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1, 6., Monday, October 26, 1970 ITHACA JOURNAL 11: Monday, October 26, 1970 ITHACA JOURNAL 11' Daily News Poll Shows Buckley Ahead Ne Goodell Saw He Won't Dro GO 11 ord el tate Race Liberals, Sen. Jacob K. Javits of behind the first wave of results New York and Sen. Charles H. from the statewide New York effect, withdraw, throwing his support to Ottinger, even though his name would remain on the ballot.

very agonizing moment for me." After the broadcast, however, he said he had never been "very close" to withdrawing from the contest against Ottinger and Buckley. By JACK GERMOND Gannett News Service Sen. Charles Goodell, in his much-touted television broadcast Sunday night, tried to make a virtue of adversity. Like a losing crap shooter calling for double or nothing, Goodell urged New Yorkers to support him because he is so besieged by what he calls "the hard-headed political militants in the White House." By JACK GERMO: Gannett News Sell Sen. Charles Goodell much-touted tel( broadcast Sunday night make a virtue of adversi Like a losing crap calling for double or Goodell urged New Yo support him because besieged by what he hard-headed political in the White House." Goodell was on camera for 20- minutes of heroics in which he pictured himself as threatened by "the flaming sword of retribution" wielded by Vice President Agnew and, by implication, by President Nixon himself.

Goodell pulled out all stops, quoting everyone from a student, to a Puerto Rican, to a waitress whose son had died in Vietnam. Then two other Republican showed him running third, that fact alone would cause Liberal-minded Goodell supporters to desert to Ottinger in great numbers to thwart Buckley. And if that happened, Goodell would be irretrievably lost. Thus when Goodell laid out $7,500 for a half-hour of prime television time Sunday to be shown in New York City and some Upstate areas the rumor flew that Goodell would, in Daily News straw poll. It showed the Conservative candidate, James Buckley, solidly in front for the first time, leading with 37 per cent, while Democratic Representative Richard L.

Ottinger had 30 per cent and Republican-Liberal Goodell trailed with 24 per cent. Some of Goodell's advisors felt that if the initial News poll Percy of Illinois, came on the screen to add their testimonials. The boradcast had attracted widespread attention because of day-long speculation that Goodell might withdraw from the Senate race. But it proved to be nothing more than a campaign telecast. Who started this rumor was not clear, but it came right The object would be to frustrate the candidate favored by the Nixon-Agnew Administration and the GOP right wing.

Goodell said, on camera, that he had been "anguishing" about his decision and that it was "a "I have had lots of counsel and I've anguished over this and I believe it would be wrong for me to obeisantly yield to forces of the I'm going to do V.I!rr0M,S,MMflrMOknrNer.14.,.M Buckley Wants Nixon Backing 1 Buckley War everything I can to fight those forces," Goodell said on camera. At another point, referring to Agnew, he said: "Whatever happens to this election, I'm not going to let anybody define me out of the Republican party." Goodell pictured himself as much-abused. He pictured himself as a man who had "made a lot of enemies" and then subjected to "slings and arrows" and who had even been approached by the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, Bernard Lasker, who asked him to "accommodate my After the broadcast, however, Goodell said that Lasker's call on him had been "a perfectly legitimate thing for him to do." Thus, when it was all over, Goodell's celebrated television broadcast was not a great deal different from those that candidates are making all over the country with the election eight days away. He made the appearance because of the New York Daily News Poll showing him a poor third in the Senate campaign. But there was no revelation of 1 anything that would change those figures overnight.

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tk it ,4 0 I 44' t' i-4 't i S' 41 i ii." I ,,,,,,,,44 Lbw, 4, ir iff -I tti It 44.1...awatiro...m.ok Three New York Senate candidates Republican-liberal Charles Goodell, Consenatile James Buckley, and Democrat Richard Ottinger relax Sunday after debat on CBS-TV in New York. earryn re 2 020 Tax Charge May Defeat Candidate Paid Political Advertiornent By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. So close is James L. Buckley to capturing a seat in the U.S. Senate for the fringe Conservative Party of New York that his political handlers are pressing hard for an outright endorsement by President Nixon.

