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Over the past few weeks campaigning has become a labor of love for the diminutive ex-Governor. After three hours of glad-handing, Volpe may announce disgustedly that "you have to be crazy to do this stuff." But he doesn't mean it. Recovering in a few moments, he will clap his hands, tug on his nose, and demand impatiently, "What's next? Come on, come...
Those broad grins fold his face into a mass of wrinkles, reminders that the ex-Governor's life was once hard and impoverished. That penchant for shoulder-slapping and small talk reflect the Babbitt-like boosterism which brought him business success during the Depression. That briskly polite, nearly oriental, bow which introduces each handshake reminds one that Volpe's recent years have been graced with comfort and prestige...
Raised on Burke. Ex-Governor Foot, who is now an adviser to the U.N., believes that the rising tide of animosity of the world's poor nations for the rich will eventually displace the cold war as the greatest threat to peace. Britain, too, once rowed on this flood tide, he says, "but we rowed with it, not against it. The most important thing is to take and hold the initiative. The people must be given a lead, a hope, an assurance that orderly and constructive effort will be worthwhile...
...shock; it had been expected. Engle had been bedridden much of the time since he under went surgery last August. The onetime cowpoke, amateur boxer and licensed pilot had served eight terms as Congressman from California's huge (53,-400 sq. mi.) Second District, had walloped ex-Governor Goodwin Knight by 600,000 votes in the 1958 race for the Senate, but had withdrawn this year because of his illness. That cleared the way for Salinger to make his successful primary...
...with a chance, and George Wallace, a racist with none, Wallace's supporters had started deserting him in droves. In Atlanta, where 100,000 had been expected to hear him speak, only 10,000 turned out. Even good friends joined in jumping the sinking ship. Georgia's ex-Governor Marvin Griffin, who had been helping to organize the Wallace-for-President campaign, now announced he would vote for Goldwater...