011 this th In I dar ojth e campail(Tl -/ I' lak a look al 0111 ~ th hi rl,fi ht · - and om of lh oddities. I s11/)/)os Iha/ lh ir Uh ing lo O_\ is that Barr y Goldtt ater uas ri hi tthen he promised - "a choice. not an echo". Both parties 1 ent to the public 1 ith the reminder that a basic difference in political fJhilosoph _ , u as in, oil ed. Some are calli11g it "the ear of the defector. " Many individuals p,,eferring to go with their philoso/)'1.\ - ,·allier than with thei1· f>olitical allegia11ce. The most promi,,e,zt - Senator §from Thurmond of South Ca1·oli11a. Senator Thurmond ,to/ only came out fm· Goldwater - but si itched from the Democ,·at to the Republica11 Part) , . Offsetting this gain fO'I' Goldu ate1• , notable Refmblicans like Se11a/or Keati11g of New York - refused to endorse /he G O P Ticket. Again we' e been hearing two 11ew terms i11 0111' political v ocabttlar . "Blacklash" and "frontlash". Slandi11 for - t, o impo11derables. The exte,rl to which Goldwater will profit from - rese11tmenl agaiP1st certain Civil Rights demands, a11d the exte11t to which Joh11s011 will profit from AMPAIG ·om R ' /Jttl>I ica11 oppo ilio11 lo certain Goldwa/ r po ilio11 . W ', . h ard Gold11aler campaig11 for "mo1·alil . , in America11 life. " Joh11so11 or 'the g,·eal ociely". \Ve' ,e heard both on i sue - a11d 011 pe,,so,wlitie . Nou - it'~ all but o er. To tire relief - of a ma11y . G LDH' A TER Th R e /mblican pre idenlial c andidat e - al o had hi Jamil) a/011 a h mad a la I minute bid for Cal ifor11ia' key electoral , otes in the city , here he was 110111i11aled in San Francisco. Befor e he left for the Golden Gate - S nalor Gold11 ater released a statement i11 Phoenix - blastin g the ad,ninislration for its handling of the Viet Nam p1•oblem; calling that da1nagi11g aUack on m,r planes - tl1e result of "sheer i11com/)ele,ice" Cal ling for an explanation . of the whole affair - by the admi11istratio11. When he left San Francisco Ba.rry Goldwater - had one final stop to make , in Fredonia, Arizona. Whicl, is, he says - one of his lucky tnwns. As for L.B. J. - a11 item about him. later. VIET NAM The iro11_\ in lh e Viel Cong a/la c!, 011 lit e Am rican Air Bas in .i>ulh Viel Nam - i a .familit11' 011 e. The enemy 11s i 11g - our 01 11 , e apou . lit /hi c as e - morlar hells 1 ill, Am erica 11 marki11 gs. E ide,ifly part of llte e quipmeul losl lo lh R d guerrill a - u It II llt ey o .,.-"\ r ra,i Vi et namese po ilion . B" l - • • I It a t 's on l y on e of lit e i r on i es . He re 's another. The mortar barrage was launched from the jungle - within a 1nile of Bien Hoa,) /uJJJJosedly - a secret installation. Moreo ve r, only six mor/a - rs - appear to ha e been used. And the number of Viet Cong raiders may lia e been - exactly eighte e n . Not mu c h of a11 expenditure of men and arms - by th e enemy. Nol m11ch - ,ohen you consider what they accomplislted. Four Americans - killed. Thirty-one wounded. T1AJO Vietnamese - killed. Five - wo11 . 11ded. and twe 11 ty o,ie B-57 bombers - half our jet bomb e r fleet ; n s O u t I, vie t Na m - NIIII-_... des troy e d or d a mag e d. VIET NAM - 2 Fiuall). no c o1111i e rall a ck - u as mounted. A arclc for the mortars b e gan d;/ . g 11 e rrilla5.1.beg1n - s i x hours after the ~-kwlUl f alling o,i Bien Hoa. / o o l a t e . ~ KHR SHCHEV ------------- Cltairma11 Knud J e per e,z of the Da11ish Communi I f,art) lta come back from Mo cot denyi11,g flail) that Nikita Khru hche ' foreign policie , including hi disa ,, ements 1 ill, R e d China - cau ed l1is dot nfall. Not o - says lh e Danish -~•rt~ party leader. Failing It ea l t Ii pecificall) harde11ing of the arteries along will, possible li er and heart trouble - t ere the main reasons for tlte boss of the Kremlin's sudden retirement. May be Nikita's agricultural policy did ••t have something to do witl1 it. But the main reason was - failing health. However, co,, rade Jespersen's explanation is not being accepted - in most quarters. Especially not - in Eastern EuropeJ ..