The nation . didnt win an\ \when he addressed the various cau-cuses held during the convention,hut he made friends, as the com-ments ol the delegates showed, andIn stamped his image firmly on theparty. The curious thing about allthis is that Rockefeller incnhis stature while disturbing some delegates and bringing down on him-self the wrath ol the professionalsin charge ol the Nixon kept his drive out in the open, lie had nothing to | sitting down with the pros, whowin against him anyway, and hesincerely believed, as he said repeat-edly, that the wide-rangi
The nation . didnt win an\ \when he addressed the various cau-cuses held during the convention,hut he made friends, as the com-ments ol the delegates showed, andIn stamped his image firmly on theparty. The curious thing about allthis is that Rockefeller incnhis stature while disturbing some delegates and bringing down on him-self the wrath ol the professionalsin charge ol the Nixon kept his drive out in the open, lie had nothing to | sitting down with the pros, whowin against him anyway, and hesincerely believed, as he said repeat-edly, that the wide-ranging debatein and out ol the platform commit-tee stimulated interest in the , he could tell the pros .> to hell because, it Nixon wins,Rockefeller must expect them toshut him out eight years from the other hand, if the Republi-thc 1960 election aftertheir crushing defeat in 1958, therewill he a shakcup in the party thatwill bring new men to power, andRockefeller will be their rallying. it. Nixon acknowledged thispublicly on tin morning after hisnomination, when be told New Yoikdelegates that he would work withand through the Governor on allleadership problems, lb also prom-ised, it elected, that the stateparty organization, winch Rockefel-ler firmly controls, would be thechannel through which all federalpatronage would be dispensed. Ibis open recognition that Rocke-feller must be consulted also has wider significance. Since the NewYorker has reserved his right tospeak out on national and world af-fairs a> lie sees tit, the Democratsmust, ot necessity, be prepared toswing to the belt of him. Ibis, alone,it was calculated here, could be afactor in pushing through a social-security old-age medical care bill. I be Democrats have the votes topass the bill. They also have theknowledge that President Eisenhow-er opposes it, but since the Presidentgave what amounted to carte blancheto Nixon to write his own ticket, theSouthern Democrats would be puton the sp
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