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...further the bandwagon psychology, the Muskie strategists won endorsements from big names in the party: California Senator John Tunney, Ohio Governor John Gilligan, Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson III, Iowa Senator Harold Hughes, Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp. Each new name made the nomination seem that much more inevitable. This was organizing the party drive from the top down, rather than from the bottom...
...last year closed all state parks for two months beginning in mid-August, cut average state payments for care of the aged in nursing homes from $11 to $10 per day per patient, and furloughed 3,000 state employees. Having thus dramatized a shortage of funds, Democratic Governor James Gilligan persuaded the Republican-controlled legislature to pass a one-half of 1% to 3% income tax and was able to increase budget appropriations by 27%, to $7.7 billion, for the two-year period ending in mid-1973. Even that leaves only a piddling $7,000,000 for a new program...
...longer be certain that he will not be embarrassed by defections. Moreover, the rules now require that to be placed in nomination in Miami, a candidate must have the support of 50 delegates-no more than 20 of these from any single state. Thus Governors John Gilligan of Ohio, Milton Shapp of Pennsylvania and Marvin Mandel of Maryland, and Senators Harrison Williams of New Jersey and John Tunney of California, all have abandoned plans to run as favorite sons this year...
...Gilligan endorsement is no guarantee of victory in Ohio. There will probably be plenty of competition in the primary. Before endorsing Muskie, Gilligan phoned Hubert Humphrey to break the news. Disappointed, Humphrey replied: "O.K., but I've got some decisions to make too, and I may be seeing you in Ohio." Humphrey has considerable labor support in the state; disgruntled with Gilligan's Muskie endorsement, the AFL-CIO hierarchy plans to file labor delegate candidates for Humphrey and possibly other contenders. George McGovern also intends to put up a battle...
Lining Up. But the Muskie forces are confident of winning with Gilligan's help. They are also optimistic about the seven earlier primaries in March and April-with the single exception of Florida, where a badly splintered vote may elect George Wallace...