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Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the New Jersey gubernatorial race, now entering its final stages. The incumbent, Democratic governor Robert B. Meyner, has stood largely on his record. His opponent, Republican state Senator Malcolm S. Forbes, basically supports much of this record. Yet, for campaign purposes, he has been forced to find or create issues where little fundamental disagreement exists...
...even grander scale, he has accused Meyner of permitting "a complete breakdown at the state level in the law enforcement machinery," and has hinted darkly that the administration is covering up a "major garbage collection scandal" in Bergen County until the election is over...
...Meyner Counterattacks...
...retaliation Meyner has attacked Forbes's attempted elevation of Lloyd Marsh to the Republican state chairmanship. He has called Marsh a man who "borrowed $25,000 for that party from Joe Bozzo, an admitted confidant of such racketeers as Joe Adonis and the late Willie Moretti." In defense, Forbes has simply said, "I turned to Mr. Marsh as a pro, who knew the business of practical politics...
Just how much truth lies behind all the scandalmongering is hard to ascertain. On the Cooney affair, the bi-partisan state Law Enforcement Council came to no significant conclusion. The Republican majority found Meyner "derelict" in his duty; the Democratic minority exonerated him completely. It might be relevant to point out, however, that Meyner was elected partially as a reform governor, that he conducted a careful investigation of the Hoffman case (former G.O.P. governor Harold G. Hoffman stole some $300,000 from the state), and that under his administration the Joe Adonises and the Frank Ericksons seem to have disappeared...