That is the story. . .
Now please understand I am not so naive as to be certain our man
of the hour is a near-World's Champion ham producer or that
chance and fate or pure gall did not, in some manner, enter into
that decision. I just think the Champ is mighty good, and hope
that you, after sampling his product, will agree he is in there
pitching somewhere. . .
Happy Holidays and happy eating,
THANKS FOR THE BACKING
February 25, 1954
Mr. Leslie A. Lyon
Lyon's Music Company
110-112 S. Green Street
Crawfordsville, Indiana
My dear Les:
. . . After my first, and in the opinion of the great majority,
my most unexpected election in our Senatorial District (the first
time a Democrat had ever been elected from Montgomery and Putnam
Counties), I began to hear a lot about my so-called personal
popularity. Personal popularity, the Devil! It was the wise and
capable backing I got coupled with my willingness and hustle to
follow advice. . .
But . . . Les, there must be at least more than a dozen excellent
reasons why I cannot be a candidate. To recite them in detail on
paper would take a sheet reaching from your store to the Court
House. So, I shall not try to set them down on paper.
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