Word: romneys
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...waiting for Romney's request, Cox wrote, Johnson acted in consonance with "the basic constitutional distribution of power between the nation and the states." This distribution leaves the primary responsibility for preserving order with the states...
...said that Johnson could have sent in troops without a request from Governor Romney. By "finding that the use of troops probably was necessary to protect government property, secure delivery of the mails, promote interstate commerce and execute...the laws of the United States" Johnson, he said, could have acted unilaterally...
...Romney's request for aid in ending the trouble "should be regarded not as a confession of mistakes or incompetence but as a proper step in the constitutional administration of divided responsibility," Cox said...
Johnson also tried to downplay the tasteless wrangle he has been having with Michigan Governor George Romney over the introduction of federal troops in Detroit. Romney last week accused Johnson of having "played politics in a period of tragedy and despair." The President at first let Attorney General Ramsey Clark deny the charge, but later, Johnson himself explained the intricacies of ordering federal troops into a local situation. Romney seemed to come out ahead. Opinion samplings by the market research firm of Sindlinger & Co. indicated that Romney's popularity in Michigan exceeded Johnson's after the riot. Nationwide...
BEWARE OF EVIL, CHURCH TOLD. Despite its firmly conservative political views, the News never endorses a political candidate for local or national office. "We don't believe religion and politics mix," says Editor William Smart. George Romney, however, could present the paper with a dilemma. The first Mormon to be actively considered for the presidency, Romney also faithfully articulates the Mormon moral outlook. If he won the Republican nomination, the editors concede that they might break precedent and support him. The News was founded in 1850, three years after Brigham Young and his followers arrived in Salt Lake Valley...