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...core of his campaign was built on telephone contacts and follow-up mailings. Every undecided voter reached by telephone was queried about the issues that concerned him; the next day, position papers in each appropriate area were in the mail. McGovern's backer's believe it was the position papers that carried the vote...
Ashbrook does not have much visible support. The leading Republican conservatives have denounced him. Barry Goldwater called his candidacy a "threat to the entire party, the entire country, the entire free world and freedom itself." His most prominent backer is the National Review, which has been picking quarrels with Nixon for some time. Agnew was sent to New York to try to dissuade Publisher William Rusher and Editor William Buckley, but they stuck to their principles. Wrote Buckley: "Mr. Ashbrook's entry into the race is the expression of an élan vital in the conservative movement, which...
...expansion of the play within a play device, Wayward Saints concerns a trouble-prone Commedia dell'arte troupe which tries to stop quarrelling long enough to earn passage money home. The players, who have blown their own opening curtain, introduce themselves and then proceed with their financial backer's nearly impossible assignment: an improvisation of "The History of Man." Their irreverent rendition of civilization, more 1066 and All That than Encyclopedia Britannica, bumps comically along, but the players keep breaking character to bicker with each other. In an explosion of petty grievances they disband, only to regroup for a second...
...only $160,000 when he quit because he was bankrupt. Birch Bayh, before he dropped out of contention when his wife became ill, reportedly received $150,000 from Milton Gilbert, former chief executive of the Gilbert Flexi-Van Corp., and $50,000 or more from at least three other backers. Of the remaining candidates, active or otherwise, only a few are on sound fiscal footing. HUBERT HUMPHREY. "Hubert's money is in escrow," says one Democrat. When he does pull out the stops, Humphrey can look for assistance to an impressive array of bank accounts-led by a Minnesota...
Jackson and has long been in charge of his fundraising. Another law-school classmate and Seattle jeweler, Paul Friedlander, is a big backer. Two other angels are Dan Martin, a large stockholder in the Los Angeles Rams, and Victor Carter, a Los Angeles philanthropist. Jackson's staffers contend that an insignificant portion of his financing flows from the military-industrial community. GEORGE McGOVERN. Though he stands at just 4% in the Democratic popularity polls, McGovern has the most admirable fund-raising operation of all. Without relying upon the checkbooks of the big spenders, he has raised...