The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 June 1968 — Page 4
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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana
Friday, June 28, 1968
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By RAYMOND LAHR
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy’s campaign crew is groping for an issue of convention procedure to unite a majority of the Democratic delegates against backers of Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey.
Humphrey’s own campaign team is expecting a move of this type, but it is so confident of victory that it is welling to go more than half way to meet the demands of McCarthy spokesmen. But it doubts that the McCarthy supporters will settle for anything short of
unconditional surrender.
Since the death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Humphrey and McCarthy are the only major national contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination. The vice president appears headed toward a first ballot victory if anything is predictable in this year of unforeseen political events. Inasmuch as he did not compete in presidential primaries, the Humphrey campaign, ers are concerned about shouts of “streamroller” and “boss domination’’ of the convention already coming from the
McCarthy side.
The McCarthy camp would like to dramatize that issue at the convention. They are not likely to try a contest over a “peace plank” repudiating the Johnson administration on Vietnam. Anti-Goldwater Republicans tried and failed to win fights over platform planks at the 1964 GOP convention. McCarthy supporters also are not expected to try to resist the election of pro-Humphrey or pro-administration officers already tapped by the party leadership for key roles at the
convention.
But they are talking about fights over seating delegations with arguments that they were denied their legitimate share of delegates from various states. This route was successfully followed by backers of Dwight D. Eisenhower in winning him the 1952 Republican nomination from Robert A. Taft. That Eisenhower gamble was led by men like Thomas E. Dewey, Herbert Brownell and Henry Cabot Lodge, shrewd political pros of a type not conspicuous in the McCarthy
organization.
There also has been talk about demanding repeal of the unit rule, a procedural practice
recognized by the Democrats but not by the GOP at national
conventions.
Under a unit rule, a state delegation can bind all of its members to vote as a solid bloc on the nomination of a candidate or other questions. Some of the states which have historically followed this practice might resist a change, but the Humphrey leaders might
not.
Although some states have not yet chosen delegates, the Humphrey organization believes it already can look ahead to 1,600 first ballot votes or more. The winner needs 1,312. The McCarthy organization thinks it has 700 in sight. It hopes that improved McCarthy showings in public opinion polls and other tactics will shake 600 more into the McCarthy ham-
per.
By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI)-When Red China first exploded a nuclear bomb, Many Americans were astonished that a country so seemingly lagging in technology could produce such a complex weapon. We tend to forget that the Chinese have a history rich in scientific achievement, which includes the invention of both gunpowder and the egg roll. In view of the hostility between the United States and the Chinese Communists, it is comforting to note that the Nationalist Chinese in Taiwan also are making technological and scientific advances. A good example can be found in a press release recently issued at the United Nations by the Chinese information service. It reports that scientists in Taiwan have performed a successful “chromosomal translocation” in a watermelon. Impressive Description I’ll confess I haven’t the vaguest notion of what a “chromosomal translocation” is, but anyone reading the press release is certain to be impressed by it. Permit me to cite a few pertinent excerpts: “For years melon farmers in Taiwan have cultivated a triploid seedless watermelon, a cross between the diploid and tetraploid. The tetraploid is developed by treating the diploid with colchicine. “This method has been in use
By United Press International Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey appeared Thursday to have landed the first top campaign aide of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy to accept a new political home. Sources reported former Postmaster General Lawrence F. O’Brien was ready to go with the vice president’s presidential campaign organization as an unpaid adviser—perhaps later Thursday. Getting O’Brien could prove influential for Humphrey in attracting Kennedy supporters who have not yet decided where to turn. The affable, redhaired O’Brien is considered one of the top Democratic politicians of the country, and is on intimate terms with key party leaders
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since 1961. I, however, confronts such defects as low seed setting ,of the tetraploid melon, which is slow in growth and late maturing.” The announcement goes on to quote Cheng Wen-yu, a Taiwan watermelon expert, as saying “The use of chromosomal translocation has not only remedied those defects but •improved the quality of the melon.” How about that, watermelon lovers? Missing Facts Regrettably, the press release does not supply any details as to whether the chromosomal translocation took place in the diploid, the triploid or the tetraploid melon. I assume it was the triploid. After exhaustive research (I looked it up in the dictionary), I was able to establish that the triploid has “three times the basic chronosome number, as a result of nondisjunction during meiosis.” The tetraploid, of course, has four times the basic number, whereas in the diploid the basic number is doubled, or, putting it another way, the diploid has “twice the number of normal gametes.” Keeping this in mind, we can easily understand how Red China was able to come up with a A-bomb. Any race of people capable of mastering the complexities of a watermelon obviously would find nuclear fission a breeze.
