RIPON JULY 1968 VOL. IV, No. 7 ONE DOLLAR '. ... First Congregational Church, Ripon, Wisconsin "'- (Wisconsin Historical Society) AN ATLANTIC FREE TRADE AREA? THE NEED FOR PRAGMATISM by Douglas Jay by Nelson A Rockefeller discussion: Thomas H Curtis Paul Findley GAULLISM IN THE EAST by Stephen J1 CRIME AND THE GHETTO by Ralph F. Salerno AFTER ROBERT F. KENNEDY discussion: Joseph M McDade An editorial SUMMARY OF CONTENTS COVER PICTURE Also moving rightwards is the South CarolIna. GOP, A woodcut of the First Congregational Church in where ex-Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond has just had an ally Ripon, Wisconsin, where plans were drawn up on Febru­ elected GOP National Committeewoman. -14 uary 28,1854, for the first meeting of the Republican Party. In IU1nols, the issue was not ideology but the old Cook County-downstate feud. The June 11 gubernatorial EDITORIAL POINTS -8 primary brought victory to the Cook County man, Rich­ NOTES FROM WASHINGTON -4 ard Ogilvie, but with a low voter turnout that bodes ill for November. -15 THE CITIES The most stunning victory for the right wing was Former New York City Police expert Ralph F. the triumph of the Blue Max over Senate Minority Salerno outlines the relation between Organized CrIme Whip Thomas H. Kuchel. Kuchel's record of independ­ and the Ghetto. In a discussion of Salerno's article, ence, experience, and integrity, it seems, has become an Congressman Joseph M. McDade lists Republican initia­ anachronism in the McLuhanland of California. -16 tives for combatting Organized Crime without endanger­ ing the civil liberties of ordinary citizens. -5 South Dakota has a National Committee election in which a conservative will try to unseat a moderate AN ATLANTIC FREE TRADE AREA? incumbent-the emerging pattern in a number of states. Douglas Jay, one of the leading spokesmen in Britain -16 for an Atlantic Free Trade Area, charts the advantages of such a scheme to the United States. Congressmen NOMINATION GAME Thomas H. Curtis and Pa.ul Findley discuss some of the Jesse Benton Fremont discusses the merits of Mr. problems involved. -8 Nixon's decision not to meet Governor Rockefeller in a face-to-face debate. -17 EAST-WEST RELATIONS Stephen Jones shows how GauIUsm In the East en­ THE BUDGET ables American diplomacy to foster freedom and inde­ Duncan K. Foley thinks the Federal Budget is no pendence in Communist countries. He has sharp criti­ longer an effiCient means of implementing social goals.-18 cism for both the Administration and GOP Coordinating Committee approaches to East-West trade. -11 SUMMER READING Stephen Bess reviews three recent books of politi­ STATE BY STATE cal interest, including The Fnture of Republlcanism by A new column, FederaUst Notes, reviews changes in Nick Thimmesch. -19 state government, with the help of the newsletter and publications of the Counell of State Governments of RIPON BOOK CLUB ORDER FORM -19 Chicago (Brevard Crihfield, Director). This month's 14a ELIOT STREET -ZZ notes are devoted mainly to constitutional reform. -18 In Idaho the Republican candidate for Frank LETTERS -ZZ Church's Senate seat reflects the right-wing turn the state party has taken since the eclipse of Governor GUEST EDITORIAL Smylie. -14 Nelson A. Rockefeller on pragmatism. THE RIPON SOCIETY INC. 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William Porter, T_ basis to Rapubllcan offica-holders and candidates and to non· partisan com­ Oon Fowler, MaIna Robart R. Murdoch, VIrgIaII munity leaders. All Inquiries are kept strictly confidential. Write the Terrance Dwyer, Michigan W. Stuart Parsons. "'-ID National Research Director. John R. Lazarak, Southam StafIIs 2 EDITORIAL POINTS I merica, Woodrow Wilson once said, is the country sible the reuniting of a more vigorous and realistic 11 where you cannot overthrow the government by party in the fall. killing the leaders. For the strength of American For Republicans, Kennedy's campaign presented a democracy abides not in famous men but in institu­ different kind of challenge: it threatened to appro­ tions that have the support of the people. priate GOP programs and use them to win voters in The same cannot be said for the strength of Amer­ metropolitan areas. Republicans had spoken about ica's political parties in 1968. Leadership is especi­ the need for private sector involvement in urban ally critical this year because the national parties problems; Kennedy had introduced legislation about themselves are weak and in flux. Their supporting it. Republicans had sounded off on crime and law­ institutions - the Nationa1 Committees, task forces, lessness; Kennedy as Attorney General had brought young people's groups, women's federations and ad­ prosecution of Organized Crime to an all-time high. visory boards - are unknown to the people. Hence Republicans liked to complain about the tax burden the need for responsible leaders to bring enthusiasm, on middle-income peopre; Kennedy had channeled commitment and external resources into what would this talk into the constructive issue of tax reform. So otherwise be the empty shells of national party or­ long as Kennedy was around, Republicans had to ganization. make good their rhetoric about decentralization, pri­ No man brought more formidable assets into the vate initiative, fiscal responsibility and law and order. political system this year than Robert F. Kennedy. With his murder, the pressures for renewal in the His death is a tragic loss not simply because it robs two-party system are weaker. Democrats are less the country of his personal qualities - his energy, like! y to revise their ossified concepts of government. his realism, his passion - but because it deprives Republicans are less apt to outgrow their obstruc­ national politics of something larger than Kennedy tionist rhetoric and apply to national issues the imag­ himself: an experienced brain trust, a far-flung net­ ination and administrative skills they have shown in work of political allies, an alert legislative staff, a state and local government. For a Party to restore valuable set of international contacts. itself, it needs controversy. Yet the voices preaching The Kennedy machine was a well-balanced one. party unity have never been louder, or more self-ser­ It combined the arm-twisting of the old politics with ving. the mass appeal of the new.