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...Gestapo Tactics " Supporters of Michigan's Democratic Governor John Swainson screamed about 160,000 letters sent into Detroit by a mysterious "Committee for Honest Elections." The letters warned that anyone not properly registered would be violating the law if they voted. Charging "Gestapo and Soviet secret police tactics," Democrats claimed that the letters went only into heavily Negro districts, were aimed at keeping Democratic Negro voters away from the polls. A Michigan judge agreed, ordered the committee to leave the voters alone. For his part, Michigan Republican George Romney, his voice weakened by a cold, joked bitterly about...
...Thanks. While Swainson was struggling, Romney was beginning to generate some political dynamism. He had always been willing to lend his cyclonic energy to civic affairs. He led the campaign to set up a convention to rewrite Michigan's antiquated constitution. The convention was in session, with Romney as one of its vice presidents, when he an nounced in February that he was a candidate for Governor...
...Democratic, 25%-30% Republican-leaving at least 30% as independent. So far, the independents seem to favor Romney. In all, labor (about 2,500,000 persons, including families, with some 1,000.000 votes) is 70% Democratic. The Negro bloc (700,000 persons) is expected to give its vote to Swainson, 9 to 1. The Polish bloc (400,000) ordinarily produces a heavily Democratic vote, but there may be considerable defection to Romney this time. Detroit, of course, will go for Swainson. But its populous suburbs will vote more heavily Republican than ever, if only because Swainson vetoed a bill that...
...most calculations, Romney holds a lead, now widening, now narrowing, over Swainson. If he wins, he will surely wake up the morning after Election Day as a prime prospect for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. What happens after that will probably depend on how successfully George Romney meets Michigan's vast problems...
...latest Detroit News poll turned up a sizable gain for Republican George Romney. A month ago, he led Governor John Swainson narrowly, 49.7% to 49.5%; last week he jumped to a 52%-to-47-3% lead...