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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. May 13. 1964
Goldwater. Rockefeller Win
By United Press International
By United Press International New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Sen. Barry Goldwater won expected victories yesterday in presidential preference primaries in West Virginia and Nebraska but it was probable that only Goldwater picked up all-important GOP convention delegate votes.
Sen. Barry Goldwater wrapped up his third presidential primary victory, but the big news of yesterday's Nebraska vote was a 32 per cent write-in performance by Richard M. Nixon.
BUT THE RESULTS of the presidential "popularity contest" were not binding on the 14 West Virginia national convention delegates chosen, more than half of whom were expected to be uncommitted with the rest going to Goldwater.
Rockefeller swept to an impressive "moral victory" in West Virginia's primary, surpassing the expectations of his backers by capturing about 70 per cent of the total GOP vote cast in a state generally considered more favorable to Goldwater.
Rockefeller backers hoped, however, that their man's showing in the presidential preference vote—where he was unopposed — would swing some of the uncommitted delegates behind him.
Goldwater, the only man whose name was on the Nebraska Republican presidential primary ballot, polled almost exactly the 50 per cent of the vote which campaign manager Richard L. Herman said he had expected. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge picked up 16 per cent of the GOP vote, far ahead of New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and four other write-in candidates.
PORTLAND, Ore. — (UPI)—New York Gov. Nelson Rocketfeller interrupted his final push for Friday's Oregon primary today for half a day of campaigning in northern California.
In New York Sen. Barry Goldwater issued a plea for Republican Party unity and assailed the Johnson administration at a mass rally in jam-packed Madison Square Garden last night.
Rockefeller was to leave early today for a speech at Humboldt State College in Arcata, two visits with editors in Eureka, and a noon speech at, a public reception in a Eureka hotel before resuming his Oregon campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Goldwater, in the meantime, said;
"I do not say that the Republican Party must do it my way or I won't play," he told more than 18,000 cheering supporters. "I want to find ways that we can work together—as a team."
ABSENT from the rally were New York's two senators, Jacob Javits and Kenneth Keating. Javits has indicated he might not support the Republican candidate for President if Goldwater gets the nomination.
"I'm not interested in defeating any Republicans in 1964," Goldwater said. "I'm interested in defeating Lyndon Baines Johnson."
The Arizonian's 45-minute speech was interrupted 108 times by applause from the audience which included supporters from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and other nearby states.
Goldwater appeared to be overwhelmed by his reception and the 10-minute standing ovation which greeted him and his wife as they entered the Garden.
IN REMARKS prepared for delivery at Humboldt State, Rockefeller said, "I want to keep the United States in the United Nations and the United Nations in the United States."
Rockefeller, who faces Goldwater in California's June 2 primary, said "here in California a vital and dramatic battle for control of the Republican Party is joined.
"At stake, is whether the Republican Party shall remain a party of progress, moderation and responsibility or whether it shall become a party of narrow radical extremism."
Rockefeller reiterated his support of civil rights legislation and the need for "selective federal assistance for education without impairment of state and local control."
WITH 1,916 OF the state's 2,148 precincts counted, the GOP primary vote was: Goldwater, 60,931; Nixon, 38,763; Lodge, 20,001; and Rockefeller, 3,000.
The vote did not commit any of Nebraska's 16 votes to the Republican presidential nominating convention. But Goldwater men were hopeful of picking up most of the six delegates who were elected in yesterday's voting and the 10 additional delegates who will be chosen at the state Republican convention June 1.
The Nixon votes piled up in the wake of a last minute write-in campaign which included Fred M. Seaton, former secretary of the Interior in the Eisenhower cabinet, among its leaders.
IT WAS BY ALL odds Nixon's strongest show by in any primary to date. Last week, the former vicepresident made a speaking appearance in Omaha and told a news conference he was available to take on the Republican presidential nomination if the delegates want him.
Although Rockefeller ran unopposed, his support was greater than expected among traditionally conservative West Virginia Republicans. Sen. Barry Goldwater was not entered in the primary and write-in votes are prohibited, thus preventing a test of strength among Rockefeller, Goldwater and other Republican presidential possibilities.
Unofficial returs from 1,076 of 2,- 664 precincts gave Rockefeller 37,941 votes for president.
