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Reactions

Favorable reactions to the idea
of Choice '68 have been received
from Senators Robert Kennedy.
Edward Brooke, Charles H.
Percy, Eugene McCarthy, Joseph
Tydings, and former Vice-President
Richard Nixon. President
Johnson, in an interview with the
leaders of Choice '68, recognized
the significance of the poll when
he said that when student express
their opinions in a mature fashion,
people everywhere "stop,
look, listen, and evaluate."