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a Princeton student stood by his
convictions despite the criticism he
received in the school's newspaper
for a speech he had delivered on the
Hungarian revolt.
Whatever preferences Tod or the
children may have had, the family
became even more involved in pol
itics after its return to New York
than it had been in Washington. In
1958, Rockefeller won a rousing vic
tory in his campaign for governor of
New York, and that was a year when
Republicans elsewhere were roundly
defeated.
Tod, who had hoped that the re
turn to New York would mark the
end of formal hostessing, found her
self in the vote-getting fray. "We
have always tried as a family to pro
tect ourselves from publicity," Tod
told a newsman when the race for
governor of New York was in full
swing. "But now all that has changed.
Therefore, we now do it differently.
I've gotten used to flash bulbs pop
ping and cameras closing in when
ever Mr. Rockefeller is around."
Playing the part of Governor's
Lady did not come naturally to Tod.
Then, suddenly, the play was over.
The last time she was photographed
with the Governor was on March 8,
1961, the night their mansion burned.
DURING the period when the man
sion was being rebuilt, Albany
saw little of her. She spent most of
her time .in Philadelphia with her
ailing mother. Then, with the immi
nent opening of the reconstructed
governor's home, came the announce
ment that the First Lady of New
York would not be coming back to
live there.
As far back as December, 1961,
vague hints and rumors circulated
about the Governor's romance with
Margaretta Fitler Murphy, the wife
of Dr. James Murphy, a micro
biologist and research assistant
connected with the Rockefeller
Institute. The Murphys had four
children, James, 12; Margaret, 10;
Carol 7; and Malinda, 3, and
were neighbors of the Rockefellers
at Tarrytown, N.Y., and Seal Har
bor, Maine. She had been a volun
teer campaign worker in Nelson's
gubernatorial race and later be
came a paid member of the Gov
ernor's office staff. She resigned in
May, 1961, and just two years later
on May 4, 1963 she married her
"boss."
"Nelson has always been a realist,"
says one of his friends. "His turning
romantic about Mrs. Murphy sur
prised everybody."
The days of loneliness were over
for Rockefeller. But ahead was the
problem of facing the possible pol
itical consequences springing from
the fact that the 54-year-old Gover
nor and his 36-year-old bride pre
viously have been married and di
vorced. No divorced person ever has
been elected President, and only one,
Adlai Stevenson, ever has won a ma
jor party's Presidential nomination.
Two who achieved the White House
Andrew Jackson and Warren G.
Harding did marry divorcees, but
neither had been divorced himself.
Some political observers believe
that the question of whether the
Murphy children live with their
mother and the Governor can well
determine Rockefeller's political fu
ture. (He has enlarged his Manhat-
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So moist, it's easy to slice across for the four layers.
The filling is fluffy and full of creamy Continental flavor
with plenty to go between the four layers. Beautiful.
Different. Yet, Pillsbury makes it all so simple with just
two mixes. Bake up one soon. It's a party on a plate.
tan apartment to include quarters
for young children.) Other observers
point out that, despite his divorce,
he won re-election last year. They
add that a man with an attractive
wife has a better chance than one
who is wifeless through divorce.
Interestingly, Tod herself thought
that divorce should not hamper her
ex-husband's political career.
She contributed $5,000 toward his
1962 campaign fund!
NEXT WEEK
IN FAMILY WEEKLY
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Have YOU ever eaves
dropped inadvertently on
a none-too-flattering conversa
tion about yourself?
Fifteen minutes ago, while mind
ing my own business, I was forced
to listen while two of my friends dis
cussed me.
I have now crawled off to lick my
wounds and to meditate on the fact
that they wouldn't have written me
off so neatly if I weren't guilty of the
same fault myself.
When you hide your light under a
bushel, nobody hurries along with a
candle. When you don't toot your
own horn a little, life is pretty quiet.
When someone gives me a kind
word, I make it plain that it's because
he has temporarily lost his sanity or
because he couldn't think of anything
else to say.
WHEN someone suggests that oc
casionally my writing has merit,
I hasten to explain why he's wrong,
As a result of my eavesdropping,
however, I have decided to assert my
self to the extent that my friends,
real or simulated, will be so impressed
with my assets that they will over
look my liabilities. No longer will I
reveal that my new dress is my sis
ter's old one, that the tasty casserole
isn't my recipe, that I'm actually
slightly bowlegged and afflicted with
an overbite, and that a column which
won a contest isn't actually as good as
the competition which didn't.
From now on, I'm going to be im
portant to myself and then, possibly,
to others as well. I am not going to
remember what I heard behind the
door and believe that what I heard
was absolutely true.
Maybe my friends did me a favor
after all. -
When you sell yourself short, every
body else does, too.
Family Weekly, December 1. 1963
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