Goldwater Calls Scranton's Bid For Chicago Debate Ridiculous (original) (raw)
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June 30, 1964
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TRENTON, June 29—Senator Barry Goldwater rejected tonight a request by Gov. William W. Scranton to debate in Chicago tomorrow in front of the Illinois Republican delegation. He said the request was “ridiulous.”
The Arizona Republican issued the statement as he arrived here to the cheers of supporters and the jeers of civil rights pickets. He came to the New Jersey capital to try to increase his support among the 40 New Jersey delegates to the Republican National Convention in July.
Mr. Goldwater also issued a statement through an aide in which he tcrmed the Pennsylvania Governor who is opposing him “a reluctant Republican who voted against his own party on 31 key issues as a freshman Congressman.”
After Mr. Goldwater's appearance before the delegates, Webster Todd, the New Jersey Republican state chairman, said that the delegation had voted to go to San Francisco still officially uncommitted and “to vote when they get there.”
Mr. Todd said that Senator Goldwater had made “a very favorable impression” on the 31 delegates and 31 alternates present.
Mr. Todd said that the Senator had clarified his position on such topics as defoliation in South Vietnam, reapportionment, the United Nations, the Tennessee Valley Authority and civil rights, but he declined to say just what Mr. Goldwater had told them.
Senator Clifford P. Case, who said he was still backing Governor Scranton, told the newsmen that he expected a twothirds majority or more for Mr. Scranton in San Francisco—“and that's conservative.”
Mrs. Judy Fernald, co‐chairman of the New Jersey for Goldwater Committee, said that Mr. Goldwater still had eight hard core delegates and probably had picked up three more. Mrs. Fernald said that the Goldwater people had gone along with the idea that the New Jersey delegation should be unpledged before it arrived in San Francisco for the convention.
Mr. Goldwater flew into the Mercer County Airport at 6:29 P.M. in a chartered plane with an American flag on the tail.
On his arrival Mr. Goldwater issued his statement on Governor Scranton's request for a dehate and spoke for a few minutes to a crowd of about 1,000 Goldwater enthusiasts who had gathered at the airport.
In his statement Mr. Goldwater said:
“I will not debate Scranton. The request is ridiculous. I will debate Democrats. Why should I stand in front of the delegates I already have and argue with another Republican?”
As Senator and Mrs. Goldwater stepped from the plane, the crowd, carrying placards and wearing Goldwater hats, raised a great cheer. When he stepped up on a platform to speak, the crowd chanted “We Want Barry” 25 times.
Senator Goldwater smiled and waved and, when the crowd quieted, he said he was happy to he back in New Jersey after marrying off the last of his daughters.
On the way back from the wedding yesterday in Arizona, he said, he “kept thinking about newspaper reports about how Goldwater wasn’t doing so well in New Jersey.” He continued:
“I wondered what was going on. We have all the delegates and all the people, so we’ll make er.”
Senator Goldwater told the crowd his main concerns were “the way things were going, the way the United States has slipped, the problem of unemployment, the lack of integrity in our Government.”
“I haven’t dedicated myself to destroying Republicans,” Mr. Goldwater said. “I intend to come back here and campaign for any Republican candidate. This state has no business being anything but Republican.”
Mr. Goldwater then proceeded to the Stacy Trent Hotel here, where he met the delegation.
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