No. 3

California's Governor Earl Warren, a man with a ruggedly blond face, a ruggedly bland manner and a terrific popularity in his home state, became the third avowed candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

In his office at Sacramento one day last week, he sat like a defensive halfback behind his sleek, cork-covered desk. Up to the desk came California's Republican Chairman Arthur W. Carlson. In his hands, Carlson carried a framed copy of a resolution, neatly hand-lettered, adopted by the Republican state committee. The resolution asked Earl Warren's permission to line up a Republican convention delegation for him.

On the Governor's desk lay a letter prepared in advance. It was addressed to Chairman Carlson. Earl Warren picked up the letter and read aloud: "I shall be proud. . . ."

Earl Warren said he would make no active campaign and would seek no delegates outside his own state. But he would be more than just a favorite son. If anyone wanted to work for him in other states, that would be O.K.

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