Romney Dines, Views TV at Harvard

Michigan Governor George Romney, who said he is more concerned than ever about the problems of the American cities, last night shared his concern with several Harvard and M.I.T. professors over dinner in the Harvard Faculty Club.

Romney dined and talked with Daniel P. Moynihan and about a dozen other members of the Joint Center for Urban Studies, watched President Johnson's speech on television, and then left quickly for the Statler Hilton, where he was to spend the night.

As he walked out of the Faculty Club, Romney called the evening "meaningful and thoughtful." He declined comment on Johnson's Vietnam speech.

City Hopping

Moynihan, director of the Joint Center, said after the meeting that this discussion with Romney was different from their talk last March, "because the Governor has spent the last three weeks hopping around the nation's cities, something we haven't done."

Moynihan said he thinks Romney "is concerned about some problems now that he wasn't aware of last spring." Moynihan concluded that the evening was "very pleasant, and the food was actually good."

The Governor arrived at the Faculty Club at 6:05 p.m. in a pale blue Plymouth with a two-motorcycle police escort. About 15 curious Harvard students were there to see him or snap pictures. The first thing Romney did after stepping out of the car was to walk over to the two motorcycle policemen and thank them for "a fine job."

On his way to the Club, Romney said his tour of the cities has given him "tremendous insights into the problems of the cities and some solutions that are working. I've come up with some specific ideas as to how we can get results," he added, but he refused to elaborate, explaining he would have more to say' on this in the next few weeks.

Asked about his declining popularity at the polls, Romney replied with a thin smile, "I'm not discussing politics on this trip."

Fundamental Principles

Romney, who said Thursday he has not decided whether or not to seek the GOP presidential nomination, made several stops yesterday on the next to last leg of his 20-day tour of America's urban areas. He met with urban experts at Brandeis, Boston College, and Boston University, informally addressed a crowd of about 100 Brandeis students who gathered in the rain to see him, and said at a press conference that the nation would have to get back to "fundamental American principles" in human relations and in belief in God.

The Governor ends his tour today in Pittsburgh, and then will fly to Detroit where he intends to make a report to city officials Monday on his findings.