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The Daily Record
Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina
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James A. Farley predicts potential deadlock in Democratic presidential nomination between Kefauver and Russell at national convention, possibly leading to Barkley or Rayburn as nominee; forecasts Taft or Eisenhower for Republicans.
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WASHINGTON -(UP)- Former Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley forecast today a possible national convention deadlock in the "wide-open race" for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Farley, one of America's shrewdest political observers, said Sens. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Richard B. Russell of Georgia "could easily deadlock the situation
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and then someone else would be named."
He said Vice President Alben W. Barkley or Speaker Sam Rayburn would be possible Democratic nominees, and predicted Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio or Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will be the Republican presidential nominee.
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Former Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley forecast a possible national convention deadlock in the wide-open race for the Democratic presidential nomination, with Sens. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Richard B. Russell of Georgia potentially deadlocking the situation, leading to someone else being named. He suggested Vice President Alben W. Barkley or Speaker Sam Rayburn as possible Democratic nominees, and predicted Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio or Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Republican presidential nominee.