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...Nebraska, Oregon and Indiana fall one after another this month, Rockefeller will doubtless be criticized for his decision to remain aloof, but it seems unlikely that he will reconsider at this stage. Yet his drive needs some impetus. By week's end he had already given tacit consent to the formation of Rockefeller-for-President groups in each state, and organizational work was beginning. These units may soon be meshed into a national organization. It is still questionable whether a draft can be induced in this manner for Rockefeller. Moreover, by boycotting the primaries he will run the risk...
...there are also new risks. The write-in efforts that now have Rockefeller's consent could fizzle. Speaking out on controversial issues could renew enmity as well as arouse a following. The press that gave Romney such a bad time will now be dissecting Rockefeller's every move to see whether the "draft" meets his own criteria of being "meaningful, natural and genuine...
...negotiations and not imposed from above." Feinsinger would introduce what he calls a "neutral," appointed by both sides, who would audit negotiations as a detached and dispassionate observer, making nonbinding recommendations on request. In the event of a bargaining deadlock, the neutral could break it, again by common consent, with a "final and binding arbitration award." Adds Feinsinger: "Since this procedure would be the product of mutual agreement, there would be an incentive to make it work...
...passed the Tonkin Resolution, which even Senator William Fulbright conceded at the time gave the President the authority to use such force as could lead to war. Many U.S. Presidents have had much less support for their actions, notably Lincoln, who blockaded Southern ports without congressional consent...
...spokesman for the Minneapolis-based association said it hopes to indict the President for defrauding the public in the 1964 elections, and involving the United States in a war without the direct consent of Congress...