Before the Storm (114 page)

265
There was the usual background noise:
For Chou En-lai, see LAT, January 5, 1964, A22; for Ceylon, LAT, January 2, 1964, A27; for allies selling to Cuba, LAT, February 10, 1964; for France recognizing China, LAT, February 13, 1964. “It's
been a generation or more”:
“Newsgram,” USN, December 30, 1963.

266 For
Meet the Press
journey and studio scene, see Robert Novak,
The Agony of the GOP 1964
(New York: Macmillan, 1965), 279. Transcript is in DK, Box
4/Meet the Press.

266 For Len Hall quote, see NYHTEN, January 22, 1964.

267 For Michigan airport demonstration, see CT, January 5, 1964. For hiring of Viguerie and move to Washington: author interview with Viguerie, William Rusher,
The Rise of the Right
(New York: Morrow, 1984), 75; and Ivan Sinclair to Dr. Keating, January 8, 1964: LBJWHNG.
One letter to donors brought in $10,000:
“Dear Friend,” January 18, 1963, FCW, Box 19/Y AF. For five hundred new members figure, see Matthew Dallek, “Young Americans for Freedom, 1960-1964” (master's thesis, Columbia University, 1993), 55.

267 Michigan speech transcript: RAC, Box 10/781.

267 For departure from Michigan, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
310.

268 For New Hampshire itinerary, see William Gill memo, FCW, Box 8/Briefing Notebook—New Hampshire.

268 For arrival, see “Fastest Gun,”
Newsweek,
January 20, 1964; and F. Clifton
White with William Gill,
Suite 3505: The Story of the Draft Goldwater Movement
(New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1967), 284.

268 For Kefauver and the New Hampshire primary catechism, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
301.

268 My sources for William Loeb and the
Manchester Union Leader
are Eric P. Veblen,
The Manchester Union Leader in New Hampshire Elections
(Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 1975); “That Stinking Hypocrite,”
Time,
May 20, 1957 (for McCarthy headline);
The Nation,
April 26, 1999; and
Life,
November 1, 1963. For quotes about NAR, see
Manchester Union Leader,
July 1, 1963, 1.

269 For the advice of O'Donnell and Moley, see Lee Edwards,
Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 1995), 205. For Loeb, see Edwards, “The Unforgettable Candidate,” NR, July 6, 1998. White's briefing book is noted in White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
287; copy in FCW, Box 8/Briefing Notebook—New Hampshire.

269 Opening January 8, 1964, press conference is in RAC, Box 10/782.

269
At the Concord Monitor:
Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
311.
“Barry Goldwater, aspirant”:
NYT, January 9, 1964.

270 For Nashua and Amherst home visits and Rotary Club: NYT, January 9, 1964, A32;
Newsweek,
January 20, 1964. For St. Anselm's: White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
285.

270 Post-State of the Union address press conference is in RAC, Box 10/786. McNamara's response: NYT, January 10, 1964.

271
“I think both 'em went to extremes”:
LBJ and Russell conversation, 11:25 a.m., January 10, 1964, LBJT 6401.10/26. For Stennis, see January 10, 1964, BMG statement, FSA, Box 4.

271 The culture clash between the Pentagon and JFK/LBJ Administrations is examined in George C. Herring, “Conspiracy of Silence: LBJ, the Joint Chiefs, and Escalation of the War in Vietnam,” in Gardner and Ted Gittinger, eds.,
Vietnam: The Early Decisions
(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997); H. R. McMaster,
Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
(New York: HarperCollins, 1997); Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow, eds.,
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuba Missile Crisis
(Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997), 1-43; Curtis LeMay,
Mission with LeMay: My Story
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965); Richard Rhodes, “The General and World War III,”
The New Yorker,
June 19, 1995; and the novel by Fletcher Kebel and Charles W. Bailey II,
Seven Days in May
(New York: Harper and Row, 1962), and the film based on it (1964). Thomas Power quote is in Herring, “Conspiracy of Silence.”

272 The Anderson and LeMay quotes are in Herring. For their job changes, see HE clip in FCW, Box 19/Kennedy.

272 For “triad” standard, see Taylor Branch,
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998), 147. For new emphasis on missiles, see Michael Beschloss, ed.,
Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997), 119. For air power inferiority
complex, see April 23, 1955, BMG speech,
Congressional Record,
5221-24.
“This is the first time in our history”:
White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
288. For similar sentiments, see LeMay in
Life,
September 1, 1961; Stefan Possony in National
Security: Political, Economic, and Military Strategies for the Decade Ahead,
ed. David M. Abshire (New York: Praeger, 1963).

