For the Record

Falling Superstar? Rep. Albert H. Quie (R., Minn.) broke the ice. Quie, longtime friend of President Ford, said all Nixon holdovers in Ford Cabinet should go—with one exception: Interior Secretary Rogers Morton. Since revelation of his Chilean connection, Secretary of State Kissinger has become expendable. A member of Ford’s transition committee didn’t deny that Kissinger would be leaving, but only said he “will not be the first to go.” In Moscow Soviet politicians are besieging Western diplomats and newsmen with questions about Kissinger’s possible departure. With Nixon gone, the Russians depend upon Kissinger to continue detente. Even if Kissinger survives the storm over Chile, there’s still the confrontation with Defense Secretary James Schlesinger. Evans & Novak say long term coexistence between the two brilliant Cabinet officials is impossible: “Within no more than six months the President must choose between them It’s by no means certain he’ll choose Kissinger.”

Behind the Kennedy dropout. A while ago political demographer Richard Scammon said: “Teddy is the block in the sluice gate. And the Party is going to be hurt until he removes himself in some way.” For months Democratic leaders had been suggesting, not very subtly, that Kennedy shouldn’t seek the ’76 nomination. Kennedy’s recent trip to California convinced him. The crowds were small; Democratic candidates from gubernatorial nominee Edmund Brown Jr. on down refused to campaign with him and artfully tried to avoid pictures of themselves with Kennedy. Wealthy McGovern types plan to meet in Washington to discuss a “liberal coalition” to block a Henry Jackson bandwagon.

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Falling Superstar? Rep. Albert H. Quie (R., Minn.) broke the ice. Quie, longtime friend of President Ford, said all Nixon holdovers in Ford Cabinet should go—with one exception: Interior Secretary Rogers Morton. Since revelation of his Chilean connection, Secretary of State Kissinger has become expendable. A member of Ford’s transition committee didn’t deny that Kissinger would be leaving, but only said he “will not be the first to go.” In Moscow Soviet politicians are besieging Western diplomats and newsmen with questions about Kissinger’s possible departure. With Nixon gone, the Russians depend upon Kissinger to continue detente. Even if Kissinger survives the storm over Chile, there’s still the confrontation with Defense Secretary James Schlesinger. Evans & Novak say long term coexistence between the two brilliant Cabinet officials is impossible: “Within no more than six months the President must choose between them It’s by no means certain he’ll choose Kissinger.”

Behind the Kennedy dropout. A while ago political demographer Richard Scammon said: “Teddy is the block in the sluice gate. And the Party is going to be hurt until he removes himself in some way.” For months Democratic leaders had been suggesting, not very subtly, that Kennedy shouldn’t seek the ’76 nomination. Kennedy’s recent trip to California convinced him. The crowds were small; Democratic candidates from gubernatorial nominee Edmund Brown Jr. on down refused to campaign with him and artfully tried to avoid pictures of themselves with Kennedy. Wealthy McGovern types plan to meet in Washington to discuss a “liberal coalition” to block a Henry Jackson bandwagon.