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There was loud disagreement over the most effective means of war opposition. Speakers evaluated the Presidential chances and talents of Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York, Gen. James Gavin, and Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D. Minn.). No single candidate or political strategy emerged as a favorite...
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...answer to a question on the possibility of General James M. Gavin as a Democratic alternative to President Johnson, Lowenstein predicted that Gavin--who refused the New York liberal's advice to run as a Democrat last summer--"could have won the nomination and stood a good chance of being elected President. Instead, General Gavin will probably seek the Republican nomination and might be elected...
...DISENGAGEMENT. The most extreme move would be a precipitous pullout, which few besides those on the extremist fringe see as a possible solution. A more gradual form of disengagement would be to concentrate U.S. forces in coastal enclaves, as proposed by retired Lieut. General James Gavin. In effect, the enclave solution would amount to a phased withdrawal, leaving most of South Viet Nam to the mercy of the Communists...
Self-Propelled Candidate. One prominent disengager-from Johnson as well as from Viet Nam-is retired Lieut. General James Gavin, who was U.S. Ambassador to France during the Kennedy Administration and is now trying to promote himself among G.O.P. moderates as a peace candidate. Last week in San Francisco, while conceding that Viet Nam is "the best fought and least understood war in history," he said flatly: "We shouldn't be there." Next week a draft-Gavin group will run a full-page ad in the New York Times. That may well prove the high point of his candidacy...