272 For B-70 and RS-70 affair, see Marquis Childs, “Why McNamara Lost His Temper,” WP, January 17, 1964; “Nuclear Stalemate v. Nuclear Superiority,” in Francis M. Carney and Frank H. Way, eds.,
Politics 1964
(Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1964), 29; Raymond D. Senter, TNR, September 1964; and LeMay,
Mission with LeMay.
LeMay's memoir, which he wrote immediately upon retirement from the Air Force, tracks Goldwater's strategic doctrines almost identically.
“I say fear the civilians”:
LBJ handbill, FCW, Box 1/California.

273 For poll on Berlin, see GP, 1729.
“In some circumstances”:
Thomas C. Reeves,
A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy
(New York: Free Press, 1991), citing SEP, March 31, 1962.

273
ABC Reports ran the obligatory:
transcript, RAC, Box 10/787.

273 For bad language, see George Dixon, WP, January 16, 1964.

273 Pittsfield canvass is in White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
290.

274 BMG's call for probe is in statement released January 10, 1964, at RNC meeting in FSA, Box 4. For White demotion, O'Donnell purge, and Arizona team, see White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
265-67; Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
284-85. For Republicans plotting to knock him out, see
Newsweek,
January 20, 1964. For Happy at the meeting, see “GOP Has a Busy Evening,” WP, January 11, 1964. For Romney, see NYT, January 8, 1964, 27.

274 For Scranton meeting, see Theodore H. White,
The Making of the President 1964
(New York: Atheneum, 1965), 109-10; George D. Wolf,
William Warren Scranton: Pennsylvania Statesman
(State College: Penn State Press, 1981), 89-90;
Time,
November 22, 1963; and White with Gill, Suite
3505
, 385. For ratings: Richard Wilson, LAT, February 2, 1964.

275 For Scranton family biography, see White,
Making of the President 1964,
195, 235; and Wolf,
William Warren Scranton,
10-13.

275 For Scranton biography, see Wolf, 13-33. 275 For automation statistic, see C. Vann Woodward,
The Strange Career of Jim Crow,
3d ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973), 192. On Pennsylvania and Scranton economics, see Arthur Herzog, “A Visit with Governor Scranton,”
Think
(November/December 1963); and Theodore White,
Life,
February 28, 1964. Chafee quote is from
Proceedings of the 28th Republican National Convention
(Washington, D.C.: Republican National Committee, 1964), 66. On the automation scare generally, see “Magnetic Ribbons Grab More Jobs: They Run Tools, Monitor Rockets,” WSJ, June 5, 1959, 1A. For a demurral, see Barry Goldwater, “Automation Will Bring Greater Prosperity,” HE, April 18, 1964.

276 The Scranton Plan is described by Wolf,
William Warren Scranton,
35. “Private leak” quote is in Henry Brandon, “A Talk with Governor Scranton,”
Saturday
Review, April 1964. For “the best informed man” quote, see Wolf,
William Warren Scranton,
35.

276 For Detroit statistic, see Thomas J. Sugrue,
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
(Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996), 94. For Philadelphia, see Branch,
Pillar of Fire,
296. For Kennedy's concessions on minimum wage, see Tom Wicker,
JFK and LBJ: The Influence of Personality upon Politics
(Baltimore: Penguin, 1968), 83-120.

276 For Scranton's support in Rules Committee fight, see Wicker, 77-80. For voting with Administration and depressed areas bill, see Wolf,
William Warren Scranton,
54-58.
“What it boils down to”:
SEP, January 18, 1964. For his success in his first year as governor, see Wolf,
William Warren Scranton,
107. Posters noted in Herzog, “A Visit with Governor Scranton.”

277
“I probably will give even deeper thought”:
White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
259.
“Scranton appears
to have
opened”:
AP report cited in White with Gill, 260. NYHT editorial was December 23, 1963. For
Today
show prediction, see transcript in RAC, Box 10/811.
Life
profile ran February 28, 1964.

