Lonesome George McGovern may have his political problems, but money, the traditional bane of most presidential aspirants, is apparently not one of them. His campaign, which staffers boast is the "best financed" of any Democratic contender, is running $200,000 in the black, and should become $300,000 blacker by the end of the year. The reason: a variety of fund-raising gimmicks. McGovern has used direct-mail solicitations overseen by Morris Dees (a Montgomery-based wizard who made his millions in the mail-order business). There have been conventional fund-raising luncheons like one in New York City last week, where 1,350 "Business and Professional Men...
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