THE RIPON ELECTION '67 FOR pp. 9-12 @Copyright 1967 by DECEMBER, 1967 The Ripon Society, Inc. Vol. III, No. 12 The Current Picture This map represents Ripon's current assessment of its leadership. The indications of "second-choice" po­ the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination in tential are of varying signficance. In some states "num- . 1968. This is the fttst of a series of reports to appear ber-two" may indeed eclipse the current favorite by regularly in the Forum. as the convention ap\,roach,es. convention time, while. elsewhere the second choice has Reports on the primaries and delegate-selection con­ but a rather remote chance of winning a state's delega­ tests in critical states will accompany the map survey tion, should voting at the convention polarize around in future issues. The findings presented here are based two candidates to the exclusion of the present front­ on information received from correspondents through­ runner. We believe the "first-choice" totals for each out the country, informal discussions with political candidate represent the solid base of support for each. leaders, and press reports. The combined totals are ofiered as a rough estimate of potential strength without regard to dramatic shifts Delegates have been allocated to candidates where­ of support unpredictable at this time. ever a strong preference exists within a state party and (continued on page three) LETTERS THE R,IPON SO.CIETY, INC. Natlanal Governing Board Dear Sir: Josiab Lee AllBpItz Lee W. Haalmer"' Your "As Things Now Stand" in the November Cbrlstopher W. Beal· Edward J. McAnlff Robert L. Beal J. EIQIBII8 MaIllll8 FORUM was disheartening but also of great value to a Robert D. Bahn W. Stuart Parsons person thjnking about, and wanting to do something Melvin A. BernsteIn Thomas E. Petri"· about American democracy. My own reaction may be of Thomas A. Brawn John R. Price· Edward S. Cabot Pater J. WalllsDn interest. I am concerned at the moment with labor voting Robert D. Fugal,. Jr. John S. Saloma. III pattems. While I share the moderate tbinking of Ripon Howard F. Gillette. Jr. Mlebae! C. Smith and I Richard A. Zimmer on Viet Nam, have no confidence in LBJ, wonder • OffIcers if the labor unions are not sound in their suspicion of •• National Executive Director the Republican party as an alternative? To them the The Ripon FORUM reaction may be intuitive. But your piece makes the EdftDrlal Board soundness of such intuition apparent. Despite the conven­ Joelah Lee Auspltz Lee W. HualJDer tional belief that trade unionism is accepted, isn't it Thomas E. Petri clear that the Republican power structure you describe EdIIDr is very likely to threaten the very basis of trade unionism? Ralph B. Earle. Jr. mVING RICHTER IIoDk RaiI_ EdItor Economlce EdIIar Robart Gordan Duncan K. Fora, South Hadley, Mass. Tedmlcal EdItDr 8IIIInass Managar Rusty Bellows Gerald E. Bell_ Carraspamlents Dear Sir: Mrs. Nonnan W. Osher, ArIzDDe James l. Robertson, Mlsslaalppl e Nichols, CaIIfomIa John Evans, Mlasoarl In a period When there is much more bad news than stan M. Pottinger, CaIIfomIa Dr. Arthur F. McClure, II, MIssourI good in the papers, Col. "Pete" McCloskey's victory is one Robart R. Jespersen, ConneclIcat William Ha=ln, Nebraska of the developments that keeps alive our hope for a Mrs. Anne C. Jahns, DeJaera Johnson H , NortII Caroline Herald Schmlttlnger, DeJaera Charles O. Ingraham.!. JIorIh Carolina better future..•. The election showed that the American =Cullen Hammand, GearsIa Philip M. Purgess, ullla people are eager for a practical way out of the Vietnam­ Michael McCre", !daho William K. Woods, Ollie John A. Brass, Jr., IlI1naIs Erlo R. Blacldedge, Oregon ese quicksand. And not least of the reasons why we Burton Southard, indiana James C. Humes, PllUllSJl'lanla should be delighted at the result is that CoL McCloskey Tarrance Dwyer""':::: William H. Under, SoatfI Carolina wll1 make an ex:ceIleht Congressman. He wll1 be an 1iaJ' sr:o":~unley, Kanaes :,=rdB.M~p=lnT.:::" Dmta addition to the small but distinguished group who are Dan Fowler, MalDe Robert R. Murdoch, VIrgJnIa popularly (if inaccurately) called Republican Doves, and Richard Olson ~ Christopher T. Bayley, WaabJaatan James R. AndersDD, tIJcbIgan W. Stuart Parsons. WJscDDsID I believe the first of this group to be elected from Cali­ Terrence Dwyer, IIIcbIgm John R. Lazarek, Southam States fornia. THE RIPON SOCIID Is a Republicen research and poliey org\lnlzatlon wbass members are young buslnBSS. academic, and profeaalonal man and woman. Over the next few years, there is nothing that would It has national headquarters In Cambridge. Massachusetts. with chapters In do more to improve the atmosphere of American politics Boston. Loa Angales. New Havan. and New York, and NatIonal AssocIate members throughout the fifty atetas. The Ripon FORUM