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They changed the direction of the campaign and Stevenson actually changed his campaign style as a result of this. He made an effort to be more cordial to people and to shake hands with people on the street and altogether to be less self-conscious.

And he discovered himself too intellectual for the. . .

Yes, well, his manner had certainly been that, and he wasn't nearly as cordial or as relaxed as Kefauver was, who was, after all, very outgoing.

At any rate, the cast of characters that was supporting him in '56 included Paul Butler, who was then the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee; supposedly DeSapio, who was the Democratic leader in New York: Prendergast, the Democratic leader in New York State; a man called Finnegan, who became his campaign chairman and who has died since of leukemia; Matt McCloskey of Philadelphia, who was one of the chief money-raisers, along with Roger Stevens; Lansdale Christie, who was one of the biggest contributors of funds; Tom Finletter, who gave him a great deal of advice about policy, a lawyer, who is not the American representative at NATO; Bill Benton, former Senator and Assistant Secretary of State; Roger Stevens, the campaign chairman, who had been Stevenson's campaign chairman: Anna Rosenberg, Marietta Tree, and of course, Bill Blair, his indispensable executive assistant and who also had been his law partner. And George Ball was extremely active in the campaign, and Arthur Schlesinger was important because he supplied a great deal of help for speeches.