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Couldn’t Have Put It Better Ourselves Department. LBJ to the crowd in Denver, Oct. 12: “You take care of me in November and I’ll take care of you for the next four years.”

Organized labor is getting the squeeze put on in a big way. The bosses have decided that Goldwater’s the man to beat, and to that end they plan to spend up to $14 million in “registration drives” and campaign contributions—funds that will float up “voluntarily” from the rank and file, in response to the gentle hints of the shop stewards. In some cases the union bosses are circulating Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative—an act of brinkmanship on their part, which may lead to astonishing progress in political education.

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Couldn’t Have Put It Better Ourselves Department. LBJ to the crowd in Denver, Oct. 12: “You take care of me in November and I’ll take care of you for the next four years.”

Organized labor is getting the squeeze put on in a big way. The bosses have decided that Goldwater’s the man to beat, and to that end they plan to spend up to $14 million in “registration drives” and campaign contributions—funds that will float up “voluntarily” from the rank and file, in response to the gentle hints of the shop stewards. In some cases the union bosses are circulating Goldwater’s Conscience of a Conservative—an act of brinkmanship on their part, which may lead to astonishing progress in political education.