WEDNESDAY, N OVEMBE R 8 - ' 72 GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: At Sioux Falls, South Dakota, today Ge . orge McGovern, after a first full night's sleep in weeks, said he would never run for president again. Adding emphatically: "I really mean it." As to what went wrong - why the number one political debacle in American history? That will be argued for years. McGovern's campaign director, Frank Mankiewicz, summed it up - silring: "We were everwhelmed - nothing would have made a difference." N l:."9' YORK - FOLLOW SIOUX F ALLS Next question: in seventy-six wh o will the Democratic standard bearer be? Some of the speculation of course centers on Ted Kennedy; but some say Connally of Texas to rebuild the party. Said Mayor Lindsay of New York: "I got washed out so badly in Florida and Wisconsin, if I said 'yes : I'd run' no one would believe me, including my wife, my four children and my three friends." WHITE HOUSE A t the Whit House today - in the wak•· of President Nixon ' s ,.,_~ 1-44 1 - ~ t ~ .: ... ,,t ~ ·' -~ ,._ landslid victory - a "new beginning. " The President meeting with ~ c(~ ~~~ ,~~ ~ key=aides ;- as well as "cabinet members and 1!t,e heads of federal , , ( age~cies." D i o o ~ ~ ~ ~ P r ess Secretary Ron Ziegle,'4 ~ ~ n _ J ~~,v..5- " "personnel and operation of government;" also, passing the word that all executive appointees - are expeeted to subnit their resignations "in the near future." 'l Ziegler f uther telling newsmen: "I think you can ant:k:ipate \ significant reorganization of the White House and the government - in the next te . rm." ~ You m i g h t ~ c-.:ill it a "shake up" - h e ~ on- - but a shake up "in a positive way." "The Pr-esident feels" - fu ~ cM : - se;d be - "that many more thi . ngs can be done effectively and effeciently." HAIG , ' OLLOW WlllTE HOUSE On another front. the President today dispatched to Vietnam - General Alexander Haig, who serves as Chief Aide to Henry Kissinger. ~~ The General to confer with President Thieu 'fon the p9'Qgress of peace ' negotiations - and make a general assessment of the situation in Vietnam." Yl~"' 1 -t~ i.-, President flying to Xey Biscayne - I\ ~ for a few days of rest and relaxation; the~ too, to continue 1ihw / - -lt~f - deliberations T, we're told " d&■t: will help him "to organize his second term. " REACTION FOLLOW I IAIG Meanwhile, the reaction to the President's record win - ~ - continued to echo and re-echo todayA here at home - and right around the globe. ~ , t "J-• \ \ l l ~ ~ ~ - ' - "'f'--"4 'nle P , esident himself calling 'his triumph - "the best one of all." First Lady Pat excited." l f ~ L - C I O ' Nixon - saying she was "happy, proud and ~,. wa- ~ Pres . ident George Meany 'J, saying the voters have "overwhelmingly repudiated neo-isolationism." Adding: "they have spoken in a loud and clear voice - they have shown that they want peace in Vietnam, but not surrender and not dishonor." PAR.IS - KREMLIN FOLLOW REACTIOI Overseas, the Corrmunist side at: Paris pea . ce talks - was again the ace.using/President of stalling on a cease-fire. Also, saying the U.S. election - was strictly an internal affair. But elsewhere in Europe, Asia and Africa - the President's victory was widely acclaimed. With even the Kremlin - sending t,.v-e,, along it's official congratulations. ~ the Convnunist Party ,, newspaper in Hungary - observing that "peace in Vietnam never seemed as near as it does now." SAIGON FOLLOW PARIS - K.REMLL Perhaps nowhere though was the President ' s victory more welcome - than tt was in Saigon . South Vietnam Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam sJying : "We are sure we will have a very good friend - in the person of President Nixon . " Adding : "This is a very happy day - not only for t h e American people but also the Vietnamese people . " DE \'ER FOLLOW N EH /11 <1dditio11 lo th e 1· ario1t.'i ra ces d ec ided _,•es t, • rda y - a 1011 1-: lisl of r efe rc 1 11d11111 s 11 e r c als o on lit e ballot. Ju Ca I if o ,. n i a , f or ex a 111 /JI e , I h e , , o I e r~ a pp 1· o v i n g a r ei uslal c m e ul of lit · d e ath p e ualty- for ce1·t,:in "heinous" crimes . A Is o , , . o ti II I! I u o Io o II c - again s l l h e l e gal i z at ion of mari}ua 11a . H e · re in Colorado - th e I oters culling off all state fuuds - fo1• the Nin e t ee n Se ve nt y -Six Winley Olympics. Lake Placid, Neu York, site of lit e Ni11etecn-Thirly-Two Ol) n,pica, wa,ils it; but ii my ~o lo Europe where the only likely countries who would be e liKible are Italy, Switzerland, and Norway . Colorado Richard Goodwi11, head of the / committee fl ., adding sadly: "The vote,•s did a very, u er) ' foolish thing - bu t I c a n ' I find i I i 11 m e t o oo ,. k a g a ins I t Ii e m a ,id a l e of L Ii e people." I'm in Colorado tonight and without exception e, eryone I' v e met is in a state of shock. They fought for it. i The y !fOI' - and ,zou look u hat has happened ? Some s,.iy n, a _ ,, b e Un c I e Sa m w o u I d I i k e I o la k e i t on - m a y b e f o r t I, e f abuluus Mi11er"I / (i n g ar e a in th e • igh Sierra. BEGICH - OOGGS I've just come from Alaska where every airman - and most Alaskans are - have given up hope for the two Congressmen, Hale Boggs and Nick Begich, now missing fo1 · three weeks. I flew over the mounta • 11s where they might have gone down; onc . e in a small plane with Lowell, Junior . ~ Nick Begich has been re-elected. And down in Louisiana - the same for House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. The second time in history, I believe, for Congressmen presumed dead, to be re-elected. SPOCK A final note on the election - from Dr. Benjamin Spock; who ran for president - as the candidate of the People's Party . Dr. Spock admits he garnered only a handful of votes - twenty-one thousand out of seventy-two million . "But - we're n o t discouraged" - said he . Adding: "if you really stop to think about it - we only carried two less states than McGovern . " How ' s that for optimism, John? Bill? BELLA - FOLLOW DENVER And then there was New York's Bella Abzug - like a phoenix r'isen from the ashes, winning re-election to Congress. When it was suggested she might care to pay a visit to local McGovern headquarters, since she had been a staunch McGovern supporter, Bella replied, "A victory doesn't go to a funeral." And so long until tomorrow. YANKTON First, a special salute to CBS Radio affiliate W N A X at Yankton, Soutl, Dakota - today celebrating it's Fiftiellz Anniversary on the air. 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