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wee phasis: ry ee sy hou JOR. ny. a Sn is 7 oO ~ XS on at aN, NO ~ t ‘ . ; ~\ Ne ON - By Robart S. Allen N a . 3. 4. S25 000, Pabruery 25, 19567; There is a very deliberuto and waiysG Jel weicoi behind Sonutor Robert Kennedy's aggressive headline grabbing and anti-Johnson sharpshooting. “ic 4l+ycer-old New Yorker is operating on the theory that thero is a good chance the President will not seek another term, and is doing utnost to put hinsol? in a position to blite the 1968 nomination and t + hn o cennedy platform. Oo 9 if) I i by n c cr irit acaittedly, this is a cakculated risk. But Kennedy deoms it a ca.wule wall worth teking in the belief he has everything to win and Livtie vo lase,. I: the President does decide to run again, sennecy wili not oppose Qin -- for a very good reason. re is fully aware that an incumbent Presideat cunnot be denied renomination if he's bent on it. President = - ely demonstrated that ‘SUoan dacisi in 1948, whem he swept convention aaspite loud and venement Denocratic opposition. Mernmady will simply pull in his horns, fade into the background ang start planning and maneuvering for 1972. Rach as tha President might disapprove of his younger end oubiciously esoiring rival, Kennedy is convincod there is little he can “O agaaast nim because he can't afford to antagonize iennedy devotees, pexeac | oan he &: tx a dirficult end bichly uncertain cempeicn “Tt i o s