The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 August 1964 — Page 3
THE DAILY BANNER
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1964 Page 3
Convention FightOverSouthern Delegations May Erupt Early
ALL DAY WEDNESDAY
By JOHN F. SEMBOWER Central Press Association Correspondent ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Explosive potentialities of a credentials fight over seating the Mississippi, and possibly the Alabama and Louisiana delegations, give the Democrats a possible curtain-raising thriller here soon after the convention convenes which oould make the OOP's one real sparkler, the nocturnal battle over amending the platform, seem pretty tame. ’ The shock wave may sweep beyond the convention to the election itself in November, and even afterward to the Electoral College, for the question of unpledged electors is involved. * • • THE OVERTONES of this early fight in the credentials committee may resound all the way to the election. It probably was one of the main reasons for the passing of Robert Kennedy into eclipse along with the rest of the Cabinet members and associates. If his name passes into early eclipse, this could be a major reason. A ghostly historical figure who played a big role in that drama was long forgotten Richard Mentor (Tecumseh) Johnson, who built a political career on the claim of having killed the great Indian warrior, but who more hardily killed off a lot of political hopes here because of an unusual occurrence baek in 1836. * • • ALMOST EVERYONE is aware that a deadlocked presidential contest would land in the House of Representatives, and this is the big hope of southerners who want to choose electors who would vote for neither Johnson nor Goldwater, the way in 1960 six Alabamans «nd eight Mississippians ignored John F. Kennedy and Nixon to vote for Sen. Harry F. Byrd. . But it is far less widely known that the Senate might haw to pick the vice president, aa provided in the 12th amendment. It actually happened once under circumstances suggesting bow the three southern states thin year oould torpedo an in-
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Squabbling may break out over these delegations. acceptable vice presidential 10 per cent of the committee
to bring a minority report to the floor. If this happens, it could test how securely the roof of staid old Convention Hall is
anchored.
nominee without sinking LBJ. In 1836 the Virginia electors dutifully voted for Van Buren and he was elected president, but they bolted “Tecumseh” Johnson for vice president, depriving him of a majority. He won anyway, but had to prevail in the Senate, 33 to 16 over
Francis Granger.
Gov. George Wallace of Alabama having withdrawn his candidacy in favor of Goldwater, the situations in Alabama and Louisiana are clouded. Mississippi, however, is on a collision course with the credentials committee. It will have two complete delegations clamoring to be seated— the so-called regular all-white delegation headed by Gov. Paul B. Johnson that was chosen in the state convention, and the new Freedom Democratic Party, consisting mainly of Negroes, which the secretary of state refused to register as a party.
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A GREAT demonstration reportedly is planned for the lat-
ter, aimed at getting at least j stay hitched.
REGARDLESS of how this fight comes out, Mississippi has prepared a hot aftermath, for in September an unprecedented presidential preference primary will be held. This is the cornerstone of former Gov. Ross Barnett's efforts to secure unpledged electors. The current Journal of the American Bar Association contains a learned article to the effect that unpledged electors are unconstitutional in light of recent U. S. Supreme Court decisions in the state redistricting
cases.
Its author, lawyer Donald A. Meyer of New Orleans, suggests that th= new constitutional rule might be effectuated by one or the other of the presidential candidates going to court for a writ of mandamus commanding that the electors
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By HENRY CATHCART
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CTTASHINGTON—The fact that this national capital is run by W Congress rather than by a locally elected group of officials gives rise to all kinds of peculiarities. One of these deals with the pay scales of high officials in relation to the people
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• NEVER ENOUGH EFFICIENCY!—The Johnson administration has been relentlessly stressing “efficiency” in government departmental operations as a major part of the federal economy program. So it was the other day that Treasury {Secretary Douglas Dillon found himself listening to his experts as they told of the glowing accomplishments they had made in this field. Unfortunately, these same experts kept interspersing their fine reports on progress with comments that the Treasury could make still better use of its manpower—93,000 strong. After Dillon had listened patiently for awhile, he wrily recalled ♦hat when he was a student in school getting mediocre marks, ftis teacher kept commenting on his report cards that he "was not working up to his full potential.” Taking the comment to heart, Dillon said he studied harder and progressively raised his grades, but that teacher’s comment was always there. Finally, he got a report card with all “A’s” and swelled with pride until he looked down to find that same
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And that’s how Dillon feels about “efficiency”—there’s never enough of it to suit some perfectionists.
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• BARRY CALLING—Barry Goldwater has long pointed to his hobbies as proving that while he is a “conservative,” he is not a moss-back in the sense of wanting to return the country to
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Goldwater flies jet planes, drives a souped-up sports car, and
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