1.
GV WILLIAM SCRANTON (SILENT SCENE)
0.04

2.
SCU SCRANTON (SOF IN) "SENATOR GOLDWATER ........ TO GET ANY."
0.54


INTERVIEWER: SENATOR GOLDWATER RECENTLY SUGGESTED YOU AS A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. DO YOU SEE THIS AS AN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE YOU AS A POTENTIAL REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?.



SCRANTON: NO I DON'T THINK HE MEANT IT THAT WAY, BUT I THINK SENATOR GOLDWATER KNOWS WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AND THAT IS I DON'T WANT TO BE A NATIONAL CANDIDATE OF ANY TYPE.



INTERVIEWER: WELL, YOU HAVE SAID YOU WILL ACCEPT THE DRAFT.



SCRANTON: YES I HAVE IF IT WAS HONEST AND SINCERE AND I DON'T THINK THOSE COME ANY MORE, SIR.



INTERVIEWER: IF IT WERE HELD NOW... AND SENATOR GOLDWATER GOT THE NOMINATION, WOULD YOU SUPPORT HIM?



SCRANTON: CERTAINLY, I'D SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT WHOEVER WAS NOMINATED AT THE CONVENTION.



INTERVIEWER: BUT WHEN IT COMES IN JULY IN SAN FRANCISCO AS YOU SEE IT NOW YOU WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE?



SCRANTON: THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.



INTERVIEWER: DO YOU HAVE A DELEGATE STRENGTH THAT YOU KNOW OF OUTSIDE OF PENNSYLVANIA?



SCRANTON: IF I DO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, I HAVE NOT MADE ANY EFFORT TO GET ANY.




Initials DR/N/CR/EEH


(EDITORS: THIS COVERAGE IS AN ADDITION TO THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL SERVICED ON MARCH 4 -- PROD NO. 2075/64 "FIRST MILESTONE IN U.S. ELECTIONS.")

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Background: GOVERNOR WILLIAM SCRANTON OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHO HAS BEEN WIDELY REGARDED AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, DENIED IN AN INTERVIEW IN NEW YORK EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT HE SOUGHT ANY NATIONAL OFFICE.