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NOTE : this report was written on August 25th from Atlanta, Geor¬
gia. Since the Democratie Convention, our observer has been in
Springfield, Ill.e, campaign headquarter of Governor Stevenson
and has been oh August 5th in Los Angeles to be present at Gene—
ral Eisenhower's opening Campaign speath at the VFW Convention.
In the meantime he has travelied through the New England States,
along the Eastern Seabord, and is making at present a surveg on
the trends below the Masoh-—Dixon line in the Deep Southe
-— The great Presidential cumpaign is scheduled to start
now in a very few dayse On Labour Day, both Cmdidates will end
their busy " vacations " of incessent Conferences, Statements
end meetings. They vili now take to the roads and carry their mes~
sageeall] over the country to the peoples While the full scope of
the fempaign will develop henceforth, the really decisive time
has Seon the month of August, with its policy making strategy |.
mectingse Henceforth no candidate will be able to shift his guns
very much. The lines are drawn, and they are not likely to change
between now and Novembere
The first and foremost observation that can be made, is
tht during this tine both candidates have been busy to “mend
their fences", that is to say to see to it that the widest possible
harmony should reign in their respective party. And in this endea¬
vour, both have had to do something entirely different from their
strategy in Chicago t in fact both had to go to the camp they
defeuted in order to purchase its supporte
be called the left wing of the Bipablicas Fariys has been busy
going to the right ever since the Convention. e main exponent
of this policy has been his Vice Presiddntial nominee Senator
Nixon, who definitely is one of the most outstanding right-wingers
of the Partye Nixon's record, as a foe of Communists, as the man
who defeated Alger Hiss and got him arrested, as the prominent
member of the House Un-American Activities UVommitiee, is very
prominentit dispayeile His role in the campaign is most outstan—
@ing. One can even say, that never has their been 2 Vice-Presiden=
tial nominee with greater influence on the shaping of the can
paign then Nixone To tke right wing also belongs the new chair—
men of the Republican National Committee, Arthur Summerfield, who
has great influence in shaping the campaign and the issues, And