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...political right is deeply entrenched in Wisconsin. It controls the state Republican party. A few days before the San Francisco Convention, the state GOP chairman declared that if Goldwater were not nominated, his organization would in effect ignore the national ticket. Support of the conservative cause, however, extends beyond the GOP. The John Birch Society, the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade and many local groups have faithful followings...
...move has been attributed by commission officials to the statement made by Sen. Barry Goldwater in accepting the GOP presidential nomination: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice...
...Note: The following is a transcript from a network's coverage of the Republican National Convention shortly before balloting for the GOP's presidential nominee. Governor Scranton, watching the proceedings from his suite in the Mark Hopkins Hotel, has just retired to the bathroom...
...make pleasant reading for the 700-odd delegates who plan to arrive more or less in Goldwater's pocket. Sample Tribune comment: "Because Senator Goldwater is the one candidate who can capture large chunks of Democratic votes without conceding to the Democrats more than a handful of GOP votes, he is the obvious choice for the minority party." Goldwater has remained the Tribune's choice through thick and thin. It classified Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton's last-minute arrival onstage as "a late and vain challenge" and "an exercise in futility...
...president of the Ripon Society, John S. Saloma, assistant professor of Political Science at M.I.T. issued the 1500-word statement at the "Republican House," a restaurant adjoining the one-room school house where the GOP had its first formal meeting...