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...would speak for the party in the Senate? If no one violated the unwritten rule ("Rock not the boat, lest the boat be rocked when you have hold of the tiller"), the Senate Democratic leadership would consist of well-liked, if rather bland Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and three conservatives: Long, Georgia's Richard Russell, who was to be named president pro tempore, and West Virginia's Robert Byrd, who was to be retained as chairman of the Democratic Conference. Of the four, only Long was vulnerable...
...responsible for the acts of the fedayeen launched from its territory-though it is hard to see what else Israel could do. Caught between the Israelis and their own milA problem of militant populations, Arab leaders could be pushed to extremes to which they do not want to go. Lest he appear less militant than the guerrillas, Nasser has sent half of Egypt's 141st battalion to southern Jordan and last October Egyptian forces launched an artillery attack on Israel for no other apparent purpose than to silence sniping at home about his comparative lack of zeal against Israel...
Russian Roulette. Both meetings suggested that it is not only the potential assassin who must be watched but the President or candidate, lest he exhibit too much bravado. "I play Russian roulette every time I get up in the morning," Robert Kennedy once remarked, "but there is nothing I could do about it." The psychiatrists urged that Presidents and presidential candidates be prohibited by law from "close contact" with crowds when a visit has been announced in advance. That is particularly urgent, they suggested, because assassinations themselves breed violent reactions in disturbed people, making other assassinations more likely...
...Lest there be any misunderstanding, a Humphrey-Muskie Administration will resist outright military aggression. We will honor our treaty commitments. We will maintain an adequate and balanced defense--capable of protecting our security and maintaining the peace...
...NIXON. The word went out last week in the Nixon camp: Dampen all that Cabinet speculation until after Nov. 5, lest it seem presumptuous. Still, it is generally believed that Nixon is so interested in foreign affairs that he may not want an overly independent Secretary of State. In that case, he might pick Pennsylvania's William Scranton, who recently trekked to Europe on a fact-finding tour for him. If Nixon finally decides on an individualist for Foggy Bottom, the odds favor Douglas Dillon, who would have been Secretary of State in 1960 had Nixon won. Scranton might...