[1968 REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.] WALTER WINCHELL. A WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM from Winchell, dated February 29, 1968, to Rose Bigman, which includes the message: "The real reason [George] Romney Quit: he found out that Rocky [Nelson 'Rocky' Rockefeffer] had 22 of 26 governors in his hip pocket." The telegram is attached/stapled to a "Man About Manhattan" period typescript copy with Winchell hand notations to Rose Bigman, touching on various politicians (Gov. Reagan, a blind item on a senator and his wife about to divorce; JFK; Gov. Connolly; Ralph Nader; and others; and an autographed letter signed to Winchell from William Breliant, dated February 27, 1968. TOGETHER WITH: five stapled sets of period copies/duplicates of column drafts (approx. 22 pages), with Winchell and/or Bigman or others' edit notes, with mentions of FDR, Truman, Post Master General Hannegan, Nixon, Rockefeller, Jackie Kennedy, JFK, Oswald, and assorted celebrities. Also: a teletype/transcription of an exchange between Winchell and "Ernie" (ERNESTO CUNEO) that mentions FDR and Hennegan. Condition: some pages with margin crumbling/loss. PROVENANCE: THE HAROLD A. LAYER COLLECTION. From The Walter Winchell Files, Butterfield & Butterfield, 1990/91.