people. "TO SAY THAT ANY poli- tician could stay alive political- ly for the nex four years is ask- ing a lot," he stated. • "Witness the rise and fall of 41 7' 1. (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." ho PIERRE -sitsteiraboto candidate for president in Salinger said this movement -w> 1968," said Salinger. "Beyond is not restricted to the Unit- that,. the political crystal ball ed States, but has become ev- N is just too hazy to tell. I know ident in a number of Euro- Bobby:has not made any plans pean countries, notably France. -Salinger Says 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 business, because of "the rap- to study the politics of that na- Kennedy Not idly changing tide of public tion. opinion," - The, mass •• communications SALINGER SEES French '68 Candidate media—newspapers, radio, tele- President Charles de Gaulle vision, movies and magazines— and his supporters as being By ROSS YOCKEY , are primarily responsible for "more pro-French than anti- Pierre Salinger; former White 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- ry to the best interests of the Family, said in New Orleans do anything without it being read or viewed by million of United States." today. that Sen. Hobert F. Ken- He said Frenchmen have nedy will definitely not be a been "somewhat shaken" by candidate for presidential nom- some of de Gaulle's latest ination in 1968. political moves and that Gaul- list forces may soon be forced Salinger, who served as in- into a back seat by opposing termerrary between the na- political parties. tion's press and the late Presi- "There may soon be a vote dent John F. Kennedy, Made in the French Parliament to the remark in an interview be- unseat De Gaulle's govern- fore addressing a meeting of ment," said Salinger, but most the Mid-American Periodical members are still hesitant to Distributors at the Roosevelt Hotel. take definite steps other than "jockeying for position to take over after De Gaulle leaves." THE ONE-TIME senator from "After De Gaulle," said the California said he is certain Democrat, "the French policy that Robert Kennedy has no will evolve into a lot of things other political ambitions at that we're interested in." present other than as serving as a New York senator. He added that Kennedy has .