CBS Radio News Analysis - Page 2

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CBS Radio News commentary about Hays' loss in the Congressional election ; Page 2 the sticker was handed out to voters as they entered the polling places, and was attached to a printed plug for Alford, the was another law violation; that the law was further violated because there was no party designation after Alford's name nor the word"independent." The state laws appear pretty specific on these points. The further question is raised that Alford may have broken another law by running against the duly nominated Democratic Party candidate after he himself had registered as a Democrat and so voted in the primary. In some states that would mean dismissal from the party. The last conjecture will be looked into by those Democrats in the House who are determined to try to forbid any Democratic committee assignments to Alford, even if his election is not challenged and he does take his seat. His would not be the hot seat, exactly; it would be the cold and lonely seat of a man unwanted by the majority of either party, a man who has helped destroy the political career of one of the chamber's most popular and respected members. Alford, of course, is small fry. But Arkansas' Senator Fulbright, the potential chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is not. He does not come up for re-election for another four years, but there is little doubt that his name is next in the Faubus black book; and unless the conditions of both Faubus and Arkansas sentiment change radically in the next four years, the Fulbright career, too, could be cut off just as it reaches its zenith of influence. This is Eric Sevareid in Washington.