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President Carter promised a “complete investigation” when reporters questioned his statement that “I do not have a younger brother.” A White House clarification the next day stated that what the President had meant to say was that he “had no recollection” of having a younger brother. The results of the investigation are to be announced later.

You wouldn’t have mistaken them for Julius Caesar or Napoleon, but the two big losers got together last week for a sort of summit. What was in it for Kennedy? Well, if Carter is the nominee, Anderson will siphon off liberal votes; but, he hinted—if Kennedy is the nominee, he’ll drop out! What was in it for Anderson? Well, he really doesn’t expect Carter to take gas at the convention, and he was trying to pick up Kennedyite votes in November. Big, big deal, stop the presses. It hasn’t sunk in on Kennedy that nobody wants him for President; and Anderson, who hasn’t even won a primary, isn’t a candidate at all. He’s costume jewelry.

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President Carter promised a “complete investigation” when reporters questioned his statement that “I do not have a younger brother.” A White House clarification the next day stated that what the President had meant to say was that he “had no recollection” of having a younger brother. The results of the investigation are to be announced later.

You wouldn’t have mistaken them for Julius Caesar or Napoleon, but the two big losers got together last week for a sort of summit. What was in it for Kennedy? Well, if Carter is the nominee, Anderson will siphon off liberal votes; but, he hinted—if Kennedy is the nominee, he’ll drop out! What was in it for Anderson? Well, he really doesn’t expect Carter to take gas at the convention, and he was trying to pick up Kennedyite votes in November. Big, big deal, stop the presses. It hasn’t sunk in on Kennedy that nobody wants him for President; and Anderson, who hasn’t even won a primary, isn’t a candidate at all. He’s costume jewelry.