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What now for the Democrats? Roper Center executive director Everett Carll Ladd says he knows of no precedent for this type of campaign. “It was wide open even before Hart quit.” . . . The figures make Jesse Jackson the front-runner, which causes Washington Post black columnist William Raspberry to ask why the “pundits,” including those at the Post and the New York Times, are trying so hard to build up Michael Dukakis and others. “Maybe the pundits themselves have trouble accepting the idea that a black candidate could—even temporarily and by accident—be a front-runner.” . . . Mario Cuomo, talking seriously about a Jackson candidacy, says before he could support Jackson he would have to get some straight answers about Jackson’s relations with Farrakhan, his connections with the PLO, and “what he says about taking money from Qaddafi.” . . . Roll Call, which publishes monthly odds on presidential hopefuls, continues to call Jackson a 100 to 1 shot. . . . Stirrings: With Hart out, could Fritz Hollings be thinking in? His spokesman, Mike Fernandez, comments that Super Tuesday “is a great temptation.” . . . Which it might be also for another Southerner, Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia. . . . On Republican side: Jack Kemp has taken on Administration on nuclear-disarmament negotiations. “I don’t want to be the skunk at the garden party,” says Kemp, “but someone has to raise the questions about verification that need to be raised.” . . . The American people agree. A Committee on the Present Danger poll that shows 72 per cent in favor of eliminating medium-range missiles in Europe also shows 74 per cent opposed to any treaty that does not include detailed verification procedures. . . . Interesting: A poll taken just before Hart pulled out showed George Bush beating him 48 to 40 per cent. Two months earlier Hart had led Bush 47 to 34 per cent.

Spring is here and the Left has come out swinging. . . . In Moscow, Graham Greene absolved Kim Philby of the acts of treason that cost many lives, since Philby “was fighting for what he believed in. He wasn’t doing it for money.” . . . The World Affairs Council of Northern California called off a May Day speech by Salvadoran President José Napoleón Duarte because of threats by CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Ben Linder’s outfit) that it would break up the meeting. “It’s a real victory for the solidarity movement,” said Paul Desfor of Coalition for Peace and Life in El Salvador. . . . Baseball czar Peter Ueberroth was notified by Jesse Jackson that pickets will surround ballparks July 4 unless major-league clubs come up with a plan to move blacks into managerial jobs by then. . . . And the ladies—NOW, Planned Parenthood, National Abortion Rights Action League, Catholics for a Free Choice, and others—are planning how to put a crimp in Pope John Paul IPs September visit to the U.S., according to Communist People’s Daily World. . . . At April 25 wing-ding in Washington, Bishop Thomas Gumble- ton of Detroit called for an end to support for the (democratic) governments of El Salvador and Guatemala. . . . Peter, Paul, & Mary warbled. . . . Jesse Jackson berated the U.S. for having “guided missiles and misguided leaders.” . . . The Mohawk Valley, N.Y., Green Party opposed “U.S. intervention” in Central America. .. . And Daniel Ellsberg and Philip Berrigan got themselves arrested.

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What now for the Democrats? Roper Center executive director Everett Carll Ladd says he knows of no precedent for this type of campaign. “It was wide open even before Hart quit.” . . . The figures make Jesse Jackson the front-runner, which causes Washington Post black columnist William Raspberry to ask why the “pundits,” including those at the Post and the New York Times, are trying so hard to build up Michael Dukakis and others. “Maybe the pundits themselves have trouble accepting the idea that a black candidate could—even temporarily and by accident—be a front-runner.” . . . Mario Cuomo, talking seriously about a Jackson candidacy, says before he could support Jackson he would have to get some straight answers about Jackson’s relations with Farrakhan, his connections with the PLO, and “what he says about taking money from Qaddafi.” . . . Roll Call, which publishes monthly odds on presidential hopefuls, continues to call Jackson a 100 to 1 shot. . . . Stirrings: With Hart out, could Fritz Hollings be thinking in? His spokesman, Mike Fernandez, comments that Super Tuesday “is a great temptation.” . . . Which it might be also for another Southerner, Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia. . . . On Republican side: Jack Kemp has taken on Administration on nuclear-disarmament negotiations. “I don’t want to be the skunk at the garden party,” says Kemp, “but someone has to raise the questions about verification that need to be raised.” . . . The American people agree. A Committee on the Present Danger poll that shows 72 per cent in favor of eliminating medium-range missiles in Europe also shows 74 per cent opposed to any treaty that does not include detailed verification procedures. . . . Interesting: A poll taken just before Hart pulled out showed George Bush beating him 48 to 40 per cent. Two months earlier Hart had led Bush 47 to 34 per cent.

Spring is here and the Left has come out swinging. . . . In Moscow, Graham Greene absolved Kim Philby of the acts of treason that cost many lives, since Philby “was fighting for what he believed in. He wasn’t doing it for money.” . . . The World Affairs Council of Northern California called off a May Day speech by Salvadoran President José Napoleón Duarte because of threats by CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Ben Linder’s outfit) that it would break up the meeting. “It’s a real victory for the solidarity movement,” said Paul Desfor of Coalition for Peace and Life in El Salvador. . . . Baseball czar Peter Ueberroth was notified by Jesse Jackson that pickets will surround ballparks July 4 unless major-league clubs come up with a plan to move blacks into managerial jobs by then. . . . And the ladies—NOW, Planned Parenthood, National Abortion Rights Action League, Catholics for a Free Choice, and others—are planning how to put a crimp in Pope John Paul IPs September visit to the U.S., according to Communist People’s Daily World. . . . At April 25 wing-ding in Washington, Bishop Thomas Gumble- ton of Detroit called for an end to support for the (democratic) governments of El Salvador and Guatemala. . . . Peter, Paul, & Mary warbled. . . . Jesse Jackson berated the U.S. for having “guided missiles and misguided leaders.” . . . The Mohawk Valley, N.Y., Green Party opposed “U.S. intervention” in Central America. .. . And Daniel Ellsberg and Philip Berrigan got themselves arrested.