Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
G. 0. P. Sweepstakes

The Stars political slip is
showing!
Supporters Of Barry and
Rocky are admonished that
their precipitateness is I'M
wise before we know more of
these men, that the conven-
tons are a year away, and
that we should play the field.
With this reasonably
sound advice ringing in our
ears, we are then introduced
to The Stars personal choice
for President-a one-term
Congressman recently elected
Governor of Pennsylvania
the honorable Bill Scranton.
AS a Goldwater Republi-
can I must take issue with
The Stars analysis and
comments on my candidate.
Barry Goldwater has been
making his views known
across this Nation, during
the last five years, in almost
every way possible. He has
had several books published
expressing his position, he
has spoken before thousands
of private and public groups,
he has published articles in
magazines. appe AIRED on
radio and television inter-
views, and, in short, given
The Star everything it need
know in passing judgment
on his candidacy. The fact
that The Star has already
passed judgment is obvious,
and regrettable.
We feel that there is a
great ground swell of feeling
in favor Of Barry Goldwater
by millions of "unaligned"
Americans who are sick to
death of minority-courting
politicians and "me-too" Re-
publicans. We are expert
encing a Goth century po-
litical phenomenon wherein
a candidate is being en-
Enthusiastically and fervently
inserted into the presiden-
tial picture by pressure from
the bottom-up, and not
through the boys in the
back ROOM" from the top
down. Perhaps the former
wielders Of power, the pro-
fessional politicians, and the
news media, do not like this
popular movement. Tough!
Arthur ]. williams.
1t seems to me The Star
is hedging on the Goldwater
question. Tell your readers
what you don't like about
Senator Goldwater's views.
Get down to "basics" and let's
have no more Of the trite
humor displayed in last
weeks editorial on the Draft
Goldwater Committees ad-
vertisement.
Robert s. Townsend
Before The Star starts
playing too heavily its
"hunch" that Gov. William
Scranton Of Pennsylvania is
a likely presidential prospect,
/ suggest a short trip. such as
I took last week end, to the
Keystone State. There one
may experience the worst ex-
ample I have ever seen Of
taxation based on inability to
pay-a 5 per cent sales tax!
Apparently Gov. Scranton's
fiscal morass has no income
tax for tapping the many
classic personal fortunes in
the State but prefers tn "soak
the poor"
Granting that previous
Democratic State administra-
tons we're unsuccessful In re-
forming this disgraceful sys-
tenn and that Mr.. Scranton
has not been in office long
enough TO make major re-
forms, the fact remains that
proprietorship Of what must
be one Of the Nations most
retrogressive tax systems
hardly seems like q recon-
mendation for national
leadership.
Ron Ross.
y
I commend William s.
White on his article Fatal
Effects in Rockefeller Blast.
Not only has he assessed the
probable outcome OF Rookie
feller's statements but he has
also expressed an opinion,
and ! believe a correct one,
that Rockefeller is concerned
only with his personal ad-
vancement not with that OF
the Republican Party. This
was demonstrated In his re-
fusal-of the Vice Presidential
nomination. his recent re-
marriage, and his criticism of