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And so, Miami! Harold Stassen got there first of all the candidates (how else to get the play?) . . . Nixon arrived with all systems go, pollwise: Gallup, in last week in July, found him favorite of Republican voters by 60 per cent; running ahead of both Democratic contenders: 2 per cent ahead of Humphrey, 5 per cent ahead of McCarthy . . . Commented Gov. John Chafee of Rhode Island (a Rockefeller booster) when he saw the figures: “It’s very discouraging . . . very bad news.” Nixon also got last minute endorsement of David McDonald, former head of U.S. Steelworkers, because “we need a man of his leadership and frankly, his guts, in the White House today.” McDonald has been a Democrat since 1936 . . . Confidential Evans-Novak political report had dropped Nixon from impressive 9 to 1 shot to 5 to 1 shot . . . George Romney, making darn sure he wouldn’t be brainwashed again, found Nixon, Rockefeller and Reagan unsatisfactory and sent a carload of his New Hampshire campaign material to Miami—just in case . . . And Percy chose Rocky. . . Final week before Miami saw spate of major news stories on Reagan’s sudden increase in delegate strength (Clif White is a genius) . . . Rockefeller’s own polls showed, predictably, that he is the one for everyone . . . Odds against Lindsay were quoted as 100 to 1 if a major deadlock develops.

On the Democratic side, reports from Europe indicate many influential people there still believe Lyndon Johnson is in the race, that at the last moment Humphrey will bow out for him . . . The ADA made it final last week: it formally endorsed Eugene McCarthy and spurned its own co-founder and loyal friend, Hubert Humphrey, as “man of the past.” . . . For what it’s worth the Communist Daily World is mildly pro-McCarthy, bitterly anti-HHH . . . Only Democratic bigshot assured of phone service as of now in Chicago is Johnson. Striking phone workers will make exception for him because he’s the Prez.

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And so, Miami! Harold Stassen got there first of all the candidates (how else to get the play?) . . . Nixon arrived with all systems go, pollwise: Gallup, in last week in July, found him favorite of Republican voters by 60 per cent; running ahead of both Democratic contenders: 2 per cent ahead of Humphrey, 5 per cent ahead of McCarthy . . . Commented Gov. John Chafee of Rhode Island (a Rockefeller booster) when he saw the figures: “It’s very discouraging . . . very bad news.” Nixon also got last minute endorsement of David McDonald, former head of U.S. Steelworkers, because “we need a man of his leadership and frankly, his guts, in the White House today.” McDonald has been a Democrat since 1936 . . . Confidential Evans-Novak political report had dropped Nixon from impressive 9 to 1 shot to 5 to 1 shot . . . George Romney, making darn sure he wouldn’t be brainwashed again, found Nixon, Rockefeller and Reagan unsatisfactory and sent a carload of his New Hampshire campaign material to Miami—just in case . . . And Percy chose Rocky. . . Final week before Miami saw spate of major news stories on Reagan’s sudden increase in delegate strength (Clif White is a genius) . . . Rockefeller’s own polls showed, predictably, that he is the one for everyone . . . Odds against Lindsay were quoted as 100 to 1 if a major deadlock develops.

On the Democratic side, reports from Europe indicate many influential people there still believe Lyndon Johnson is in the race, that at the last moment Humphrey will bow out for him . . . The ADA made it final last week: it formally endorsed Eugene McCarthy and spurned its own co-founder and loyal friend, Hubert Humphrey, as “man of the past.” . . . For what it’s worth the Communist Daily World is mildly pro-McCarthy, bitterly anti-HHH . . . Only Democratic bigshot assured of phone service as of now in Chicago is Johnson. Striking phone workers will make exception for him because he’s the Prez.