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POLITICS Lindsay goes West Like a man breaking in a pair of new shoes, Democrat-Come-Lately John Lindsay last week stepped gingerly into the national political arena. In his first major foray outside New York City since he switched parties, Lindsay visited Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles, sampling reaction and sending up trial balloons for a presidential campaign. The three-day junket removed any doubts that New York's mayor is aiming for the White House...
...Lindsay excursion was fashioned around a speaking engagement before the California League of Cities that had been scheduled well before his change of registration. The remainder of his agenda was tacked on specifically to aid the presidential prospecting and give the mayor his first broad exposure as a serious national candidate. Every minute was crammed with lunches and cocktail parties, TV talk shows and press conferences, meetings for special-interest groups. Hours were spent on the telephone and in private face-to-face sessions with important state and local party leaders. It was well-orchestrated politics, and the Lindsay camp...
...Quite Evasive. Throughout his tour, Lindsay was received by sizable crowds. His speech before the California League of Cities attracted 1,900 people, several hundred more than Hubert Humphrey had drawn the previous day. Phoenix, in the heart of Goldwater country, also accorded Lindsay a cordial welcome. In San Francisco, he found a thriving "Lindsay for President" group and a welcome endorsement from a former longtime National Democratic Committeewoman, Mrs. Rudel Gatov. "I'll sup port him and be part of his campaign," Mrs. Gatov said, "if he decides...
...Such regular organization backing was the exception. Though key leaders were more than willing to meet with Lindsay, that was as far as they went. Said the mayor: "I certainly don't expect Democratic leaders to say to me at this point, 'We hope you're going to run, and we want to support you.' I'd be astonished if that took place...
...Your article about the New York City Police Department [Sept. 13] states that "the [Knapp] commission rapped [Mayor] Lindsay for being partly to blame for the corruption...