Editorial: Soft Johnson Pledge Delivers Quiet Compromise
The piece criticizes President Johnson for a weekend keynote praising readiness to risk war yet favoring just compromise. It argues the talk amounts to appeasement, emboldening the Reds by promising defensive action while avoiding bold policy. The author labels the stance naive and warns it permits Soviet gains.
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Convention’s Political Feud Colors San Francisco Scene
In San Francisco the convention mood mixes sunlit charm with sharp political divisions. Liberals spar with Barry Goldwater supporters as Nixon and Stassen jibe, while The Oakland Tribune mocks Ike with a zipper-lipped cartoon. The piece traces a GOP rift from Goldwater’s rise to a hoped reconciliation at the Golden Gate.
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Baseball as a Big Bore spurs calls for pace changes
Sydney Harris cites Red Smith on a magazine piece by Ed Rommel criticizing baseball delays. Rommel urges a 20 to 21 second pace between pitches and limited conferences to curb inertia. Harris recalls attending a game with his son and notes the sport has become a slow, televised stage rather than a lively contest.
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Open Up That Golden Gate Visit to San Francisco
Morrie Ruskind writes of a San Francisco trip recalling Florence Kahn as a guiding influence thirty years past. He plans to visit Telegraph Hill Chinatown and the Japanese Tea Garden while addressing political matters at a Cow Palace gathering and the Platform Committee regarding the Supreme Court and constitutional powers. He also mentions shadowing Joseph Alsop to locate Goldwater delegates and notes an erratum about John Nance Garner’s Texas ballot listing.
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Goldwater Contends Conservatives Shift in GOP Direction
The article argues that eastern Republicans misread Goldwater as a temporary aberration and suggests a 1964 shift from liberal ivy league ideals to older conservative values. It notes liberals avoiding action, Goldwater’s civil rights stance, and King’s warning amid debates over constitutional rights and integration.
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