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...addition to confronting Buckley out on the hustings, Moynihan has also had to contend with harassment from the Conservative party and Buckley's campaign forces. First, the Conservative Party asked the New York State Supreme Court to deny Moynihan the Liberal line on the ballot, contending that he had improperly and fraudulently obtained the nomination. Although the Court at first decided in the Conservatives' favor, the Moynihan forces appealed...
...Buckley campaign has also played on an issue that is by now familiar to members of the Harvard community--the propriety of Moynihan's decision to stay at Harvard this fall and draw a full professor's salary whil spending at least five days a week away from Cambridge. Last Monday, Buckley campaign press secretary Robert Mackin released two letters to President Bok in which Albert F. Gordon '59, a prominent Harvard alumnus and a major financial contributor to the University, alleged that Moynihan's attempt to wear both his academic and political hats simultaneously was unethical and possibly illegal...
Both Moynihan and Buckley have acknowledged the similarity of their stands on foreign policy and defense issues, and the campaign debate has focused on the candidates' domestic programs and political philosophies...
...pragmatic New Deal liberal who favors federal economic and social welfare programs when such intervention is likely to prove effective. He has endorsed the Humphrey-Hawkins full-employment bill, and promises to fight for increased federal aid to New York. Moynihan has repeated referred to his opponent as "Lord Buckley," charging the incumbent has been insensitive to the needs of the poor and has in general been totally ineffective as Senate advocate for New York's needs...
...Buckley has countered Moynihan's charges with allegations that "Professor Moynihan" is an irresponsible liberal spendthrift whose programs, if adopted, would raise the average New York family's taxes by $3000. The Buckley image is that of a "classic conservative" who disapproves of federal action in most cases on the grounds that it is wasteful and ineffective, and that increased federal intervention leads to increased government centralization, with a con-commitant decrease in individual rights...