To that end, campaign managers of the crew-cut, 47-yearold candidate are now quietly passing this word to Buckley allies in the White House, including Nixon's oldest political ader, Murray Chotiner: a straightforward, 1 ow-keyed Ni on endorsement would move thousands of regular Republicans, ranging from moderate to conservative, into the Buckley voting column next Tuesday They base this conclusion on polls showing that Nixon now enjoys a popularity rating of 56 per cent in New York State. They think that is high enough to give him direct influence in this paramount Senate contest between Buckley, Democratic Rep. Richard Ottinger, and the liberal Republican incumbent, Sen. Chales E. Goodell.

Considering what President Nixon has already done to stab Republican Goodell in the back, an outright endorsement cannot be ruled out. Nixon unleashed Vice President Spiro Agnew one month ago to grease the skids for Goodell by attacking him as a "radic lib" who, unlike Buckley, could not be trusted as a Senate ally of the President. Since then, Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who is supporting Goodell, has been unable to get the President on the telephone. And, on Oct.

12 in a little-noted ploy, the President tipped TAt. n'rt -t By ROWLAND and ROBERT NI PLATTSBUI So close is James L. capturing a seat in thi ate for the fringe Co Party of New York tt itioal handlers are hard for an outrigh ment by President Ni To that end, camp agers of the crew-co old candidate are n1 passing this word to lies in the White Hot, ing Nixon's oldest pl vis er, Murray Ch straightforward, I Ni con endorsement thousands of regula cans, ranging from conservative, into tt voting column next They base this cm polls showing that enjoys a popularity per cent in New They think that is to give him direct id this paramount Seni between Buckley, I Rep. Richard Offing' liberal Republican Sen. nCshidaelersinEg E.

Gwohoadt Nixon has already di Republican Goodell i an outright endorsen be ruled out. Nixon Vice President Spiro month ago to greasl for Goodell by attact a "radic lib" who, ley, could not be tr Senate ally of the Pr Since then, Reput Nelson Rockefeller, porting Goodell, has ble to get the Presii telephone. And, on Oct. 12 i noted ploy, the Presi Paid Political Advortisomnt the Buckley camp that he would take off after his trip to Connecticut not from Bradley Airfield near Hartford, where Air Force I had landed, but at the Westchester County Airport in New York. When the President arrived at Westchester by helicopter, he was met by several hundred Buckley backers (and plunged right into the midst of them for pictures).

Partly because of this presidential help, Buckley is now running a close second to Ottinger. The liberal New York Post's endorsement of Ottinger instead of Goodell was a clear signal to Manhattan politicians of the growing fear in liberal ranks of Buckley's fast pace. With Buckley already pulling about one-third of the committed vote, a split between the two liberalsOttinger and Goodell would vastly enhance his prospect of winning. The anti-Buckley goal, then, must be to throw as much voting strength as possible to Ottinger, even though it means sacrificing the candidate Goodell who many liberals feel in their hearts deserves their support. Thus, the closer Ottinger and Buckley run in the polls this week, the greater will be thE liberal defection from Goodell.

But Buckley is picking up new support on his own. Carefully toning down his rightest rhetoric (exception to cheering hard hats in American Legion halls), he has made himself a credible, and somewhat bland, candidate, fully as respectable in Conservative Party colors as other lawand-order senate candidates who are wearing the Republican label in other states. But one of his greatest assets is Republican anger, fueled by the White House, at the leftward move of Goodell. Here in the North Country last Friday, for example, Buckley saw precious few Conservative Party members, but anti-Goodell Republican dignitaries turned put in surprising numbers: members of county Republican committees defying Rockefeller's pro-Goodell edict, regular Republicans engaged in factional strife with local party leaders, and such party stalwarts as Rep. Robert McKewen who met with Buckley in Watertown.

Buckley's nimble-witted manager, F. Clifton White, has no easy answer to the obvious fact that the closer Buckley comes to Ottinger in the polls, the more Goodell's liberal support will move to reinforce Ottinger. All he can do is exhort his legions of conservative and lawand-order campaign workers to work still harder for the fantastic prize election of a Conservative Party senator in the heartland of the liberal establishment. That and obtain the outright endorsement of Richard M. Nixon which, in addition to helping Buckley win moderate Republicans, might build a new sympathy backlash of liberals for Goodell and thus reduce Ottinger's total.

