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Survey Shovs GOP Officials
Protest Citizens Committee
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press International
Washington-NPD - The Na
tional Republican Citizens
committee, a pet project of
Former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, has kicked up
a first class row among GOP
party leaders.
Many of them have been
grumbling and asking ques
tions since its formation was
revealed in a casual announce
ment during the all Repuo
licrm conference on the Eisen
hower farm at Gettysburg,
Pa., June 30.
A United Press Internation
al survey showed some critics
fear the project will set off
warfare inside the party and
drain away campaign funds.
They do not want it function
ing in their state. Some also
are worried that it will try
to dictate the nomination of
the 1964 Republican presiden
tial candidate.
Among these is Conserva
tive Sen. Barry Goldwater of
Arizona who protested vig
orously that the new organiza
tion would be a force of dis
unity. Swift rebuttals came
from Eisenhower and GOP
National Chairman William
E. Miller, who said it would
help broaden the base of the
party. But Goldwater, regard
ed as presidential timber by
some party elements, refused
to be appeased.
Chief purpose of the com
mittee is to recruit support for
Republican candidates from
people who are not active in
the regular party organiza
tion. Its sponsors regard it as
a long-range program to
strengthen the GOP but with
no significant role to play in
the state and congressional
elections this November.
Groups in Past
Both political parties have
had citizens' or volunteer
groups working in the past
for specific candidates in spe
cific campaigns. The new
project is being set up on a
permanent basis.
Republican leaders look up
on Walter N. Thayer, presi
dent of the New York Herald
Tribune, as father of the
movement. But some also be
lieve Eisenhower twisted arms
to get it accepted by GOP
national headquarters and the
party leadership in Congress.
Because of the static gen
crated by the June 30 an
nouncement, 44 GOP state
chairmen and national com
mittee members were ques
tioned by United Press Inter
national in 33 states.
Of these, 12 individuals in
11 states were critical or hos
tile, six were non-committal
and 14 in 10 states said they
thought the project was a
good idea.
Twelve others in 11 states
gave "yes, but" replies. They
thought the committee could
be useful if its work were
coordinated with the regular
party organization and did not
compete with or duplicate its
work.
Comments Noted
Some of the comments:
"We have yet to see any
demonstrable evidence as to
how they can help us," said
New York State Chairman L.
Judson Morehouse of New
York. "We welcome new peo
ple but we want to make sure
they work in a coordinating
fashion."
"It can drop dead,'' said
Wisconsin National Commit
teeman Robert Pierce. "I
don't care whether it exists
or not."
"I feel that it will be a
useful tool when used as an
integral part of the party it
self and not to increase dis
sension," said Winthrop Rock
efeller, Arkansas National
Committeeman and brother of
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of
New York.
"It's basically ridiculous,"
said Mississippi State Chair
man Wirt Yerger Jr. "I think
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GCP PROJECT The National Republican
Citizens committee, a pet project of former
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (right), has
kicked up a first class row among GOP
leaders. Many have been grumbling and
asking questions since its formation was
revealed in a casual announcement during
an all Republican conference at the Eisen
hower farm at Gettysburg, Pa., June 30.
Some are worried that it will try to dictate
the nomination of the 1964 Republican
Presidential candidate. Among these is Con
servative Senator Barry Goldwater of Ari
zona (left), who protested vigorously that
the organization would be a force of dis
unity. (UPI Telephoto)
it should dry up."
"I haven't been impressed
with any of the these citizen
committees," s a i d a veteran
national committeeman.
"That's the consensus of most
people in politics. The big
thing for Republicans or
Democrats is to line up sup
port for candidates in a uni
fied way. The more they
splinter, the more trouble
they have.
Iowa State Chairman
George Nagle said he did not
want to criticize Eisenhower
but he regarded the commit
tee as "an unnecessary ad
junct to the party at this
time."
Some party leaders con
ceded the new organization
could tap manpower and
money not available to the
regular party organization.
But one summed up some ob
jections by saying that the
term, citizens committee, "is
just a dirty word" to many
political professionals.
There is no evidence that
the committee now favors
any specific possibility for the
1964 presidential nomination.
But there is widespread be
lief among Republicans that
it would oppose the nomina
tion of Goldwater.
"I think the committee is
concerned with the 1964
presidential election and I
think that is its only pur
pose," said Antony Battag.ia,
Florida national committee
man. "I think the founders are
too smart to back any pri
mary candidate in the 1964
election," said California Na
tional Committeeman Joseph
Martin Jr.
Unpublicited Meeting
Preparations for the proj
ect were made at an unpubli
cized meeting at Gettysburg
last Dec. 12 and 13. A report
on that meeting was circulat
ed to a select group of Re
publicans last spring.
Participants included Ei-
University Receives Two
Federal Research Grants
Eugene - The Institute for
Community Studies at the
University of Oregon has re
ceived two research grants,
totaling more than $168,000,
from the U. S. office of edu
cation. They will support research
projects designed to find out
how people react to educa-,
tional innovations and how
people make decisions con
cerning education at the local
level.
