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...Thomas Eagleton imbroglio, CBS's Face the Nation seemed to have scored a clear scoop by presenting the beleaguered vice-presidential candidate and Jack Anderson, his chief tormentor, on the same program. But that day Meet the Press interviewed Democratic National Chairman Jean Westwood and Deputy Chairman Basil Paterson, who said that "it would be a noble thing" for Eagleton to resign from the Democratic ticket. That not-at-all casual remark undermined Eagleton's position and made his effort on Face the Nation irrelevant...
...appearance. McGovern wanted to keep him, but feared that the controversy would not subside so long as Eagleton was on the ticket. On another Sunday-interview show, Meet the Press, two of the party's top officials, National Committee Chairman Jean Westwood and Vice Chairman Basil A. Paterson, urged him to step down. Since Mrs. Westwood had talked to McGovern before her appearance, her words were a sign that McGovern might have made up his mind. Yet, as one aide explained it, McGovern was "very troubled by the conflicting emotional pulls. There was a terrible ambiguity between his private...
...style of the Old Politics, Mrs. Westwood was confirmed without a whisper of dissent. Then McGovern offered his choice for vice chairman: Pierre Salinger. With that, Charles Evers, the black mayor of Fayette, Miss., challenged the nominee, insisting that former New York State Senator Basil Paterson, a black, be named vice chairman. After an awkward moment, Salinger withdrew his name from consideration, and Paterson was elected. It had been George McGovern's turn to feel the force of the New Politics. The incident may have been a mild caution for the nominee. As James H. Rowe, an old professional from...
...same time, Paterson wrote a feature for The Crimson supporting the PALC demands; he hopes that it will blunt Guinier's efforts to build student support...
...that time, the Kilson, Paterson, Epps battle against Guinier will be renewed with the Faculty as the final decision-making body...