By PETER BEHR Gannett News Service NEWBURGH, N.Y. (GNS) An Orange County Republican ruefully repeats a joke about the new Martin McKneally doll "Wind it up and as soon as it's out in front, it (PO Did you or did you not file the returns? "The fact of the matter is that this will soon be brought out, as soon as the issue is completed." McKneally asserts the government owes him a sizable tax refund. At last word, the explanation will come after the election, "If this is going to become the fundamental issue in the campaign then everything I've done and everything I stand for will go out the windJw," says FOR ASSEMBLY VOTE REPUBLICAN SPONSORED BY CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE FOR CONSTANCE E. COOK He also has a liberal's commitment to some rather abstract social views which can involve considerable political risk. In his last term in Congress, Dow was among a very few who voted against a bill establishing federal penalties for the burning of the American flag.

McKneally seized on this vote and another against a drug control bill and clobbered Dow with them in 1968. This year, McKneally has brought out the same club. "(The flag) is a federal symbol," McKneally intones, recalling the late Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen's hortatory style, "a symbol under which men have died by the thousands for the freedom to dissent, to have your say. When that symbol a In the states most bizarre congressional race, Rep.

McKneally, the Republican-Conservative from Newburgh, may have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in his rematch with former congressman, John G. Dow, Democrat-Liberal from Spring Valley. The Internal Revenue Service says McKneally did not file an income tax return for the ten years preceding his election to Congress in 1968. McKneally has refused to confirm or deny the 'RICES ETTER ETTER 4 i I IDaily I 1 I I i .11 i 4 1 I i 1 1 I i I 1 1 Li AT a poi LS aesecratea, you aesecrate charge. everything this symbol stands The New York Times said Saturday that the IRS has "It is wrong to burn the flag," recommended crimina Dow replies, "that's where you prosecution and said the IRS misrepresTit me." Dow voted claimed McKneally owes the no, he says, because the federal penalties in the bill amount to "hnntni-hnndod mmichmant fnv is desecrated.

you desecrate "It is wrong to burn the flag," Dow replies, "that's where you misrepresent me." Dow voted no, he says, because the federal penalties in the bill amount to "heavy-handed punishment for A Day He Won't Forget A DI BASS MIRE 1 20 WEST STATE STREET As rinauksommostorammommwoloAliffir 0 Sq. Yd. what may be a political crime. It opens the door to totalitarianism." That's considered a hard theory to sell in Rockland County, the brave new world for thousands of former New York City residents who wanted no more of its problems. To win, Dow needs to get 6,000 voters to switch.

The tax issue may cause the switch, or at least keep a significant number of Republicans voters away from the polls. McKneally's latest word on the tax issue not the kind of thing you print on your candidate's campaign brochures: "It has always been my practice to have my income tax returns filed by someone else one signs his return and depends upon his accountant to prepare them." "You gave the return to someone else to asked a radio interviewer. "Well, that was my practice and the reason I'm not going to enlarge upon it is this issue is being handled before the people." Savo 83 Reg. 6.98 Ct I LOOP vl, IN SMART .) 356 SOLIDS Sq. Yd.

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"At that time, he was reacting with those cliches that so many were voicing 'It's the wrong war in the wrong place, but we are there and we have made a corn, "They were very tough on him. But he stood up to them. He subjected himself to it. "In the summer of 1969, we had 30 interns (college students) working in our office. It was the largest contingent on the Hill.

"Unlike most senators, he spent a lot of time in rap sessions to use the kid's words with them. "Almost always the principal subject was the war," Mitrovich said. Goodell was thinking in those days of little else than the war and the integrity of America's positions. "This was the time that a Harvard professor, Roger Fisher, was drafting proposed By WOODIE MITCHUM Gannett News Service NEW YORK GNS) The sun was shining brightly that spring day in 1969 when Charles E. Goodell walked across the Cornell University campus to keep a date he had with student militants at Willard Straight Hall.

It was to be a day he never would forget. It was a day that would many months later induce a vice president of the United States to insult hill), in locker room language. It was a day that would lead President Richard M. Nixon, of his own party, to turn his back on him. In the few months since he had been appointed to the U.S.

Senate by Gov. Rockefeller, Goodell had done nothing to make scholars think that history would remember him. The record of the Jamestown Republican he had been in the House for nine years had been the sort that causes liberals to accuse him of conservatism and conservatives to wonder about the fight he had aided to put more liberal Republicans in the House leadership. By WOODIE FIT( Gannett News 5 NEW YORK i Gt sun was shining br spring day in 1969 wl E. Goodell walked Cornell University keep a date he had militants at Willar Hall.

It was to be a da would forget. It was a day tha many months later vice president of States to insult hin room language. It was a day that President Richard his own party, to tu on him. In the few montl had been appointed Senate by Gov. I Goodell had done make scholars think would remember hit The record of the Republican he the House for nine 3 been the sort that als to accuse him tism and conservati der about the fight to put more liberal in the House leaders $RO Save PI Reg.

