If Ike Quits in 1956 Stevenson Will Win, Schlesinger Predicts

President Eisenhower's recent heart attack will almost certainly eliminate him from next year's presidential rase and thereby leave the field wide open for a Stevenson nomination and victory, according to Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, professor of History and personal advisor to Adlai E. Stevenson in the 1952 presidential campaign.

"It's most unlikely that a man of Eisen-hower's age would offer himself for a second term after such an illness," said Schlesinger. "Stevenson has indicated that he will seek nomination again and he or either of his leading competitors. Kefauver and Harriman, could beat any-one the Republicans have left after Eisen-hower," he added.

In contradiction to Schlesinger's opinion, Dr. Paul Dudley White, one of the world's greatest heart specialists, said before taking off for Denver yesterday, "Another term for President Eisenhower is quite conceivable."

Now that nomination almost assures election, Democrats, afraid of backing a loser, should throw even more support to the leading contender, Stevenson, he said.

"The Republicans will be in a state of despair without Eisenhower," said Schlesinger, "and will probably nominate Nixon or Dirksen."