JOHNSON OPENS CAMPAIGN TO CORRECT IMAGE TROUBLE
To judge by his landslide vote in 1964, Johnson was the most popular candidate in the history of the United States. Since then, however, the polls have registered an almost steady decline in his rating with the public. Many think that this is due to his betraying his campaign promises, escalating the war in Vietnam and letting inflation cut deeply into family budgets. Others point to his widening credibility gap. The top strategists of the Democratic party, however, believe something else is involved. ™
Thus the U.S. News & World Report said February 27 in its weekly “"Newsgram" on page 26:
"Democrats seem to be convinced that next year's election will be close.
"Vietnam war, if it still. goes on, will be a serious complication. The President's trouble in getting across the imege he would like to create on television is another thing. Voters seemingly don't warm up to Mr. Johnson. Woes
On page 21 in its feature "Washington Whispers," the same magazine revealed the heroic measures Johnson is taking to fix things up with the voters:
on television and has given up contact lens. Mr. Sohnsen _too, is found to be wearing more carefully tailored suits as_he sets about establishing a_ 'new' image."
. ANOTHER BLOW TO THE WARREN REPORT
By Arthur Maglin
Events in New Orleans ‘have cut