For the Record

Ronald Reagan playing it cool in California. No, he says, he won’t ask any out-of-staters — including Goldwater and Nixon — to campaign for him. “I believe [the issues in this election] are between the candidates and the people.” Reason: speculation that if Reagan beats Brown in November he’ll be in GOP Presidential sweepstates in ’68 could hurt rather than help him with Californians who will be voting for a governor, not a President. … First post – nomination Quay1e poll showed Reagan 52 per cent, Brown 37 per cent, undecided 11 per cent. That’s most one-sided figure at this point in any California campaign since Earl Warren ran for gov. in 1950. . . . Searle Pinney, other leaders of Connecticut’s Liberal – dominated GOP, wondering if it was such a smart move to snub Reagan when he spoke before conservative Republican Citizens group in New Haven a year ago. Badly split Conn. GOP has had to go outside its own ranks to pick political unknown, insurance man Clayton Gengras, as its candidate against Democratic Gov. John Dempsey.

Nelson Rockefeller, with a hard reelection campaign of his own ahead, didn’t even bother to send George Hinman, National Committeeman for New York, to meeting of GOP National Committee a week ago. Politicos take this to mean Rocky is not interested in role as king-maker. . . . Hubert Humphrey’s political aides in Minnesota working hard to heal breaches in Democratic- Labor Party. Republicans in Minnesota, for once in good array, could win gubernational contest in November, striking a blow for Bobby in HHH’s home state. . . . Expect splashy wind-up to Rep. Barratt O’Hara’s long (and dull) hearings on South Africa. O’ Hara may call on Robert Kennedy to be committee’s last expert witness.

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Ronald Reagan playing it cool in California. No, he says, he won’t ask any out-of-staters — including Goldwater and Nixon — to campaign for him. “I believe [the issues in this election] are between the candidates and the people.” Reason: speculation that if Reagan beats Brown in November he’ll be in GOP Presidential sweepstates in ’68 could hurt rather than help him with Californians who will be voting for a governor, not a President. … First post – nomination Quay1e poll showed Reagan 52 per cent, Brown 37 per cent, undecided 11 per cent. That’s most one-sided figure at this point in any California campaign since Earl Warren ran for gov. in 1950. . . . Searle Pinney, other leaders of Connecticut’s Liberal – dominated GOP, wondering if it was such a smart move to snub Reagan when he spoke before conservative Republican Citizens group in New Haven a year ago. Badly split Conn. GOP has had to go outside its own ranks to pick political unknown, insurance man Clayton Gengras, as its candidate against Democratic Gov. John Dempsey.

Nelson Rockefeller, with a hard reelection campaign of his own ahead, didn’t even bother to send George Hinman, National Committeeman for New York, to meeting of GOP National Committee a week ago. Politicos take this to mean Rocky is not interested in role as king-maker. . . . Hubert Humphrey’s political aides in Minnesota working hard to heal breaches in Democratic- Labor Party. Republicans in Minnesota, for once in good array, could win gubernational contest in November, striking a blow for Bobby in HHH’s home state. . . . Expect splashy wind-up to Rep. Barratt O’Hara’s long (and dull) hearings on South Africa. O’ Hara may call on Robert Kennedy to be committee’s last expert witness.