Now Trm AtrCUST DAY has d~me when he and Secretary of State
~ Orrin Knox are to go to the Washington Monument Grounds and
there before their countrymen pledge their lives， their fortunes and
their sacred honor-and as much cooperation with each other as they
can manage.
It is also the day when Edward Montoya Jason， Governor of Cali-
fornia， may find out whether he can control the violent elements that
have gathered behind his campaign and run rampant in his name.
As he fiuishes shaving and prepares to rejoin his wife， Ceil， in the
charming guest suite of his sister Patsy s house in Dumbarton Oaks，
he is confident of his ability to control the violent. But he does not
know just how much cooperation with Orrin there will be.
However， he has given Orrin his word and he intends to keep it:
There will be as much as he can conscientiously contribute.
He will make a genuine effort.
Ambition and the country have a right to expect no less...
Ambition and the countryl
How much he has done for both， in these recent hectic weeks that
have seen the wildly violent national convention; the mysterious and
still unexplained death of President Harley M. Hudson; the accession
to the Presidency of Speaker of the House William Abbott; and the
hasty reconvening of the National Committee， ~，hose deliberations，
surrounded by a violence even greater than that which shattered the
convention， have finally resulted in Orrin s nomination for President
and Ted Jason s for Vice President.
Some have said that Ted Jason， Governor of California， descendant
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