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Dwight Eisenhower recently set out from Gettysburg for a California vacation, but he made an important stop on the way. In his private Santa Fe railroad car at the Harrisburg railroad yards, he was host at dinner with Pennsylvania's Republican Governor William Scranton. They talked seven hours but newsmen did not get any of the details from Scranton until late last week-and then only after they promised to hold the story until after the mourning period for John Kennedy ended this week...
...short, Ike had asked Scranton to try for the 1964 presidential nomination. Said Scranton to reporters: "It was not a deep discussion about national politics. But he did point out that he believed-at this stage of the game -two things: one was that a great many people that he had talked with felt that I should be a major contender for the nomination. And he thought so too. And secondly, he knew that I didn't want to do this-I told him so several times. But he thought the time had come when I should give...
...request notwithstanding, Scranton said he still did not want to enter any state primaries, but he added: "I am remaining flexible. I admit that in the sense that I have said, if there were a real and honest draft, I would have great difficulty in turning it down...
Said Ike last week: "I would be delighted to see Lodge out there talking, just as I would with Jerry Ford, George Romney, Bill Scranton and all the rest. My position is just as clear as it ever was. I am hopeful that every Republican leader with any kind of audience will help discuss the basic issues, will help develop a consensus, so that the people will have a better chance in finding a voice, in picking a candidate...
Perhaps so-but perhaps not. And if Scranton is to nourish any real hope, he cannot wait for rivals to kill each other off, and must surely try his vote-getting powers in at least a few presidential primaries. For whoever wins the Republican nomination at San Francisco in July will have won some primaries...