Although he was not there in the flesh, Barry Goldwater was much talked about at last week's Governors' Conference. And talked about especially was his position on civil rights.
California's Democratic Governor Pat Brown came right out and charged that Goldwater shares the "position of extreme Southern Governors." That sent newsmen scurrying to ask other Governors where they thought Barry stood. Georgia's Carl Sanders said that in his state Goldwater is widely "thought of as a segregationist." Mississippi's Ross Barnett said he was not sure, but "I understand he's an integrationist." No, argued...
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