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"TO SAY THAT ANY poli- tician could stay alive political- ly for the nex four years is ask- ing a lot," he stated. • 7'411. "Witness the rise and fall of (Michigan Gove. George) Rom- ney and the sudden rise of (Cali- fornia Gov. Ronald) Reagan." Speaking of Reagan's mete- oric advance in the national political spectrum, Salinger called the West Coast Republi- can "a product of the times." Reagan; he said, "has taken advantage ef.Mass communita- .Plfortunately, . we don't have many politicians, who can communicate well, so peo- ple who have made -a career of communicating are filling -that void. - made no decision on whether "Until the political scientist he will aim for presidential can- also takes on The ability to didacy in 1972, when President communicate you are going to Lyndon B. JohnSon will be un- continue to see communication able to run for reelection. experts in the forefront of pol- "It's clear he cannot be a itics." -w>ho PIERRE -sitsteiraboto candidate for president in Salinger said this movement 1968," said Salinger. "Beyond is not restricted to the Unit- that,. the political crystal ball N ed States, but has become ev- is just too hazy to tell. I know ident in a number of Euro- -Salinger Says Bobby:has not made any plans pean countries, notably France. for 1972 as yet." He said he has just returned Nowadays, he said, planning from a lengthy stay in France, a political future is a shaky where he had an opportunity Kennedy Not business, because of "the rap- to study the politics of that na- idly changing tide of public tion. opinion," - The, mass •• communications SALINGER SEES French '68 Candidate media—newspapers, radio, tele- President Charles de Gaulle By ROSS YOCKEY , vision, movies and magazines— and his supporters as being Pierre Salinger; former White are primarily responsible for "more pro-French than anti- this. evershifting tide, Salinger American, even though some House press secretary and a theorized, since on national or of the things they do are jus- close friend of. the Kennedy internation figure can 'say or tifiably seen as being contra- Family, said in New Orleans do anything without it being ry to the best interests of the today. that Sen. Hobert F. Ken- read or viewed by million of United States." nedy will definitely not be a He said Frenchmen have been "somewhat shaken" by candidate for presidential nom- some of de Gaulle's latest ination in 1968. political moves and that Gaul- Salinger, who served as in- list forces may soon be forced termerrary between the na- into a back seat by opposing tion's press and the late Presi- political parties. dent John F. Kennedy, Made "There may soon be a vote the remark in an interview be- in the French Parliament to fore addressing a meeting of unseat De Gaulle's govern- the Mid-American Periodical ment," said Salinger, but most Distributors at the Roosevelt members are still hesitant to Hotel. take definite steps other than "jockeying for position to take THE ONE-TIME senator from over after De Gaulle leaves." California said he is certain "After De Gaulle," said the that Robert Kennedy has no Democrat, "the French policy other political ambitions at will evolve into a lot of things present other than as serving that we're interested in." as a New York senator. He added that Kennedy has