Word: symington
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...death notice, Kennedy switched from the white-glove tactics he had used in Wisconsin. In a three-day foray he struck at Humphrey as a "hatchet man" who could not win the nomination himself but was "being used" by Texas' Lyndon Johnson and Missouri's Stuart Symington in a "stop-Kennedy" gang-up. Retorted Humphrey: "He's acting like a spoiled juvenile...
While Johnson was in Salt Lake City, 1,300 Democrats gathered in the Terrace Ball Room to select Utah's delegation to the Democratic Convention. The sentiment at the meeting was strong for Jack Kennedy and Stuart Symington, with some residual strength going for Adlai Stevenson. It is doubtful that Johnson picked up a single delegate vote in the three states he visited (total convention strength: 49 votes), but he did leave a good impression of L.B.J., the moderate, responsible candidate, and if the convention should become deadlocked, Johnson will find some new second-or third-round friends...
...competitors, the Johnson strategists figure that Kennedy will fall on the lances of the old professional bosses at the Los Angeles convention-if he hasn't already lost the race in West Virginia. If Kennedy falters, Johnson is prepared to make an end run at the convention (Candidates Symington and Humphrey don't even figure in the calculations). Again, like the other hopefuls, he has a potent candidate for Vice President: Jack Kennedy. "I can see it now," says an aide. "He'll be standing there in the hotel room after the nomination...
...issue of religion threatened to shake the Democratic boat (TIME, April 18), sink the two presidential aspirants whom Stevenson supporters might find acceptable-Massachusetts' Kennedy and Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey-and buoy up those whom they like least, Texas' Lyndon Johnson and Missouri's Stuart Symington. And Stevenson, who long ago had planned to be away during the Wisconsin battle, was unscarred and obviously available...
...halo tradition are Stuart Symington (Doubleday; $3.95), This Is Humphrey (Doubleday; $3.95), The Real Nixon (Rand McNally; $3.95), and Nelson Rockefeller (Harper; $5.50). All four are tender love letters that would do credit to Elizabeth ("Let me count the ways") Barrett Browning. The Rockefeller book is an attempt to bring a glittering millionaire down to the aw-shucks level, e.g., he got a niggardly 25?-a-week allowance as a boy, didn't go to "any exclusive preparatory school," but to Manhattan's progressive Lincoln. It also contains some odd facts about the Governor...