A three year grant of $102,
866 will be devoted to a "Com
parative Experimental Study
of Altitudes Towards Educa
tional Innovations in the
Community."
The principal investigator
will be Dr. Robert E. Agger,
research associate in the In
stitute and associate professor
of political science. He will be
assisted by Dr. Marshall N.
Goldstein, research associate
and director of the univer
sity's current study of educa
tional television.
Assist In Summer -
Also assisting during the
summer months will be Dr.
Bert E. Swanson, former uni
versity graduate student, who
is now a Citizenship Clearing
House Faculty Fellow with
the New York Housing au
thority and assistant professor
of political science at Sarah
Lawrence college.
The study will attempt to
find out the extent of public
awareness of innovations in
the local schools, the citizens'
initial reactions and attitudes
toward these innovations, and
the changes which occur in
these attitudes as the innova-
Dennis the Menace
tions become a part of estab
lished school policy.
The second grant of $68,750
will make possible an investi
gation of "Group Influences
and Issues in Educational Decision-Making
at the Local
Community Level."
Chief investigator in the
two year project will be Dr.
Roland J. Pellegrin, director
of the Institute for Commun
ity Studies and professor of
sociology, with Dr. Keith
Goldhammer, director of the
university's bureau of educa
tional research and professor
of education, acting as co-investigator.
This study will attempt to
find out the way in which
various groups in the com
munity influence decisions
concerning local .education.
The researchers hope to dis
cover the extent to which cer
tain groups may become in
volved in decision-making on
particular issues, for instance,
school bond elections, while
having no influence on other
educational matters.
In addition to the precise
data which the researchers
hope to gain, the studies also
will be useful for developing
new techniques and methods
of community analysis, for
training graduate students in
the skills of field research,
and for providing local edu
cators with guidelines for un
derstanding public opinion
and community power struc
tures and their effects on ed
ucational decisions and
changes.
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Plans Start For
Naval Air Reserve
Plans are under way to es
tablish a Naval air reserve
unit in the Rogue valley that
is affiliated with the Naval
air reserve in Seattle.
If sufficient interest is
shown in the program, the
group will fly for one week
end each month from Med
ford to Sandpoint Naval Air
Station, Seattle.
Persons who have held
Naval aviation ratings, Naval
officers and pilots are eligible
to apply.
Additional information may
be obtained from Chief Ship
fitter Don Milligan, 664-1756,
at 160 Bigham dr., Central
Point. Information needed is
name, address, age, rate, rat
ing, date of discharge or date
of expiration of enlistment.
If sufficient interest is
shown in the Rogue valley for
such a reserve unit a Naval
Air reserve recruiting team
from Seattle will visit the
area.
senhower and 13 other Re
publicans, most of whom had
been active in GOP citizens
committees in previous cam
paigns. The regular organiza
tion was represented only by
National Chairman Miller.
The GOP bloc in Congress
was not represented. Senate
GOP Leader Everett M. Dirk
sen, 111., and House Republi
can Leader Charles A. Hal
leck, Ind., later journeyed to
Gettysburg to gel a briefing
from Eisenhower but still ap
peared unhappy.
The report on the meeting
described the proposed com
mittee as a long-range project
to strengthen the GOP with
out competing with or dupli
cating )he work of the reguhir
organization. It ali.T said the
committee would not be a
vehicle for any Republican
factions.
According to that report,
the committee would "stress,
point up and articulate the
fundamental and bedrock
principles upon which all Re
publicans agree."
Interested on National Level
The report recalled that
Eisenhower had praised for
mer GOP citizen groups and
had said he had worked to
enlist the people in the regu
lar party organization. It said
this effort failed because local
GOP organizations often
showed "no burning desire to
fill their ranks with this new
kind of blood" and because
many in the volunteer groups
were interested in politics
and candidates only at the
national level.
Invitations were sent June
30 by a 17-member organiz
ing committee to persons who
might want to join after pay
ment of dues ranging from !
$10 a year for junior mem
bers to $1,000 to $3,000 one
shot contributions for found
ing members.
Thayer recently visited
Goldwater to discuss the com
mittee. According to Gold
water, they had a pleasant
conversation but parted still
in disagreement.
The committee is expected
to open a Washington head
quarters soon. Eisenhower is
honorary chairman but the
working chairman is still to
be named.
Vice chairman named in
the June 30 invitation were:
James B. Black. San Francis
co; Peter M. Flanigan, New
York; Barbara Bates Gunder
son, former South Dakota na
tional committee member;
George Herrmann, Chicago;
David O. Maxwell, Philadel
phia; James L. Murphy, San
Francisco; Robert A. Rowan,
Los Angeles; Stanley M.
Rumbough Jr., New York,
and James C. Worthy, Chi
cago. Joseph E. Sheffield, Cam
den, S.C., was listed as fi
nance chairman, John , L.
Loeb Jr., New York, as trcas
urer and Ann Whitman,
Eisenhower's former personal
secretary, as executive secretary.
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