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April 16, 1951

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DEMOCRATS WEIGH EISENHOWER FOR '52; Say G.O.P. Rules Out Defender of Europe by Its Support of MacArthur 'Fight China' Idea DEMOCRATS WEIGH EISENHOWER FOR '52 Taft 22%, Dewey 14% in Poll G.O.P. MacArthur Backing Cited MacArthur's Defeat Recalled Eisenhower's Position Noted Offer Related in General's Book

By W.h. Lawrence Special To the New York Times

Leading Dems see Gen Eisenhower thrust into race because of recent Repub foreign policy decisions; see him as Dem, rather than Repub, candidate; new Gallup Poll rates him over Pres Truman and Sen Taft; other poll results; Eisenhower view on presidency revd

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Notable Births

1951Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer[†]

Ioan Mihai Cochinescu is a Romanian novelist and essayist. He is also a film script author and director, an art photographer, teacher, musicologist and composer.

Historical Context for April 16, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]