8.98 ijt) legislation to make it a matter of government close to 860,000 in law that the U.S. would back taxes. disengage itself in Vietnam," His attempts to explain have Mitrovich said. satisfied some voters. "Mc-Fisher and other leaders of Kneally's a lawyer.

He must the anti-war group came to know what he's doing." Goodell and asked him to spon- However, most of the people sor their proposal. you meet react the way a then ensued a series burgh resident did in a letter to of staff meetings as to whether the Newburgh Evening News: this should be done," Mitrovich "If he's not guilty, why doesn't said. he stop the double-talk?" "The senator was not corn- If the tax issue sinks Mcpletely comfortable with the Kneally, it will be a great per-proposals as outlined by Dr. sonal blow, his 'friends say. Fisher, and finally came up McKneally, like Dow, sees their with ideas embodied in what be- race as providing a fundamencame known as S.

3000 the tal choice between what's good Vietnam Disengagement Act and what's bad for the nation. which was the genesis for end- McKneally, 55, a former naing the war. tional commander of the he held a press con- can Legion, is a passionate ference to announce his sponsor- flag-waver with a strong anti-ship of the bill, he called the communist approach to world President and Gov. Rockefeller, events which hasn't waved for who gave him hell, and told him 20 years. he was making a mistake and Dow, 65, is a small lib-should not do it." eral who began voting against The rest is history Goodell the Vietnam war in 1965 and did not take the advice of either kept it up until McKneally de-the President or Rockefeller feated him in 1968.

The basic and presented his bill. problem in areas like Vietnam He could not find a single and South America, says Dow, other supporter at first. is not communism but "the rev-But later, much later, 44 sena- olution of rising expectations." tors almost enough voted But right now, the tax matter for a bill that would have done is the biggest issue, and probathe same thing. bly the only one which can de-Did he ever have second feat McKneally, political prolesthoughts? sionals on both sides say. "Never," said Mitrovich, a "We were groping for an 35-year-old one time aide of the issue until this happened," says late Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy a Democratic county chairman. and an enrolled Democrat. Dow himself has been careful "He has a sense of commit- lest he stir up sympathy for ment that is greater than any- McKneally. Ile says.

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Yd. -4 IA Ill Is LTT TH LT N'N-Q-Tf" onetime seminarian, leaves no doubt about his pride in being a close associate of Goodell. "Going with him was the sec onetime seminarian, leaves no doubt about his pride in being a close associate of Goodell. "Going with him was the sec- She Was Misquoted MONTGOMERY, Ala. AP The Associated Press erred in quoting Mrs.

Eugene McCarthy, wife of the U.S. senator from Minnesota, in a speech she made here last Tuesday night. Addressing a combined session of Church Women United and the Alabama League of Women Voters, Mrs. McCarthy urged her audience to use political and economic power, not for their own sake, but to become better advocates for the powerless and society's helpless. Inadvertently she also was reported to have said that she wanted someone to challenge President Johnson in 1968but not her husband.

and to have aened, "I was dragging my feet all the way." Mrs. McCarthy did not discuss the 1968 political situation in the speech. The remark about "dragging my feet" was made in a different context in an April 1968 speech at Columbia University in New York. In that speech she discussed the emotions which she said the wives of politicians often feel when their husbands take great risks. She said today that in the earlier speech she was harking back to emotions she experiences when her husband decided, many years before, to debate Joseph R.

McCarthy, then a U.S. senator from Wisconsin and a highly controversial figure. In 1968 Mrs. McCarthy campaigned for her husband after his decision to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, which he did not win. She MONTGOMERY, quoting Mrs.

Euger Minnesota, in a speei Addressing a coin! Alabama League ot audience to use poll sake, but to becon society's helpless. Inadvertently she someone to challen husband. and to hay( Mrs. McCarthy clii speech. The remarl different context in New York.

In that speech shi wives of politicians She said today that emotions she experi before, to debate Jo Wisconsin and a high In 1968 Mrs. McC decision to seek the did not win. are entitled to understand the man as well as the issues, and the tax matter says something about the man." ond best thing I ever did. The Dow, who won the seat in the best thing was marrying my OA Democratic landslide, is not wife," the mother of his three a rich man, but has the flavor young children, Mitrovich said. of a Hudson Valley patrician.

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