STALKING-HORSE CLEARS THE WAY FOR MR. MONEYBAGS
= On February 24, Gov. Nelson A.
Wh, LS Rockefeller let it be known that "if
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° sa N:; Four days later, on the eve of
R the New Hampshire primaries, where he was
running against Richard M. Nixon for the
Republican nomination, Gov. George Romney
suddenly withdrew. '
The two events were not unrelated.
In fact the Nixon camp charged that Ronm-
ney had been running as nothing but a
stalking-horse for Rockefeller despite
the latter's repeated disclaimers of any V
interest in the nomination.
The spotlight in the two-party
system thus shifted to Rockefeller. He
is considered to have better voter appeal
than Johnson. One of his aides said:
"He's not flip or coky. He's a thoughtful
guy who realizes the major events are
transpiring."
If the clique that really runs the
U.S. feels that a concession must be made
to the rising opposition against the war
in Vietnam, they might do this through
the Republican party. Rockefeller could
promise to do what Eisenhower did in the
Korean situation.
But up to now Rockefeller has re-
"NOT FLIP OR COKY" mained silent on Vietnam.
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