-wtiere tl,e belief continues ~ - that Khrushchev.,._ blu . nders in foreign policy caused his do10nfall. OVIETS Tho e Com1111mi l go-betweens , ho are 1•eported tr 1 i11g lo arra11 so-called 'pea ·e talks" between the Russia11s m1d th e Red Chi11ese - ha ea reall) tough job 011 their hands. At least - so it would seem to inte - rested obser ers. Because what the Chi11ese are demanding is tha.t - much of So iet Asia be handed back to them. Also , the y are manerwering - to take over Commmiist world leadership. A,zd they t aut the So iet Union to adopt a more aggressive anti-West policy. T hal · h k , i 1 th ... t r11m nl ~ · au i .-\ra ; h th . r im . · ; 1 / and - · Tic , ,ti II d - ICO tit r owba k - t o the l01:ful da . · ~T Hanmn . I Ra chid. all mixed up wifl ii and adi/la Kin a td. tdlh an i11com ~f fou r billion dollar in I t l! a11 ltre,1/y y a,•s - ould afford lo /fr in hi It sl_\/e. .\laintainin an ai1'-co11dilio11 d pa/a U,at coi·e1· d a ~quar mil . lal'ishing }e1, · els _from Pari 011 lh ladie of his harem, lrol-ding lxmquels /01· h1111dreds ~r g r, I - from 1111do1 11 to sruwise; frat eling i11 such mag11ifice,1ce - that tips alo11e u 011/d nm into the leas of tho11sa,rds of dollar . 11,e u ord .f1•om Saudi Arabia is that King Saud's mode of life - displeased the Ulemas. the 1·eligious lead ,·s who ha,-c be " po, e1:f11l i11 the Islamic yslem - 1 • e1· si11ce ii was jo,,nded. They appa1· 111ly pr s 11red the Saudi Arabian cou,1 ii ~f '1i11isle1·s - into d lltrm1i11g Sa11d. replacing him rd/I, hi.s young r brother - Faisal. King Faisal looks ,-en more lik a11 .4.rabian Nigfll chm·act r . Bui he ha 11 ,. r adopted - the exh·at • agm1c ways ~f his pr dee or. He ARABI. - 2 do 11 ' I u - illz r liquor or tobacco. He does II e - western technolo gy . An d he has a l read y be II res /)01 1 ible f01' the buildi1lg of roa ds , hospitals and school . A p ro ess lhal the Council of Ministe,-s and the Ulem as - want lo ex (Ja11d . Th ey figured - that Saud z ould n e er settle doum to the problem of ntodernizi11g Saudi Ara bia , that Faisal - w ould. Hen ce, Faisal is getting his chance - as I ing. A coup in Ri y adh - i,zvolving the sons of the m.a,i who founded Saudi Arabia after World War O11e. The lewenda,· y lbn Saud - who rose to power i11 011e part of the f01•mer Ottoman Empire a part liberated b the revolt in the desert ; - the epic of Lawre,zce of Arabia. J HNSON Pr id 11 / Jo/111 ~ 011 look of f for T exa and hom Loda _ , - al on g t ith M1 ' . John 011. L y nda and Lu ·i . Th e John 011 Jamil) i11te11di11g to sit out that lon g elect io11 ni g hl watchi11 returns - al the L.B. J. Ranch. But alon g the Wa_\ - the Pr e ident did lta e a Je1 last c ampaign s/} eecl,e to make. A pp earing in Houston - at the school where he la1tght more than th ir t ) years ago. And addressing a rally tonight - i,i front of the State Cat,itol in Austill. Appearing on television - with Hubert Humr,hre y. Tomorrow like all the ,-est of us, he will v ote. That is, I hope y ou will.