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Peace movement now edging into direct action politics. SANE, for instance, proposes massive “peace in Vietnam” demonstration over Easter week-end to focus on (hopefully—they hope—) 100,000 pledges to vote only for congressmen identified as peaceniks . . . A Committee for Independent Political Action in Berkeley has been set up to back congressional candidacy of Robert Scheer, foreign editor of bitter-left Ramparts Magazine and prominent member of Peace Establishment against Rep. Jeffrey Cohelan (D.) . . . . Queens County Catholic War Veterans—largest chapter in the U.S.—has withdrawn invitation to Bobby Kennedy to be featured speaker in the spring because of his blood-to-the-Vietcong stand. Very hush-hush. . . . Anti-draft agitators now basing their case on the Nuremberg trials—to sign up to fight in Vietnam would be a “crime against humanity” etc. . . . Peace issue featuring in N.Y. race for John Lindsay’s congressional seat. City Councilman Theodore Kupferman, leftish Republican candidate, trying to outpeacenik Democrat Orin Lehman, and finding the going tough. Conservative Party candidate Jeffrey St. John, Executive Editor of Report Magazine and up-and-coming radio commentator-TV moderator, favors hard line in Vietnam. Election will be February 8; polls, at this moment, favor Lehman.

Return of Congress set rumor mills to grinding anew. Most persistent Capitol Hill rumor has it that Dean Rusk (whose resignation has been predicted dozens of times) will be replaced at State by Arthur Goldberg (Goldberg’s appointment to UN was taken by many to be sort of hurry-up course in diplomacy as introduction to Foggy Bottom assignment.). . . The nasties Insist Presidential aide Jack Valenti was attached to Hubert Humphrey entourage during recent Far East tour to keep tabs on #2 for #1 ; others say it was to give Valenti some diplomatic how-to training. Valenti’s ambition is to be ambassador to Rome. (He’s even taking Italian lessons.) … Why was Humphrey’s press secretary abruptly bounced a coupla weeks ago? Because Newsweek somehow got hold of interoffice memo on how to build up the Vice Presidential image. Sample sentence: “It can be done by mixing in your concern for the defense of life and people and principle with your love for them.”

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Peace movement now edging into direct action politics. SANE, for instance, proposes massive “peace in Vietnam” demonstration over Easter week-end to focus on (hopefully—they hope—) 100,000 pledges to vote only for congressmen identified as peaceniks . . . A Committee for Independent Political Action in Berkeley has been set up to back congressional candidacy of Robert Scheer, foreign editor of bitter-left Ramparts Magazine and prominent member of Peace Establishment against Rep. Jeffrey Cohelan (D.) . . . . Queens County Catholic War Veterans—largest chapter in the U.S.—has withdrawn invitation to Bobby Kennedy to be featured speaker in the spring because of his blood-to-the-Vietcong stand. Very hush-hush. . . . Anti-draft agitators now basing their case on the Nuremberg trials—to sign up to fight in Vietnam would be a “crime against humanity” etc. . . . Peace issue featuring in N.Y. race for John Lindsay’s congressional seat. City Councilman Theodore Kupferman, leftish Republican candidate, trying to outpeacenik Democrat Orin Lehman, and finding the going tough. Conservative Party candidate Jeffrey St. John, Executive Editor of Report Magazine and up-and-coming radio commentator-TV moderator, favors hard line in Vietnam. Election will be February 8; polls, at this moment, favor Lehman.

Return of Congress set rumor mills to grinding anew. Most persistent Capitol Hill rumor has it that Dean Rusk (whose resignation has been predicted dozens of times) will be replaced at State by Arthur Goldberg (Goldberg’s appointment to UN was taken by many to be sort of hurry-up course in diplomacy as introduction to Foggy Bottom assignment.). . . The nasties Insist Presidential aide Jack Valenti was attached to Hubert Humphrey entourage during recent Far East tour to keep tabs on #2 for #1 ; others say it was to give Valenti some diplomatic how-to training. Valenti’s ambition is to be ambassador to Rome. (He’s even taking Italian lessons.) … Why was Humphrey’s press secretary abruptly bounced a coupla weeks ago? Because Newsweek somehow got hold of interoffice memo on how to build up the Vice Presidential image. Sample sentence: “It can be done by mixing in your concern for the defense of life and people and principle with your love for them.”