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Show Page Two FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1960 THE SALT LAKE TIMES eltind the Headlined ; leaves the country next month to attend the summit conference with Russia, visit the Soviets and then take a lengthy vacation. All this has led to a political vacuum into whcih Rockefeller is jumping. For throughout the country, worried, far from opti-mistic Republican leaders are now looking to such popular and effective GOP orators as con-servative Senator Barry Gold-wat- er and liberal Republican Governor Rockefeller to breathe some new enthusiasm into their party organizations, especially in advance of their primary elec-tions. In the next few months we will hear strong Rockefeller speeches from such key areas as Chicago, Philadelphia and the west coast. Politicians will be watching Rockefeller activity more closely in three other sensitive political areas as a guide to his actual vote getting power outside New York State, which he has yet to prove. The pre-conventi- on vitality of the Democratic party, the rigors of its presidential candidates, . their publicity, and the votes tallied in the New Hampshire and Wisconsin primaries force the GOP to suffer by compari-son. Vice President Nixon in par-ticular is coming under increased criticism from every quarter of his party for comparative inac-tivity, which skeptics fear could lead to party apathy and defeat in November: On the right, Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona is waging a vigorous drive to force Nixon into more active campaigning now. But the really big Republi-can "show" is just beginning with the re-ent- ry of multi-millionai- re Governor Nelson Rocke-feller of New York into more active speculation as a Republi-can presidential nominee . Rockefeller's apparent with-dra- wl from active competition for the GOP presidential nomi-nation last Christmas was con-tingent on demands on his time! by the New York state legisla-tive session. The legislature has since adjourned, leaving ever-activ-e Rockefeller with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with. Most of the country elects U.S. Senators and Congressmen in November, along with a Presi-- 1 dent and Vice President. But in North Dakota and in six Con-gressional districts, death has created vacancies in the Senate and House. Three House vacan-cies in Ohio, Washington State and Illinois will remain vacant until November. Nomination of Democrat David Hall is tanta-mount to election to a vacancy in North Carolina's 12 Congression-al district in the May 28 state primary. In North Dakota the remaining four years of the late Senator William Langer's Senate seat is to be decided in an actual elec-tion, not just a nominating pri-mary on June 28. Democrats are making a strong bid for this and two House vacancies in Penn-sylvania's 17th and 18th Congres-- sional districts. GOP leaders in North. Dakota , and Pennsylvania have pleaded for aid in keeping their vacant seats in the GOP column. Nixon busy, feared he would be blamed Now this columnist, who first predicted the intense Rockefeller-N-ixon rvialry in 1958, can report that Rockefeller is look-ing forward to launching one of the most vigorous "non cam-paigns" the country has ever - seen. While still remaining offi-cially a non-contend- er he intends to speak out more on domestic and foreign issues in more areas of the nation, with greater vigor and publicity than ever. Rockefeller's backers and ad-visors are agreed that they can not break Nixon's hold on most state GOP organizations and his present commanding lead in con-- 1 vention delegates. it me uvr lost these three spe-cial elections, the only special Congressional elections sched-uled, on the eve of the conven-tions and before November. Rockefeller agreed from the first to campaign actively in North Dakota for Gov. John Davis against Democratic Rep. Quentin Burdick for the Sena-tor Langer's seat. Rockefeller will lay his much touted vote getting ability on the line in Pennsylvania's two spe-cial elections. He will concen-trate, however, on the 17th dis-trict, where Democrat Dean L. Fisher is battling the Republi-can Herman Schneebeli, an oil dealer and Rockefeller's former college roommate. "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" no longer applies, since Maine no longer holds pre-No-vemb- er elections. But these spe-cial elections are now being ob-served by Democrats and Repub-licans as possible straws in the wind to the November election trend. But they are convinced that they can make a great last effort to sweep the Republican party off its feet by arousing the pub-lic in Rockefeller's behalf out-side trie party organization. The tactic under consideration by Rockefeller's still large campaign staff is similar to the "Blitz" that gave Willikie the 1940 GOP nomination, although he was un-known three months before the convention. Vice President Nixon has been under great pressure to step up the tempo of his own pre-conventi- on campaigning. Fellow Re-publicans fear the keen Demo-cratic rivalry- - contrasts greatly with the lackluster no-conte- st atmosphere threatening to mark the GOP convention. Nixon has sought, since he has thus far had no opposition in his party to save his strength until after the GOP convention for a "Blitz" of his own against the Democrats. He believes in careful pre-campai- gn party or-ganization and a short, active, hard htiting campaign beginning just before Labor Day and is convinced the public will tire of too much pre-conventi-on poli-ticking. Nixon is emphasizing a sober performance of his official duties but instead he has suffered, even if only temporarily, in most pub-lic opinion polls by contrast to the more active Kennedy-Humphrey-Symingt- on rivalry. This has produced new talk that Nix-on "can't win." Moreover, Nixon, busy in the capital presidng over the dead-locked Senate will become even busier as President Eisenhower Gen. 'Rich Reports On Guard Mission Because of the effective dem-onstration of the Utah National Guard in a recent overseas train-ing mission, National Guard units throughout the nation can well be included in future train-ing operations of armed forces anywhere in the world. After returning from a Penta-gon meeting where the Puerto Rico maneuver was discussed by ranking military leaders, Major Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Ad-jutant General, said, "It proved that the National Guard is al-ways ready to go." Gen. Rich highly praised Utah's 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 222nd Artillery, from Southern Utah for the "superb" way it repre-sented the National Guard in the training maneuver "Operation Big Slam Puerto Rico." The Utah Guardsmen were the only Na-tional Guard troops who par-ticipated in the operation with Regular Army forces and the Military Air Transport Service. The general said he agreed with Secretary of the Army Wil-bur Brucker that "The Puerto Rico operation brought out the II proof that National Guardsmen II can be picked up anywhere in J the nation within minutes and II transported anywhere in the II world, either for practice train- - II ing or actual military operations. I "It could well be that the sue- - I cess of the Utah Guard battalion I in the Puerto Rican operation I will bring about consideration I of placing National Guard units I throughout the U. S. on the same I par as STRAC (Strategic Army I Corps) Forces," he said. II "At the same time, we would II like to see the augmentation of I troop and cargo transport units II to the Air National Guard to I tie in with the whole program," I he said. II Senate Approves Funds for Study Of Small Business Without a roll call, the U. S. Senate Tuesday voted funds to continue a research program on problems of small business. The action drew strong ap-proval from Senator Frank Moss, who last week urged the Senate to provide $2 million originally programmed for the studies but deleted by the President in the budget requests. As passed, the bill provides for use of a portion of a appro-priated balance in the Small Business Administration revolv-ing loan fund, rather than mak-ing a new appropriation. Sen. Moss, a member of the Senate Small Business Commit-tee, said: "I hope the House will concur in the action of the Senate, and make it possible to continue the important studies, at least until some results are available for analysis by the Congress and the executive branch. "Independent business is the backbone of our economic sys-tem and a mainsnrine of anv A. CJ self-governi- ng nation. To keep it healthy, we need research to define business problems and measure the effectiveness of the measures we are undertaking. It would be most short-sighte- d, in my opinion, to cut short this pro-gram that was conceived and funded as a long term project." The University of Utah College of Business was allocated $40,000 in fiscal 1960 for a two part study it is conducting to measure the extent to which business makes use of informational aids, and the value of government sponsored financial assistance. In his previous Senate speech Mr. Moss took the administra-tion to task for cutting funds, calling it "penny wise and pound foolish to judge against this pro- - gram before its contributions to small business can be measured. He told the Senate that the U. Df U. program, under the direc-tion of Dean Clyde Randall of the College of Business, and the project director Dr. Osmond L. Harline, was progressing in a manner that would be highly benefical to small business. 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