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First, the House Democratic Caucus demoted two southern Democrats, John Bell Williams of Mississippi and Albert W. Watson of South Carolina, to the very bottom of the seniority ladder because they openly supported Barry Goldwater for the Presidency. The emphatic margin in the Caucus (157-115) suggests that southern conservatives will no longer be able to enjoy the advantages of a Democratic label on Capital Hill and a Goldwater labed back home...
...elect one of their own, the Christian Democrats had to unite behind a single candidate. A party caucus gave the nod to Lawyer Giovanni Leone, but many Christian Democratic Deputies refused to be bound by the decision. Indeed, ex-Premier Amintore Fanfani finally captured more than 100 of the 399 Christian Democratic votes available but withdrew after the eleventh ballot because of the combined pressure of the Vatican and his party chiefs. Fanfani was feared because he is shrewd, inventive (he created the "opening to the left" regime that still rules Italy) and unpredictable...
...eager group of young Republicans supporting Ford plotted strategy in secret meetings, worked hard to round up votes. At week's end they thought they could count the 71 needed to elect Ford by secret ballot in a party caucus on Jan. 4. But they conceded that many of these votes were shaky-especially if Halleck fights all out to stay...
...opening shot, Ford, 51, sent telegrams to Republicans who will be in the next House, asked them to back him against Halleck as minority leader when they caucus on Jan. 4. At a press conference, Ford explained: "It is a question of having new, dynamic, bold, innovating leadership. It is a question of using all the talent that we have available among Republicans in the House...
Friendly Terms. Challenger Ford, ranking G.O.P. expert on military appropriations and chairman of the House Republican Conference (caucus), has worked closely and on friendly terms with Halleck. He is only slightly less conservative than Halleck. He admires the tough old rooster's capacity for combat. But he, like many other House Republicans, feels that Halleck presents a party image too much in the negative spirit of Goldwaterism...