'DRAFT' MOVE OPENS IN BOSTON WITH LODGE BUSY IN VIET NAM

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
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• Publication Date: January 4, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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edge was in war-torn South
let Nam working for Presi-
e.nt Johnson as some old
riends started a campaign to
ave Mr. Lodge take away Mr,
ohnson's lob.
When the, Nation's . first
Draft Lodge for President"
cadquarters was opened here
Yesterday In Mr. Lodge's home
own, it was a scene familiar to
he Lowells and the Cabots and
11 old Lodge devotees.
There were the pretty girls
vith the Lodge ribbons, famil-
ar looking and as it turned
tat, mostly left over : from
eorge Lodge's 1962 Senate
,sce against Senator Edward
Kennedy.
~?~~`fi? Move Opens i~ Boston
Vith Lodge Busy in ~~g;
tJiath
JAMES S. DOYLE
Special to The Star Mr. Doyle is a reporter for the
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 4.-1 Boston Globe.
2nipaigns of 1952 and 1056
Former Aide on Job
At the center desk was Rob-
rt R. Mullen, a Washington
nblic, relations man who has
nowh the Ambassador for 2
cars, and who worked with
im during the Eisenhower
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not eager for him to come
home. If he does, he's lust
another candidate" for the
Republican presidential nomi-
nation:
Mr, Mullen said 12 more
draft headquarters would be
opened from Redding Ridge,
Conn., to Albuquerque, N. Mex.,
within a week.
The Massachusetts quota is
only 90,000 of the 1 million
signatures the group hopes to
gather on a petition to dem-
onstrate to prospective dele-
gates and to the Ambassador
himself the enthusiastic sup-
port for his candidacy," ac-
cording to the first press re-
lease.
There were, of course, prob-
lems. In Massachusetts Gold-
water supporters had at lesat
one hand on the party reins,
since Frederic , C. Dumaine,
former railroad president and a
backer of Senator 'Goldwater,
is State G. O, 'P. chairman.
And then there was Seere-
There were plenty of press~tary of State Kevin White's
news conference scheduled for
eleases and bumper stickers
elephones and mailing lists
ut no candidate. He was 1
outh Viet Nam proclaiming.h
anted to stay there.
Mr, Mullen, wasn't worried
`As long as he stays there h
ill.;build political. support. I'",
this afternoon to announce
that the new Lodge group
would have to close down
because it was raising and
spending money for a candi-
date without his consent, a
violation of a 1954 Massachu-
setts law.
rd, a Boston attorney who
e a d s t h e Massachusetts`
odge group,' seemed little'
ncerned. He said he was'
nfident the group could meet.
e "technical requirements" of
e law Mr. White, a Democrat;
as expected to refer to..
Mr. Kidder said he had been
Iking to William Saltonstall,
e Senator's son. "He told me
e Senator wanted to make it
bsolutely clear that if the'
mbassador becomes a candi
ate he 'expects to lead a dele
ation unanimously in support
f Lodge" to the G. O. P. Na-
onal Convention. ,
Shortly after he . made the,
atement, Goldwater support
s announced they would open
eir first Boston campaign'
ffice Tuesday.
Mr, Mullen was asked iii
resident Eisenhower blessed
he movement to draft Mr
odge as the Repuilcan candt-'
ate. . 11
"He knows what we're doing
nd he's very happy. about it,
e replied. .
Mr. Mullen also said he had
ntertained a New Hampshire
elegatlon at the Boston head-
,uarters, and had under. con
ideration a plan to enter, a
late of delegates favorable.to?
r. Lodge in the March 10,
r imary there in which Gov.
elson Rockefeller and Senator
odwater.are running.
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