GOLDWATER GAINS IN MODERATE WING; Some Middle‐Road G.O.P. Congressmen Now Give Him Nominal Support (original) (raw)
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WASHINGTON, July 25 —About half the Republican liberals and moderates in Congress are now planning to give at least nominal support to Senator Barry Goldwater in his campaign for the Presidency.
Four Republican Senators and two Representatives have publicly disassociated themselves from the party's national ticket. Several others may do so before the campaign gets formally under way.
Ultimately, however, it appears that the Arizona conservative will win endorsements, though reluctant or cool for the most part, from a sizable majority of his Congressional colleagues who are identified with the party's more liberal wing.
In most cases, party loyalty and an aversion to aiding the Democratic Presidential ticket seem to be outweighing the antipathy of moderates and liberals to Senator Goldwater and his running mate, Representative William E. Miller of upstate New York.
Those conclusions are based on a survey by The New York Times of 14 Senators and 30 Representatives generally classified as liberal‐to‐moderate Republicans. The poll produced the following statistics:
Supporting the GoldwaterMiller ticket—Seven Senators and 14 Representatives.
Not supporting the ticket—Four Senators and two Representatives.
Undecided — Six Representatives.
No comment — One Senator and three Representatives.
Unavailable for questioningTwo Senators and five Representatives.
The Senators who have disassociated themselves from the ticket are Jacob K. Javits and Kenneth B. Keating of New York, Clifford P. Case of New Jersey and J. Glenn Beall of Maryland. The Representatives are Stanley R. Tupper of Maine and James G. Fulton of Pennsylvania.
“When I vote,” Mr. Fulton said, “I intend to write in the name of Gov. William W. Scranton. If he says it will embarrass him, then I'll write in the name of Bishop John J. Wright of Pittsburgh. Bishop Wright is a Catholic and I'm a Presbyterian, but at least he's not a ‘new guard’ Republican.”
The others were less adamant and said they hoped Mr. Goldwater would modify his views on civil rights, foreign affairs and several other issues so that they could support him. However, they were not optimistic over the prospects.
Three New Yorkers were among the six Representatives who said they Had not yet decided whether to back the national ticket.
One, John V. Lindsay of Manhattan, is expected to announce next week that he will not support Senator Goidwater. He may be joined by one or both of the others, Seymour Halpern of Forest Hills and Ogden R. Reid of Purchase.
Paul A. Fino of the Bronx was unavailable for questioning but was believed to be weighing a decision.
Among the 21 Senators and Representatives who indicated their support for Mr. Goidwater, many made it clear that their decision had been difficult and distasteful.
“I'm going to live with it—support the ticket, that is,” Representative Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey said. “I'm going to put more emphasis on my own voting record and my own views. But I don't think any of us will gain much ground by agitating at the moment.”
The endorsement of Senator Winston L. Prouty of Vermont was similar.
“I have always supported the Republican Presidential nominee and I shall vote for Senator Goidwater,” he said. “If he is elected, I shall support his policies when I think they are right and oppose them when I think they are wrong.”
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont said he considered himself bound by a promise to support the Republican National Convention's choice. He made the promise in his nominating speech for Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine.
Senator Smith could not be reached, despite repeated efforts over three days, for comment on the Goidwater candidacy. United Press International quoted her as saying in an interview last Monday that, as a Republican, “I accept the decision of the Republican majority and will support all the nominees.”
Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania was also unavailable. He was reported to be putting off a statement until he had consulted other Republican candidates in his state.
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California declined to state his position, and there was no indication whether he would do so.
Senators signifying their support for the Goldwater‐Miller ticket, in addition to Mr. Prouty and Mr. Aiken, were John Sherman Cooper and Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky, J. Caleb Boggs of Delaware, Hiram L. Fong of Hawaii and Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts.
Representatives backing the ticket, in addition to Mr. Frelinghuysen, included Robert R. Barry and John W. Wydler, New York; Abner W. Sibal, Connecticut; Rogers C. B. Morton, Maryland; William S. Broomfield and George Meader, Michigan; John F. Baldwin, California, and James C. Cleveland, New Hampshire.
Also backing him were Charles A. Mosher, Ohio; John C. Kuchel and Richard S. Schweiker, Pennsylvania; Robert T. Stafford, Vermont, and Thor C. Tollefson, Washington.
Those undecided, in addition to Representatives Lindsay, Reid and Halpern, were Silvio O. Conte and F. Bradford Morse, Massachusetts, and Fred Schwengel, Iowa.
Representatives unavailable for comment, in addition to Mr. Fino, were George M. Wallhauser and William T. Cahill, New Jersey; Charles McC. Mathias, Maryland, and Charles E. Bennett, Michigan.
Representatives who declined to comment were Florence P. Dwyer, New Jersey, and Robert J. Corbett and Irving J. Whalley, Pennsylvania.
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