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SIGN OF THE TIwMES. In New York City there are 100,000 unemployed and no porters at Grand Central Station. @

Is Romney stepping up or stepping down? We can’t tell the difference. Item. The governor estab- lishes a research staff in Lansing. Item. The governor flies to New York in secret. Item. The governor needs an expert on foreign affairs. Item. The governor again flies to New York, for a holiday. Item. Javits tells a reporter that if Romney doesn’t score Rockefeller will kick off. Implication: Romney hasn’t scored, at least in New York. Do you see anybody flying to Lansing? @ Crooks, Democratic politicians, and civil liber- tarians join in berating Florida’s new governor, Re- publican Claude R. Kirk Jr., for his plan to bring in a private detective agency to help rid the state of organized crime. Objections from the first two groups are to be expected; a possible cause of liber- al ire is the fact that Governor Kirk’s chosen agency, the Wackenhut Corporation (third largest in the country), has the effrontery to issue a monthly bul- letin warning of the dangers of coexistence with the Soviet Union and suggesting that some extremist civil rights groups might possibly be under Commu- nist influence. @

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SIGN OF THE TIwMES. In New York City there are 100,000 unemployed and no porters at Grand Central Station. @

Is Romney stepping up or stepping down? We can’t tell the difference. Item. The governor estab- lishes a research staff in Lansing. Item. The governor flies to New York in secret. Item. The governor needs an expert on foreign affairs. Item. The governor again flies to New York, for a holiday. Item. Javits tells a reporter that if Romney doesn’t score Rockefeller will kick off. Implication: Romney hasn’t scored, at least in New York. Do you see anybody flying to Lansing? @ Crooks, Democratic politicians, and civil liber- tarians join in berating Florida’s new governor, Re- publican Claude R. Kirk Jr., for his plan to bring in a private detective agency to help rid the state of organized crime. Objections from the first two groups are to be expected; a possible cause of liber- al ire is the fact that Governor Kirk’s chosen agency, the Wackenhut Corporation (third largest in the country), has the effrontery to issue a monthly bul- letin warning of the dangers of coexistence with the Soviet Union and suggesting that some extremist civil rights groups might possibly be under Commu- nist influence. @