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Eisenhower's name was being used-possibly in vain-by contenders other than Scranton. Harold Stassen, now a Philadelphia lawyer with a record of elective losses in Pennsylvania elections, announced that he would definitely try to be nominated. He had, said Stassen, visited Ike at Gettysburg several times and was encouraged to run after he got a letter from Eisenhower last month saying "you may be sure that there will be no lack of effort on my part to elect the ticket you should be heading"-if by some quirk Stassen should wind up heading a ticket somewhere...
...There." Another said to have Ike's blessing and encouragement was Ambassador to South Viet Nam Henry Cabot Lodge, and a public movement to nominate him started last week. New York commuters and Christmas shoppers riding the New Haven Railroad found on each train seat a copy of a 2,000-word article full of "The man who" statements about Lodge-who "stands head and shoulders above the field. He is not only qualified to be President, he looks like a President." Lodge-for-President headquarters were scheduled to be opened in Boston this month by a group...
...short, Ike had asked Scranton to try for the 1964 presidential nomination. Said Scranton to reporters: "It was not a deep discussion about national politics. But he did point out that he believed-at this stage of the game -two things: one was that a great many people that he had talked with felt that I should be a major contender for the nomination. And he thought so too. And secondly, he knew that I didn't want to do this-I told him so several times. But he thought the time had come when I should give...
...Ike's request notwithstanding, Scranton said he still did not want to enter any state primaries, but he added: "I am remaining flexible. I admit that in the sense that I have said, if there were a real and honest draft, I would have great difficulty in turning it down...
...Governor said that he told Ike he was "flattered that he asked" but that he did not want to run. Yet when a reporter asked Scranton if he was qualified to be President, he seemed angry. "That's a very dirty question," he snapped. "Is anybody fully qualified to do every phase of the job? I don't suppose so." Then, more mildly, he said: "It's extremely variegated, heavily burdensome, but it's the most important job in the world. Do I think that I could...