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Another Great Leap Forward has been recorded by the Democratic delegate of female persuasion who addressed the chair as “Madame Chairperson.” But it makes us wonder what kind of she-it they’ll think of next.

■ “Announcing: Democrats for Nixon,” says the New York Times full-page ad. “We’re not leaving the party. But we can’t support Senator McGovern.” The ad goes on to tell of the havoc McGovern would work both at home and abroad, using, to nice advantage, quotes from Humphrey, Muskie and Jackson when they were campaigning against Honest George. Humphrey tells how McGovern would “threaten the very security of our country”; Jackson says the contender “has become the spokesman of some of the most dangerous and destructive currents in American politics”; Muskie warns “McGovern’s positions on many of the issues are unacceptable to a large portion of our people.” . . . Then there’s Concerned Citizens for the Re-Election of the President —soon their full-pagers will probably be appearing in the Times and Washington Post. Poor George—the crunch is just beginning.

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Another Great Leap Forward has been recorded by the Democratic delegate of female persuasion who addressed the chair as “Madame Chairperson.” But it makes us wonder what kind of she-it they’ll think of next.

■ “Announcing: Democrats for Nixon,” says the New York Times full-page ad. “We’re not leaving the party. But we can’t support Senator McGovern.” The ad goes on to tell of the havoc McGovern would work both at home and abroad, using, to nice advantage, quotes from Humphrey, Muskie and Jackson when they were campaigning against Honest George. Humphrey tells how McGovern would “threaten the very security of our country”; Jackson says the contender “has become the spokesman of some of the most dangerous and destructive currents in American politics”; Muskie warns “McGovern’s positions on many of the issues are unacceptable to a large portion of our people.” . . . Then there’s Concerned Citizens for the Re-Election of the President —soon their full-pagers will probably be appearing in the Times and Washington Post. Poor George—the crunch is just beginning.