Nation: TART, TOUGH & TELEGENIC

EUGENE McCarthy's tart, tough campaign style got national exposure during a memorable television interview following Robert Kennedy's announcement. CBS Correspondent David Schoumacher conducted the quiz in the Green Bay, Wis., studio of WBAY. Excerpts:

Q. I keep hearing there's sort of a rumbling intimation of a deal at some point in the future. Are you prepared to deal with Bobby Kennedy?

A. I'm not really prepared to deal with anybody so far as my candidacy is concerned. I committed myself to a group of young people and, I thought, a rather idealistic group of adults in American society; I said I would be...

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