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■ Not so popular win: At Democratic governors’ caucus in Houston last week only three governors (Anderson, Minnesota; Kneip, South Dakota; Lucey, Wisconsin) raised their hands when asked if they thought their states would go for McGovern against Nixon in November. . . . Eight of the governors pledged to Muskie said they’d stick, at least through New York primary on June 20. . . . Leon Irwin III, national committeeman for Louisiana, predicted a McGovern nomination would “set back the whole progressive thrust [in the South].” . . . Other Southern pols warned that McGovern at head of ticket might result in Republican senatorial victories in Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. . . . Also unhappy at recent McGovern sweeps, George Meany and Donald Slaiman, director of AFL-CIO Civil Rights de-partment. Slaiman says labor would find it easier “to unite behind Hubert Humphrey or Edward Kennedy than behind George McGovern.” . . . On eve of California, McGovern reportedly had spent $700,000 more on California alone than HHH could pony up for his campaigns in California, New Jersey and New Mexico. . . . Right after Angela Davis verdict, McGovern addressed a Negro audience, told them: “This is a happy day which I can understand. This is another demonstration that we can be pleased about.” . . . Not yet sweeping the nation, Billy Watkins’ campaign song, the catchy: “We need to be governed by McGovern [Chorus] yes we do.”

■ Defense Secretary Laird testifying before Congress on consequences of McGovern’s proposed $30-billion cut in defense spending: You might as well appropriate $1 billion for “white flags so we can run them up all over the world because the result would be surrender.” . . . Senator Proxmire says proposed joint Soviet-U.S. space flight should mean that NASA could stand even larger cutbacks in its budget. . . . Emerging as the “Proxmire” of the House, Rep. Les Aspin (D., Wisc.) who has led the fight to scuttle the space shuttle, to cut down helicopter develop-ment funds, to trim the military budget. Aspin was Proxmire’s campaign manager in 1964, was later a Pentagon whiz kid, stands fair chance of losing his re-election campaign in the fall. . . . Recent poll of college students, published in Chicago Tribune, shows three out of four favor maintenance of strong U.S. defense. … If you can believe the Daily World the wives of Senators Fred Harris, Edward Kennedy, Philip Hart and George McGovern will join in a human chain Joan Baez is organizing (women and children only) to surround the Capitol on June 22.

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■ Not so popular win: At Democratic governors’ caucus in Houston last week only three governors (Anderson, Minnesota; Kneip, South Dakota; Lucey, Wisconsin) raised their hands when asked if they thought their states would go for McGovern against Nixon in November. . . . Eight of the governors pledged to Muskie said they’d stick, at least through New York primary on June 20. . . . Leon Irwin III, national committeeman for Louisiana, predicted a McGovern nomination would “set back the whole progressive thrust [in the South].” . . . Other Southern pols warned that McGovern at head of ticket might result in Republican senatorial victories in Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. . . . Also unhappy at recent McGovern sweeps, George Meany and Donald Slaiman, director of AFL-CIO Civil Rights de-partment. Slaiman says labor would find it easier “to unite behind Hubert Humphrey or Edward Kennedy than behind George McGovern.” . . . On eve of California, McGovern reportedly had spent $700,000 more on California alone than HHH could pony up for his campaigns in California, New Jersey and New Mexico. . . . Right after Angela Davis verdict, McGovern addressed a Negro audience, told them: “This is a happy day which I can understand. This is another demonstration that we can be pleased about.” . . . Not yet sweeping the nation, Billy Watkins’ campaign song, the catchy: “We need to be governed by McGovern [Chorus] yes we do.”

■ Defense Secretary Laird testifying before Congress on consequences of McGovern’s proposed $30-billion cut in defense spending: You might as well appropriate $1 billion for “white flags so we can run them up all over the world because the result would be surrender.” . . . Senator Proxmire says proposed joint Soviet-U.S. space flight should mean that NASA could stand even larger cutbacks in its budget. . . . Emerging as the “Proxmire” of the House, Rep. Les Aspin (D., Wisc.) who has led the fight to scuttle the space shuttle, to cut down helicopter develop-ment funds, to trim the military budget. Aspin was Proxmire’s campaign manager in 1964, was later a Pentagon whiz kid, stands fair chance of losing his re-election campaign in the fall. . . . Recent poll of college students, published in Chicago Tribune, shows three out of four favor maintenance of strong U.S. defense. … If you can believe the Daily World the wives of Senators Fred Harris, Edward Kennedy, Philip Hart and George McGovern will join in a human chain Joan Baez is organizing (women and children only) to surround the Capitol on June 22.