A Rocky Summer

In the epic tale of the tortoise and the hare the hare slept when obscenely confident of the race only to be over-taken in the stretch by the tortoise who did not give up the tussle till the last line had been crossed. Betty Canter (right) and Eva Stuart have taken off from their summer school studies to help the Republican tortoise in the race for the nomination for the presidency.

Directly across the street from the Rockefeller Headquarters where the girls work are the New England Headquarters for Dick Nixon. The difference is visible. The Nixon Headquarters are neat and tidy and have a back-room but no storefront.

The Republican race as witnessed by the two headquarters facing each other looks like a rerun of the epic confrontation. It is only a question of whether the hare, resting, has already won the contest.