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Mr.. Nixon. in an election
eve radio broadcast. said the
primary had tremendous i'm
pact on the nominees of both
parties in 1852 and in my case
in 1856" Senator Kennedy
pleading for a big Democratic
vote, said the results today
will powerfully affect the nom
mating convention in Los An
geles in July.
Eleventh. Hour FURRY
An eleventh hour furry OF
angry charges and sizzling re-
torts put some political pap
rika into what has been a
largely flavorless campaign. II
involved Mr.. Nixon. Senator
Kennedy and Gov. Powell. who
is chairman of the Nixon for
President Committee in New
Hampshire.
Gov. Powell set the sparks
flying by asserting that Sena-
tor Kennedy was soft toward
communism" Senator Kennedy
called that a smear" and said
Ihe believed Mr.. Nixon would
lrepudiate Gov. Powell.
Mr.. Nixon's news repre-
sentative. Herbert G. Klein,
issued a statement which said,
In part:
while they (Nixon and
Kennedy have differences on
some issues, they have always
been in complete agreement in
their unalterable opposition to
communism at home and
abroad"
Powell Replies to Nixon
Informed Of this statement,
Gov. Powell fired of a tele-
gram to Mr. Nixon which con-
tained the statement:
The Senator you defend
now has straddled the Com
munist issue since the days Of
the Mccarthy trial. If you and
the Republican Party expect to
win, you had better be on the
attack lest the unjust attacks
by Kennedy upon the Eisen-
hover Nixon administration
leave the Republicans holding
the bag"
Senator Kennedy at the same
time told a whooping, shouting
audience in Dover. Il think the
Governor should get out and
resign (as Nixon's committee
chairman after that kind Of
reputation from the Vice Pres
ident."
Gov. Powell promptly went
on televiSion. repeating his
charges against Senator Ken
nedy. He said he had no in
tention of withdrawing his sup
port Of Mr.. Nixon. And he said
his telegram to the Vice Presi-
dent should be considered "a
sound word of warning"
All this served to put some
steam into the campaign and
possibly to remove what ap-
Ipeared to be heavy voter apathy
in New Hampshire.
Five Significances
There are five potential sig
nificances in the balloting to-
day. They are:
/. The total votes cast for
Mr.. Nixon and Senator Ken
nedy in their respective pri-
maries-with the 1856 primary
as a yardstick.
Gov. Powell predicts that
Mr.. Nixon will exceed Presi-
dent Eisenhower's performance.
| The total cast for Mr.. Eisen-
hover four years ago was &c.
464. Senator Kennedy declined
to estimate his vote in the
presidential preference. Some
of his lieutenants, however,
predicted that he would roll up
more than 10000 votes whereas
Senator Kefauver. Democrat
of Tennessee, received 2l,7O1 in
1856.
2. The ratio of the totals
rolled up by Mr.. Nixon and
Senator Kennedy may demon
strate their respective voting
popularity. Republicans nor
mally outnumber Democrats by
2-l or more in New Hampshire
elections. Voters are not per-
mitted to cross party lines.
Therefore, if Mr.. Nixon widens
that traditional gap, or vice
versa, if Senator Kennedy
nsrrows it, each will be in posi-
ton to claim an impressive
victory.
8. Delegates are running ia
vorable to New York's Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller on the