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Some plusses for Nixon and Humphrey: Latest Harris shows Nixon, while still trailing Humphrey and McCarthy in popularity, would now beat Bobby Kennedy by a vote of 40 to 38 per cent; poll also shows Humphrey fastest riser in popularity among Democratic voters with whom he now rates Number One. . . . Washington Post poll of 298 leading business executives finds Nixon their favorite with 57 per cent of the votes, Rockefeller next (24 per cent) and Humphrey third (15 per cent) —but then 72 per cent of those polled said they were Republicans. . . . Gov. Agnew of Maryland, badly burned when Rocky bowed out on March 21, said it was a “new ball game” despite Rocky’s re-entry, and that he now finds Nixon “equally acceptable.” . . . Thruston Morton’s brother Rogers (R., Md.) has come out for Nixon as “man who can do most in leading Americans toward a new faith in themselves and in their government.”

Half a dozen of John Bailey’s top aides at Democratic National Committee have moved down the street to brand new United Democrats for Humphrey headquarters. . . . Also working for Humphrey, the National Committee’s pr firm of Maurer, Fleischer and Son. . . . Got short shrift: Pierre Salinger, when he complained to head of American Society of Newspaper Editors about coverage of Kennedy campaign in Indiana. Replied ASNE President Vincent Jones, in tart telegram back, “[your complaint] is an obvious political counter-maneuver” (remember when Salinger banned Herald Tribune from White House because it made a nasty remark about JFK?). . . . Robert Kennedy campaign has managed to split up the old Rat Pack. Frank Sinatra is campaigning for Humphrey (Bobby “isn’t qualified to be President,” says Frankie). Dean Martin and Joey Bishop are sitting it out. Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford (Patricia Kennedy’s ex-) are with Bobby. Lawford, according to N.Y. Times report, had 1,000 bumper stickers saying “Sock it to ’em Bobby!” printed at his own expense.

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Some plusses for Nixon and Humphrey: Latest Harris shows Nixon, while still trailing Humphrey and McCarthy in popularity, would now beat Bobby Kennedy by a vote of 40 to 38 per cent; poll also shows Humphrey fastest riser in popularity among Democratic voters with whom he now rates Number One. . . . Washington Post poll of 298 leading business executives finds Nixon their favorite with 57 per cent of the votes, Rockefeller next (24 per cent) and Humphrey third (15 per cent) —but then 72 per cent of those polled said they were Republicans. . . . Gov. Agnew of Maryland, badly burned when Rocky bowed out on March 21, said it was a “new ball game” despite Rocky’s re-entry, and that he now finds Nixon “equally acceptable.” . . . Thruston Morton’s brother Rogers (R., Md.) has come out for Nixon as “man who can do most in leading Americans toward a new faith in themselves and in their government.”

Half a dozen of John Bailey’s top aides at Democratic National Committee have moved down the street to brand new United Democrats for Humphrey headquarters. . . . Also working for Humphrey, the National Committee’s pr firm of Maurer, Fleischer and Son. . . . Got short shrift: Pierre Salinger, when he complained to head of American Society of Newspaper Editors about coverage of Kennedy campaign in Indiana. Replied ASNE President Vincent Jones, in tart telegram back, “[your complaint] is an obvious political counter-maneuver” (remember when Salinger banned Herald Tribune from White House because it made a nasty remark about JFK?). . . . Robert Kennedy campaign has managed to split up the old Rat Pack. Frank Sinatra is campaigning for Humphrey (Bobby “isn’t qualified to be President,” says Frankie). Dean Martin and Joey Bishop are sitting it out. Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford (Patricia Kennedy’s ex-) are with Bobby. Lawford, according to N.Y. Times report, had 1,000 bumper stickers saying “Sock it to ’em Bobby!” printed at his own expense.