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Show What Does the GOP Stand For? "The disagreement between former President Eisenhower Eisen-hower and Gov. Rockefeller over what the Republican party stands for is another dramatic demonstration that it doesn't really stand for anything," Democratic Chairman Chair-man John M. Bailey said this week. "Former President Eisenhower, acting in the role of elder statesman, says the Republican party is the party of business. Gov. Rockefeller, facing the practical problem prob-lem of running for re-election, politely disagrees with Mr. Eisenhower and expresses the wishful thinking that the Republican Party has a broader base," Bailey said. All that this exchange accomplishes is to show that the big circus tent they put up in the Eisenhower pasture wasn't big enough to cover all of the splinter factions which make up the GOP. "It would be healthy to have a public debate between Mr. Eisenhower and Gov. Rockefeller and other Re- surrendering to the Democratic Party the millions of voters who want a President who leads and a government that is responsive to the needs and aspirations of its citizens. The wrangling Republicans are placing their party in sorry contrast with the Democratic Party, which serves business, working people and the many other diverse groups which make up our population, but which is the servant of none of them." publicans on what the Republican Party stands for but this is not likely to occur. Instead the Republicans will rush to find an area of accommodation their opposition opposi-tion to the programs of President Kennedy. That's the way they can reconcile the conflicting views of such 'typical' Republicans as Rockefeller and Goldwater, both of whom found ways to avoid attending the 'All-Republican 'All-Republican Conference' at Gettysburg. In fact Sen. Goldwater has issued a bristling attack against the idea of assembling a group of Republicans to try to find something they can all be for. Moreover, the Republican Congressional leadership, which has dedicated dedi-cated itself to pure obstruction at the Capitol, has clearly demonstrated its lack of enthusiasm for the project. "Moreover, the Republican accent on the negative is putting its Congressional members on the spot in next fall's elections when they will have to answer to the electorate electo-rate for continued obedience to their orders from Halleck and Dirksen to be against everything and for nothing. If the Republican Party chooses to be the voice of the special interests which oppose the Kennedy programs it cannot be the voice of the broad group of citizens who want positive action to keep American strong and prosperous. pros-perous. In effect, the present Republican leadership is |