The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
News Report
From
Washington

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WASHINGTON, D. C. : The
recent political remarks Of Sena-
tor Barry Goldwater (R-A,iz)
have started the political pot
boiling eighteen months before
party conventions are called to
order.
Senator Goldwater, one of the
Republicans who might be nam
ed to head his party ticket in
1864, told a group Of newsmen
recently he was not interested
in running for Vice President
two years hence.
And he said that President
John Kennedy had demonstrated
some neat political magic in
having Vice President Lyndon
Johnson star in a disappearing
act. Goldwater said he doesn't
want to become a big f a
q ero," abiding to Johnson s
present status.
1t is true that the present
Vice President has been heard
from very little in the past two
years. President Kennedy has
been the whole show. But
there are conflicting reports as
to whether Johnson is a forgot
ten man. There are some who
say he has carefully been build
ing political fences for 1868.
Goldwater. at least, thinks he
is dead. And Goldwater says he
is not interested in running for
Vice President and death. Yet
if Governor Nelson Rockefeller
OF New York were nominated.
GoldWater would be a logical
second-place man from several
viewpoints. He is a Westerner.
He is of the conservative wing
of the party. He is well known
and would poll a heavy vote in
the South. where the COP con
vention might think the Rocke-
teller Goldwater ticket a good
one. Evidently the Arizona Sena-
tor realizes there is some think
ing along this line. and his latest
remarks are designed to nip
such calculation in the bud.
GoldWater may have a chance
to be the party's number-one
man, though he faces a hard
fight, as a genuine conservative,
to get the top nomination. He
wants to wage that fight until
victory or defeat. If he misses,
the second spot could look more
attractive. 1t always does to de-
feated presidential nomination
candidates at party conventions.
Meanwhile. Governor Nelson
Rockefeller's forces are conf
dent the New York Governor is
fast wrapping up the 1864 COP
presidential nomination with the
defeat of Richard Nixon in Cali
fornia. they say Rockefeller has
no major competitor.
They feel the convention would
never turn to Goldwater, be-
cause of the wide conviction of
many political science students
that a genuine conservative
could not win a national cleo
ton.
Yet the most recent Gallup
Pon showed that there were
more conservatives in the coun-
try right now than liberals. The
margin was close, 81 to 40 per
cent, when the don't know"
category was included. This
would apparently indicate that
the country is still in a CON
sentative mood.
Despite the election of Presi-
dent Kennedy in 1860, the con
gressional vote that year and
the Nixon vote showed the
country wasn't in an about New
Frontier mood In fact, many
believe the country is in a con
sentative cycle. that is continu-
ing to gather strength and that
President Kennedy with his per-
sonality and political assets. has
managed so far to successfully
buck the tide.
They feel a real conservative
might poll a tremendous vote.
But the delegates to the COP
convention will have to be con
WINGED. They haven't nominated
a real conservative since 1886,
and the memory of that year
still haullts Republicans.
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sented the U. S. at the Omitted
Nations Day Family Meal" sug-