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Blow followed blow. With their own man not entered in California, Lodge forces threw their support to Rocky; it made minimal difference that Richard Nixon, William Scranton and George Romney later wired their assurances that they were having no part of a Stop Goldwater movement. Dwight Eisenhower came out with his "profile" of the ideal G.O.P. nominee; the hurt was hardly lessened when Ike later denied that he had meant it to be used against Barry. A Good Housekeeping writer said he had been told by Goldwater's wife Peggy that Barry had suffered nervous breakdowns, due to business...
...Very Late." By process of elimination, that leaves Pennsylvania's Governor William Scranton as the best remaining hope for anti-Goldwater Republicans. Until last week, Scranton was genuinely unwilling to make a move. For months he insisted that he did not want the nomination, would not seek it, and would only reluctantly accept a genuine draft. Despite Scranton's repeated statements, it was behind him that anti-Goldwater Republican leaders late last week tried to rally-and Scranton showed signs of acquiescence. On Saturday, Dwight Eisenhower asked Scranton to visit him in Gettysburg. Ike urged Scranton to begin...
...even if all the Republican leaders who oppose Goldwater were to gather around Scranton, would they be able to stop Barry's bandwagon? There is deep doubt that they could. "It would take a superhuman effort," says Maine's Fred Scribner, general counsel to the Republican National Committee. Says General Lucius Clay, an authentic Republican kingmaker: "It's late, very late...
William Warren Scranton, Governor of Pennsylvania-LL.D. To the manor born and to American politics also, your statesmanlike vision has ranged over this country as well as this commonwealth. Your energetic and determined leadership has caught the imagination of your fellow citizens everywhere in the nation...
Through the laughter, Bill Scranton -whose term as Governor expires in 1967-replied: "That's my hope also...