Johnson Looks Toward Conservative Economic Policy
Washington officials Hodges and Wirtz predicted Johnson will favor the business side and pursue private efforts to lift employment. They cautioned a tax cut is key to sustained growth, while warning against relying on government action alone. Hodges urged expanding exports and private investment to spur jobs and reduce poverty.
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GOP Senate Scene Shifts to North After Kennedy Assassination
Senate Republican Campaign Chairman Thruston Morton said the party’s focus for new Senate seats has moved from the South to Northern states including Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Maine and New Jersey after President Kennedy’s assassination. He warned Johnson’s Southern image may be tested and pledged a hard fight in the South while eyeing stronger trade with Communist nations except Red China.
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Goldwater Signals Softened Civil Rights Stance
In Washington Goldwater, after announcing his candidacy in Arizona, argued civil rights progress should come gradually without federal force. He warned of war risks from rapid change, admitted a small shift toward federal intervention in desegregation disputes, but rejected federal legislation as the solution. He predicted a Senate filibuster over the public accommodations clause and favored private, gradual desegregation with moral persuasion from the President.
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Rockefeller Returns to Campaign Amid Goldwater Clash
Nelson Rockefeller resumes campaigning in New Hampshire amid a heated clash with Barry Goldwater over party ideology. Rockefeller defends federal civil rights action and social programs while labeling himself liberal on human concerns and conservative on economics, arguing debates with Goldwater are unnecessary yet provocative.
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