Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1962 — Page 11

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Scranton Pressured Into Governorship

By HARBY FEBffosON United Preu International HARRISBURG, Pa. (UPI) — William Scranton, the new gov-

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emor of Pennsylvania, is being talked about across the nation as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 1964. If he makes it, i

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his official biography should be entitled “How io Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying.” He has won two smashing victories at the polls in the last two years, but it never occurred to him to enter politics until somebody else suggested it. He ran for governor only because he was pressured into it by a determined band of mon headed by Dwight

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D. Eisenhower. Scranton violates most of the rules professional politicians live by with a cheerful disregard for whether he sinks or swims. Ask him a blunt question and you get a blunt answer. Are you a wealthy man? (“I’m worth between $8 and $9 million"). What was your reaction when you were drafted to run for Congress two years ago? ("I honestly don’t know”). Not An Act When a reporter remarked upon his candor, Scnanton said: “Well, you know lots of people think it’s just an act. But I am what I aim, and I’ll leave it to you to decide whether I’m putting on an act or not.” Then came the inevitable question as to whether he planned to run for president. “Nominees do not get on the ticket without considerable effort to do so,” he said. “In politics presidential aspirants are wise to organize their campaign considerably in advance. I have not done this, nor do I have any intention of so doing.” If the draft is put on him long enough and hard enough, he would accept, but he said: “I think that’s highly unlikely.” Os New Breed Scranton is 45 years old and a member of a new breed in American politics—the wealthy aristocrat. Unlike John F. Kennedy and Nelson Rockefeller, he did not jump into the political pool. He had to be pushed. That happened when he was in Washington working in the State Department. One night he got a telephone call from the Republican chairman of his congressional district. The news was that chairmen of all six counties wanted him to run for congressman, and all other prospective candidates had agreed to withdraw and support him. “It never occurred to mel would win,” Scranton said. “Kennedy was running for president and my own county was 60 per cent Catholic." He said he accepted because he thought that if he won there would be a chance to do something for his home territory, including thecitybfScrahtbn.Democrats had a 34,000 margin over Republicans in registered voters in the district. Kennedy carried the district for president by 30,000< votes. Scranton won by 17,000 Pressure Gets Heavy He said he decided he would run for re-election to Congress because he thought he needed four years to accomplish the things his district needed and then retire from politics. Pennsylvania Republican leaders, impressed by Scranton’s survival against a Democratic tide, began to think about him in bigger terms. In March of last year they ap-

proached him to run for governor. He said No. In August they made another pitch. Again the answer was no. In November Scranton got word, that Eisenhower wanted to see him at Gettysburg. This time the heat apparently got up to furnace temperature, and Scranton asked for two weeks to think it over. Then he said no again. That might have been the end of it except for the fact that civil war broke out among Pennsylvania Republicans and by February of this year it had become so bad that the GOP cause looked hopeless. The heat was turned on Scranton again, hotter than ever. This time he accepted subject to conditions he laid down. All factions in the Republican party must make peace and agree to work together, and those conditions were met. Beat The Odds Scranton’s opponent was Richardson Dilworth, mayor of Philadelphia. Democrats had held the governor’s chair for two straight terms, eight years. They had a bulge of about 160,000 over the Republicans in registered voters. Scranton won by a whopping 470,000. Asfced to explain it, he said: “Partly it was a matter of • • • • • Attend i • • : Services • : Tiiis : • ; • • i Week • • at your own : • • j place : : of worship : • • • *

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personalities. People sometimes get so interested in power politics that they forget about service to the public. 'My opponent started striking out in all directions pretty hard toward the end of the campaign. I think it was premeditated and just an act he was putting on.” Scranton hammered away during the campaign at the problem of Pennsylvania’s 321,000 unemployed and the decline of heavy industry in the state. He is an advocate of economy in government rather than increased taxes and already is going over the state structure, department by department, to see what can be cut out. He is quick to admit that he won thousands of votes because of Eisenhower’s active sup-

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port and the fact there had been a city hall fiscal scandal during Dilworth’s administration in Philadelphia. Goes AU Out Scranton is’ slow to make up his mind about being a political candidate, but once the decision is taken he goes all out. He won his seat in Congress because he and his wife, Mary, tramped the streets ringing door bells day and night. He worked out every cranny of Pennsylvania when he was running for governor. Scranton inherited a fortune. His family settled in Pennsylvania in 1840, and the city of Scranton was named for them. They developed extensive mining and real estate holdings in the area and in addition to that Scranton has a

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