Ace in the Hole
On the chance that Dick Nixon will not choose to run in 1964, and that Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller will stalemate the G.O.P. nomination, some Western Republican bigwigs have been sizing up Oregon's young, handsome Governor Mark Hatfield as a possible regional favorite son. Two of California's just-retired party leaders-former Chairman George Milias and ex-Finance Chairman Bob Power-led off the parade to Salem, followed shortly by the director of the G.O.P. Senate Campaign Committee, Vic Johnston, and, most recently, by several leading Los Angeles County politicians. The Californians...
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