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Criswell's shadowy role is the surest sign that it will be a Johnson convention in form, if not in its decisions. The President posits his confidence in the Oklahoman on his ability to operate invisibly and with unquestioning loyalty-Johnson's prime criterion for any political trusty and the secret of Criswell's success. Thus in his two years as National Committee Treasurer, Criswell has regarded personal publicity as almost sinful. He makes a habit of not returning phone calls from the political provinces, and has exacerbated the estrangement of the national organization from state...
...brother's death and Bob Kennedy's emergence as the heir to the innovative, electric style of the late Kennedy Administration seemed to push his evolution apace. Opponents said that Kennedy had determined to carve out a leftish, intra-party opposition to President Johnson as the surest means to capitalize on his brother's reputation and retrieve the White House for the Kennedy dynasty...
Humphrey's largest power base is the South, which has been quick to recognize the surest way to stop Kennedy, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee all plan to line up behind favorite sons to hold their delegations for the Vice-President...
Baker, Shaw's surest competitor in the four-minute race, was not feeling well and did not run in the mile or the two-mile, probably his best event. He ran a leg in the two-mile relay...
...Council. It does; the present Council includes one Italian, one Jew, one Negro, and one Republican. However, the corollary of this representation of minority groups is that most Council candidates pitch their campaigns to a small, relatively restricted electorate. Tight control of a quota of "number ones" is the surest way to election...