ROCKEFELLER'S WEST Virginia campaign manager, Mal Guthrie of Charleston, said he expected to win "the support of a significant number of West Virginia delegates to the Republican convention."
Goldwater supporters noted that the preference vote in Nebraska did not mean that Nixon—or anyone else but Goldwater—had captured any
convention delegates and they predicted that supporters of the Arizona senator would win five of the six delegate races. The other 10 Nebraska delegates will be chosen at the state Republican convention. They also are expected to go to Goldwater.
Perhaps the only real setback of the day for Goldwater forces came at the Rhode Island Republican state convention where an uncommitted slate of 14 national convention delegates was chosen. The slate is headed by Gov. John H. Chafee, not generally considered a Goldwater backer
In addition, Rhode Island Republicans voted to bind the delegates under the unit rule, which means that all must vote for the candidate decided upon by the majority.
As of today, the latest standings in the UPI count of delegates already selected shows: Goldwater 287; Lodge 44, Nixon 8, Rockefeller 5 and Pennsylvania Gov. William W. Scranton 61, all from his state.
Oregon Polls Show Lodge Slipping
PORTLAND, Ore. — (UPI) — Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge's support among Oregon Republicans today seemed to be slipping enough to buoy hopes of rival GOP presidential possibilities.
Opinion polls published this week showed Lodge still with a commanding but shrinking lead over the field of five competitors entered in the regon Republican presidential primary Friday.
In a poll published today, the Portland Oregonian gave Lodge 36 per cent of the GOP vote, down from 40 per cent last month. He was followed by Rockefeller at 22 per cent, Goldwater 16 and Nixon 13. Three per cent were divided between Scranton and Mrs. Smith and 10 per cent were listed as undecided.
The Harris poll published Monday by the Washington Post and Times Herald indicated the Lodge vote at 40 per cent, Nixon 22, Rockefeller 19 and Goldwater 14.
BALTIMORE —(UPI)— Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace took his presidential primary campaign back to Baltimore today apparently unruffled by a heckling at the University of Maryland.
Maryland Collegians Fail To Shake Wallace
Wallace, who is running against Sen. Daniel B. Brewster, D-Md., in next Tuesday's primary, planned to spend the day answering phone calls from voters and being interviewed by radio newsmen.
He was scheduled to speak off-campus to students at Frostburg, Md., State College at 7 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSING University of Maryland students last night at College Park, the segregationist governor overcame spirited heckling with sarcastic and sometimes humorous remarks.
A crowd of about 8,500 turned out for Wallace's appearance, sponsored by two student organizations. Before the address, Brewster and Sen. William E. Proxmire, D-Wis., spoke for the Civil Rights Bill at a campus rally held in a light rain.
Wallace, who got heavy applause before the evening was over, replied to his hecklers with such remarks as "If you folks don't get quiet, you're never going to get promoted to the second grade."
At one point, he said: "I always heard that the hallmark of a liberal was a willingness to hear the other side, listen to me and then if you don't agree, we'll agree to disagree agreeably."
WALLACE DREW howls of laughter with a slip of the tongue when he defended the "system that you are guilty until proven innocent."
The governor was accompanied to the speaker's platform in Cole Field
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House by Alabama's seven congressmen, a delegation of ministers from Alabama and representatives of his state's Polish, Italian, Greek, Jewish and German ethnic groups.
Asked why no Negro Alabaman was present, Wallace said several volunteered to accompany him but did not come "because we were afraid that they would get hit on the head with some of these signs which say 'God is love.'"
He referred to about 100 anti-Wallace signs throughout the audience.
In a question and answer period, the governor denied that he was anti-Negro. He said he had never made a remark against anyone because of his race.
WALLACE answered another question by saying schools were segregated in his state only because "an overwhelming majority of the people in Alabama want them segregated."
Brewster, a stand-in for President Johnson in the primary, urged some 3,500 students at the earlier outdoor rally to "extend a courteous and calm approach to any guest in our state no matter who he may be."
Brewster and Proxmire were interrupted throughout their speeches by a small band of hecklers waving a large Confederate flag. The proWallace hecklers shouted "long live George" and sang "Dixie."
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