Is published than an increase in the numbers and strength of those monthly by the Socletr. appllcatlan to mall at SBCDDd-clsss postage retos who would fight, on the Republican side of the aisle, for Is pending at Boston. Massachusetts. To thD88 who wish to subscribe to Its publications end support Its programs the Society offers the following sanity in our foreign policy and the abandonment of the options for annual contrlbutton: FORUM $10; FORUM (student). $5; Con­ old cliches and half-truths of the Cold War. Paul N. tributor. $25 or mora; Sustalner. J,100; Founder. $1000. Correspondance McCloskey can make a brilliant contribution to this addrassed to the Editor Is walcom • debate, in Congress and possibly in much higher ofIice THE RIPON SOCIID once he has made a nation-wide reputation. 1430 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge. Massachusetts 02138 T. S. KOLMAN Clifton, N.J. 1430 MASS. AVE.: Ripon 'Take -Over' Our friends to the right of the Republican party, ington representative, John W. Topping, Jr., reported the American Conservative Union, this month appealed to the board on the Party's Congressional performance. for funds to stop what they called a liberal drive to A candidate endorsed by our Boston chapter was take over the Republican Party. In the fund-raising elected to the Boston City Council on November 7, appeal the Ripon Society was described as "the 'nerve Thomas J. Atkins, Phi Beta Kappa, 28 year old Harvard center' of the Eastern liberal establishment." Law School student and native of Indiana (where he According to the appeal our alleged effort to take was senior class president of the state university), is over the Republican Party was "exposed" earlier this the first Negro ever elected to the city council in an year in an ACU study about the Society. Senator Strom at-large election. Thurmond, racist Democrat turned Republican from On October 18, George Lodge spoke to the Boston South Carolina, wrote the ACU chairman to say that Chapter of the challenges facing the Republican Party he "was interested in ~e fine report on the Ripon in 1968. And on November 8 a panel consisting of Society published recently by the ACU. More of this former Percy aide John McLaughry, former Nixon aide type of effort should be made, and I just wanted to take Stephen Hess, co-author with David Broder of The this means to advise you of my appreciation for your Repuhlican Establishment, and Sher-man Unger, Repub­ helping to set the record straight." lican candidate for the Senate in Ohio, analyzed the The Society's National Governing Board held its results of the 1967 election with members of the Boston fall meeting in the Faculty Lounge of Yale's Law Chapter. School On November 4. At the meeting, past president Ripon's Boston Businessman's Luncheon Group Dr. John S. Saloma, III analyzed Republican prospects heard Mass. State Representative Francis Hatch on Oc­ for the' next six years, and the Society laid plans for tober 10, and State Republican Chairman Si Spaulding its activities over the coming months. Ripon's Wash- on November 14. 2 The Current Picture (continued from page one) THE Richard Nixon and Ronald Rea- gao man, although his Vice-Presidential ambitions could NIXON.REAGAN gan are paired in varying order lead him elsewhere. The support of Senator Tower BLOC of lreference as the first or sec- and the Texas delegation will be much sought after. on choice of the delegates in 18 Tower appears to be leaning toward Nixon. Some doubt states. These 36 delegates comprise the "Nixon-Rea­ exists about Governor Rhodes ability to command the gan bloc." Presumably, if either of these candidates is votes of the entire Ohio delegation. The Ohio delega­ eliminated, the survivor will be able to combine the tion will be manned chiefly by professionals and party bloc with his su'pport from other areas to approach or stalwarts seeking a winner; their choice of a candidate exceed the maglc number (667) required for nomina­ in the early going at the convention could signal his tion. A second possibility does exist, however. A nomination. Pennsylvania is counted as firmly "mod­ NIXOn-Reagan struggle for the backing of this rredom­ erate" behind Governor Shafer, who does not, however, inandy conservative, Western-Southern bloc mlght de­ seem to be gready enamored of Romney's candidacy. velop, leaving a way open for a third, moderate can­ The Illinois delegation appears likely to split along didate to pick up substantial support elsewhere. conservative-moderate lines after the first ballot. THE No attempt has been made here THE Gov. Ronald Reagan today PRIMARIES tc? predict primary winners. <?b- vlOusly the outcome of the pnm- OVERVIEW stands the nearest step away from ary contests will have a profound effect on the candi­ the 1968 Republican nomination dacies of Richard Nixon and George Romney.