277 For support going into RNC meeting, and Keisling and Traux, see Wolf,
William Warren Scranton,
94. For Ripon Society founding, see NYT, January 6, 1964; manifesto reprinted in Thomas E. Petri and Lee W. Huebner, eds.,
The Ripon Papers: The Politics of Moderation, 1963-1968
(Washington, D.C.: National Press, 1968), 3-6. Also from author interview with Congressman Barney Frank.

278 Scranton's year-end address and write-in nix is in Wolf,
William Warren Scranton,
73.

278 For scene at RNC meeting, see Wolf, 94 (for the party); “Scranton in GOP Limelight,” WP, January 11, 1964;
Newsweek,
January 20, 1964 (for McCabe quote); Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
270 (for press conference).

278
The New York Times Magazine ran:
“Portrait of a Not-So-Dark Horse,” NYTM, January 12, 1964; “Bill Scranton, a Reluctant Candidate” and “The Logical Candidate,” SEP, January 18, 1964.
And opined his columnist brother Joseph:
see NYHT letter to editor, January 29, 1964.

279 For second luncheon, see White with Gill,
Suite 3505
, 361; and “GOP Pros Make Move Toward Gov. Scranton,” NYHTEN, January 22, 1964.
“Only if faced with”:
LAT, January 20, 1964, A6.
“What does it show Johnson-Scranton?”:
Beschloss, ed.,
Taking Charge,
172. For Young Republican training seminar, see
The Reporter,
February 27, 1964.

279 For Pittsburgh donnybrook, see White with Gill,
Suite 3505,
274. For Los Angeles, see “Goldwater Fans Told to Restrain ‘Picketing,' ” LAT, January 1, 1964. For speech transcripts, see RAC, Box 10/799.

279 For Mary Scranton's veto, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
298; and “Scranton Pulls Out of Primary Race in NH,” LAT, February 4, 1964.

280 NAR's New Hampshire campaigning is depicted in Harold Faber, ed.,
The Road to the White House: The Story of the 1964 Election by the Staff of the New York Times
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965), 26; and National Broadcasting Company,
Somehow It Works: A Candid Portrait of the 1964 Presidential Election
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965), 12-28, which transcribes NBC news coverage. For French-Canadian gambit, see Robert Alan Goldberg,
Barry Goldwater
(New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1995), 186.

280
“What can we tell our young people”: Life,
November 1, 1963. On NAR's organizational difficulties, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
313. For ballot and delegates, see Charles Brereton, “1964: A Yankee Surprise,”
Historical New Hampshire
42, no. 3 (1987).

280 For NAR frugality, see Novak,
Agony of the GOP,
317; and NYHTEV, January 29, 1964. For NBC art program: Jon Margolis,
The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964: The Beginning of the “Sixties”
(New York: Morrow, 1999), 106.
“How can there be”:
Goldberg,
Barry Goldwater,
186;
ABC Reports,
January 9, 1964, transcript in RAC, Box 10/787. For “Robin Hood” exchange, see LAT, January 17, 1964, A1; and
Newsweek,
January 20, 1964.

281 For “Rockefeller Campaign Express,” see RAC, Box 12/946. For Manhattan office: ibid., February 15, 1964. For D.C. offices: WS, February 7, 1964.
“All a public relations man has to do”:
FCW, Box 8/New York Newsmen's Opinions on Political Situation.

281 For 1962 N.H. election and Lamphrey and Cotton: Veblen,
Manchester Union Leader,
11, 18, 163; Stephen Shadegg,
What Happened to Goldwater?:
The Inside
Story of the 1964 Republican Campaign
(New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1965), 94; Brereton, “Yankee Surprise”; and White with Gill,
Suite 3505.
For schedule: ibid., 291; and author interview with Lee Edwards. The Q&As at each New Hampshire stop are meticulously transcribed in RAC, Box 10.
“The voters of the Granite State”:
January 16, 1964, Seymour address, WAR, 155/8.

282 For Goldmark case: “Libel Suit Ending as Left vs. Right Debate,” WP, January 16, 1964. Shetland pony story is in SEP, March 14, 1964; and Faber, ed.,
Road to the White House,
19.

282
“Why the hell am I doing this?”:
ibid.

282
“I'm glad he has one foot in a cast”: Newsweek,
January 20, 1964.
The AP's Walter Mears:
Goldberg,
Barry Goldwater,
185.