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Inside the cathedral, 1,200 other invited guests waited for the cortege to arrive. They made a diverse assembly: Astronaut John Glenn and New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Pennsylvania's William Scranton, Alabama's George Wallace. G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, wore a black bow tie with green polka dots. Fifty Senators and 100 Representatives-only the most senior-were there, along with former Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman, Richard and Pat Nixon, Evangelist Billy Graham, Henry Ford, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Jr. and dozens from...
...House, Republican politicians were willing to think about gambling with Arizona's Senator Barry Goldwater as a dramatic alternative. But now 1964 is anybody's race, and the G.O.P. may well enlist a middle-of-the-roader to challenge Johnson?Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, even Pennsylvania's Governor William Scranton or Michigan's Governor George Romney. Those who had been shunning the race because they figured it was a lost cause anyway may now be entertaining second thoughts. The tip-off should come when the early-bird New Hampshire primary is held in March, for the G.O.P. nominee is likely...
...Dick Nixon said, Bill Scranton was the man to take a look at, some influential Republicans were following his advice. About 20 of them traveled recently to Philadelphia for an unpublicized luncheon meeting with the Pennsylvania Governor. It was held in the office of Tom McCabe, vice president of Scott Paper Co., longtime Pennsylvania Republican money raiser and an ardent Scranton admirer...
...Scranton was ostensibly on hand to deliver his standard, bring-industry-to-Pennsylvania pitch-and did. But everyone there knew the real reason for the luncheon. "It was an effort," conceded one of the luncheon's planners, "to give Scranton some exposure." That effort paid off handsomely. Said a guest: "I got the impression he was capable of running a good show. To me, Scranton is an impressive...
Back in Harrisburg afterward, Scranton seemed somewhat less adamant in his insistence that he is not in the least interested in presidential politics. Asked about attempts by Pennsylvania's Goldwater forces to get an early nod from the state G.O.P. organization, Scranton replied: "Pennsylvania should, at least for the present, remain uncommitted." He noted that a private poll he had ordered showed that he would run better in Pennsylvania than either Rocky or Barry...