A Bet on the General
SIR,—A friend of mine recently told me that he had seen an item in a New York newspaper that the betting odds in England as of now were three to one on Governor Stevenson. 1 can hardly believe that, if it is true. May I say that there is simply no justification whatever for any such odds. The only information that I feel is of any real value are the various public-opinion polls that are being conducted. I do not know whether you are aware of the results of these or not, but without exception, they all point to the election of General Eisenhower. Here in Minnesota—which has not cast its electoral vote for a Republican since it voted for Herbert Hoover in 1928—the most recent poll shows Eisenhower forty-nine per cent., Stevenson thirty-six per cent. If•that is anywtere nearly correct, then the only conclusion one can draw is that the General will win by a huge electoral vote, if not by a tremendous popular vote.
Just for the sake of the record, I should like to make the formal prediction that General Eisenhower will have an electoral vote of from 350 to 400 (needed to win-260).—Yours faithfully,
HARVARD S. ROCKWELL.
1635 West 26th Street, Minneapolis 5, Minnesota.
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