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Union membership has been growing far more slowly than total employment. Six out of ten new jobs are in civil service. The unions have been notably unsuccessful in gaining new members among the blue-collar workers. That is why almost every recent strike has involved the question of compulsory union membership in one form or another (if they won’t join us, we’ll force ‘em to join us), and also why the union chieftains are so eager to extend their dominion into the ranks of public servants. But look at the bright side. The day may come when the Internal Revenue Service goes out on strike.

It ain’t just Labor that’s giving Hubert trouble this year. George Gallup has divvied up the voters into 21 groupings and reports these preferences: Not one of the blocs favors Wallace. Humphrey is the solid choice of non-whites and Jews and edges out Nixon in the Catholic vote. Nixon ranks first among big city residents, middlesized city residents, small city residents, suburbanites, rural folk, the young, the middle-aged, the old, college graduates, high school graduates, grade school graduates, professional and business workers, clerks and salesmen, manual laborers, Protestants, whites, men and women. And that, as Hubert Humphrey’s boss used to say, is called consensus politics.

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Union membership has been growing far more slowly than total employment. Six out of ten new jobs are in civil service. The unions have been notably unsuccessful in gaining new members among the blue-collar workers. That is why almost every recent strike has involved the question of compulsory union membership in one form or another (if they won’t join us, we’ll force ‘em to join us), and also why the union chieftains are so eager to extend their dominion into the ranks of public servants. But look at the bright side. The day may come when the Internal Revenue Service goes out on strike.

It ain’t just Labor that’s giving Hubert trouble this year. George Gallup has divvied up the voters into 21 groupings and reports these preferences: Not one of the blocs favors Wallace. Humphrey is the solid choice of non-whites and Jews and edges out Nixon in the Catholic vote. Nixon ranks first among big city residents, middlesized city residents, small city residents, suburbanites, rural folk, the young, the middle-aged, the old, college graduates, high school graduates, grade school graduates, professional and business workers, clerks and salesmen, manual laborers, Protestants, whites, men and women. And that, as Hubert Humphrey’s boss used to say, is called consensus politics.