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Sir: I was about to bid a reluctant farewell to the G.O.P. until I read your article on Senator Dirksen. While it is true that we cannot legislate morality, we can legislate conditions that are more conducive to morality. Senator Goldwater's vote against the civil rights bill is...
Sir: Let us not forget that Goldwater has now voted "no" on three recent major bills to reach the Senate: the civil rights bill, the trade expansion act, the test ban agreement. These bills could not have passed without staunch Republican backing. Mr. Goldwater is merely doing some wishful thinking...
But the rank-and-file Goldwater followers emphatically did not agree. And it quickly became clear that they had the votes to require that two of the three top national delegation officers be signed-in-blood Barry backers, thereby eliminating either Dirksen or, preferably, Percy. Dirksen was furious. "This is...
For the sake of party harmony, Percy urged Ev against this course. "I can't afford to fight these Goldwater people," he said. Percy therefore withdrew as prospective cochairman, a Goldwater-leaner was named vice chairman, Dirksen left town mad, and Illinois Republicans were treated to the sight of...
Perhaps there were a few more casseroles than necessary, and please, everybody, not another silver tray. But duplication in sterling is the sort cf challenge any June bride adores coping with, and it looks like Peggy Goldwater, 20, Barry's younger daughter, will be back to the store in...