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Astonishingly, the real Goldwater statement had been on network television for all to see. On NBC'S Meet the Press, Inquisitor Lawrence Spivak asked Goldwater how Nixon could govern effectively in view of his low standing in opinion polls. Replied Goldwater: "I remember when Harry Truman sank to about the same level of public opinion and credibility, and today I think he is probably the best President we have had in this century." In almost the same breath Goldwater added, "So I don't just take the fact that he has been down in the polls to mean...
Officials for the Sheraton-Park defended the Vice President's rent discount as routine 1br national celebrities whose residence at the hotel would enhance its reputation and attract more business. (Others who got similar discounts, according to the hotel, included Hostess Perle Mesta, television's Lawrence Spivak, former Democratic National Chairman Larry O'Brien, former Treasury Secretary John Connally and former Chief Justice Earl Warren.) Rash said his gifts were "strictly on a personal, family, nonpolitical basis." Neither Dundore nor Jones would comment. Agnew's press secretary, J. Marsh Thomson, said he would not comment...
Racing Motors. Spivak still runs Meet the Press from a converted apartment in Washington's Sheraton-Park Hotel, one flight up from the living quarters he shares with Charlotte, his wife of 48 years; Son Jonathan is a Wall Street Journal reporter. The cluttered working space houses file cases in the bathtub, tapes of more than 1,200 MTP broadcasts, an avalanche of news clippings and a staff of six who labor under the pressures of weekly deadlines and Spivak's indefatigable dedication to the program. "He wakes up with his motors racing," says Spivak...
...Spivaks limit outside social activity to major Washington gatherings, where steady streams of VIPs pay court to his influence. Otherwise, Spivak prefers to entertain Washington figures in his apartment, sizing them up over lunch or cocktails as potential TV guests. He and his wife are also members of a permanent floating poker group that includes Alice Roosevelt Longworth, who, until she kicked the habit two years ago, was the only person to defy Spivak's edict against smoking in his home...
...Spivak sold Meet the Press to NBC in 1955, retaining his role as producer and permanent panelist at a salary of more than $75,000 a year. Although it is subject to the Sunday afternoon eccentricities of NBC'S pro football scheduling, the show is carried by more than 200 stations and reaches an audience ranging from 5,000,000 to 10 million, depending on the guest and the season. It consistently beats its CBS and ABC rivals in the ratings. Spivak is obviously determined to keep that lead. Last month's live satellite interview with Philippines President...