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FROM NEW YORK TIMES POLITICAL COUNSELING SERVICE, LANDMARK DIVISION, Or I LOST MY JOB THROUGH the new york times (editorial, October 10, 1968). “Governor Rockefeller’s decision to appoint Representative Charles E. Goodell to the Senate seat left vacant by the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy last June is a gesture to right-wing Republicans and also reflects the heavy pressure the Conservative Party is putting on the GOP. We regret that the Governor apparently did not have the courage to name a liberal Republican such as Representative Reid of Westchester, whose views would certainly have been more consistent with those of his elected predecessor…. It is, of course, possible that as Senator representing the whole state Mr. Goodell may come to have a more sympathetic view of urban problems than he has had as Representative from an upstate district. That would be a strongly desirable evolution, especially if he hopes for re-election.”

Mind, it’s only hearsay—but Howard K. Smith says he heard President Nixon say, after their televised conversation of January 4: “I am now a Keynesian in economics.” But cheer up. That still makes Nixon a good reactionary. Because nobody else anymore is a Keynesian.

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FROM NEW YORK TIMES POLITICAL COUNSELING SERVICE, LANDMARK DIVISION, Or I LOST MY JOB THROUGH the new york times (editorial, October 10, 1968). “Governor Rockefeller’s decision to appoint Representative Charles E. Goodell to the Senate seat left vacant by the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy last June is a gesture to right-wing Republicans and also reflects the heavy pressure the Conservative Party is putting on the GOP. We regret that the Governor apparently did not have the courage to name a liberal Republican such as Representative Reid of Westchester, whose views would certainly have been more consistent with those of his elected predecessor…. It is, of course, possible that as Senator representing the whole state Mr. Goodell may come to have a more sympathetic view of urban problems than he has had as Representative from an upstate district. That would be a strongly desirable evolution, especially if he hopes for re-election.”

Mind, it’s only hearsay—but Howard K. Smith says he heard President Nixon say, after their televised conversation of January 4: “I am now a Keynesian in economics.” But cheer up. That still makes Nixon a good reactionary. Because nobody else anymore is a Keynesian.