Eisenhower as a strong contender for the Republican nomination have provided the most resounding headlines so far in the American Presidential election \campaign-headlines which may not be exceeded in size until the result of the election is known. But as the campaign follows its traditionally complex course there may be many other surprises for the American pub-lic-and for the world at large. To get the varying shifts and changes of fortune into proper perspective it is necessary to know something
about the significance of the different stages of a campaign, from the time the various "bandwagons" start to roll to the final lap in the race, when the chosen candidates complete their personal nation-wide campaigning. There are three main-stages in the processfirst, the Presidential primaries, then the Republican and Democratic conventions (which are to be held this year in Chicago in the month of July), and lastly, the campaigns proper. The Primaries are, of course, already under way, and at 1YC on Tuesday, April 22 (7.31 p.m.), they will be the subject of a panel discussion. The members of the panel will be A. K. Turner,
Q.C. (already known to listeners as a commentator in the NZBS Lookout session), who spent some time in the United States a year or two ago; Tom Bolster, an American journalist now working in Auckland; and R. M. Chapman, Lecturer in History at Auckland University College. The Primaries, of course-since they simply... determine who shall be a State’s representatives at the Republican or Democratic Con-ventions-may provide only a dim outline of the shape of things to come, but they can be the subject ‘of endless speculation and the 1YC panel is not likely to be at a loss for’ the raw mé@terial of discussion.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 667, 18 April 1952, Page 7
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314LIGHT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL "PRIMARIES" New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 667, 18 April 1952, Page 7
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