from the precinct level up. Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy has been vying with Humphrey for support from the Kennedy camp, but so far has won over only one of the late senator’s closer associates, speech writer Richard Goodwin. Goodwin had worked for McCarthy before Kennedy entered the presidential race. For O’Brien, moving to Humphrey brings his political fortunes full circle in less than four months. Although he was an original member of the “Irish Mafia” that helped Kennedy political campaigns since John F. Kennedy won a Senate seat in 1952, he announced he was sticking with President Johnson when Robert Kennedy declared his presidential candidacy. But after Johnson bowed out March 31, O’Brien resigned as postmaster general to work for Kennedy.
“fully consistent” with his frequently expressed desire for “changes in our foreign policy.” He told a New York news conference he could make the visit “without prejudicing the position of the United States or in any way hampering the negotiations.” McCarthy’s advisers said he would probably visit the convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Atlantic City today, despite a threat that NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins would “blast him” if he showed up. Nelson A. Rockefeller—Winding up a three-day New England campaign sweep in Connecticut, the New York governor called on Republicans not to neglect the cities. Attention to the cities can win for the party the support they have been giving the Democrats, he said.
The Richard Nixon smile.
Other developments: Richard M. Nixon—The former vice president, hunting GOP convention delegates in Michigan, said his views are “completely apart” from those of third party candidate George Wallace and does not “seek the s u pportof those who are racists.” He said his Southern campaign coordinator, Howard (Bo) Calloway, was “misinterpreted” on a comment read by many as an invitation to Wallace to join forces with the Nixon camp. Eugene J. McCarthy—The Minnesota senator, defending his projected visit to North Vietnamese negotiators in Paris, said such a trip would be
Committee to meet
INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The State Budget Committee will meet Thursday and Friday to consider requests for allocations totaling many millions of dol-
lars.
Purdue University asked for the largest sums, including:
Chemistry building $11,250,000; sion. single student housing facility Thuy
$11,225,000, and parking garage
$1,870,000.
Purdue and Indiana Universities asked for $9,000,000 to build a classroom and laboratory structure and a library and learning resources building at their joint center in Fort
Wayne.
Hubert H. Humphrey—Campaigning in Denver, the vice president said that if he were elected president he “would want to take a good hard look” at America’s policy toward Red China. He said it was ridiculous not to trade in foodstuffs with China, since “through trade you build some understanding.” In Washington, it was announced Adlai Stevenson HI has been appointed vice chairman of Humphrey’s campaign organiza-
tion.
Predict long drawn out peace talks PARIS (UPI)—North Vietnam’s negotiators at the Paris talks Thursday predicted long, drawn-out meetings but insisted that the length of the talks depends on the United States. There is no prospect now for a summit meeting between President Johnson and North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh to break the deadlock, Communist sources said. The sources said the Hanoi negotiators contend the United States should first prove its “good will” at the Paris level. The talks opened May 13. Communist informants said the North Vietnamese delegation to Paris was a faithful representative of the will of the North Vietnamese people and there was really no need now
for a summit.
The North Vietnamese again said the length of the peace talks was “entirely dependent on the disposition of the U.S.
delegation.”
The North Vietnamese diplo-
mats have made it clear they will not modify their negotiating position based on a demand that the United States first stop all bombing of the North Vietnamese panhandle between the
17th and 19th Parallels.
North Vietnam turned down all U.S. proposals to enter into meaningful bargaining in Wednesday’s 10th negotiating ses-
Chief negotiator Xuan engaged in what U.S.
sources called “repetitious” and
“propagandistic” statements.
The real name of the great American humorist, Bill Nye,
was Edgar Wilson.
The state of Louisiana is divided into parishes.
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By MARGUERITE DAVIS
WASHINGTON (UPI)-A new
Agriculture Department policy should give American exporters a better chance to sell their top grades of hard red winter wheat in foreign markets. The department changed its formula for assessing subsidies it will pay exporters, or payments it will claim from them, to meet terms of the recently ratified International Grains Arrangement. Initially, the changes affect shipments through West Coast ports. But the department has authority to extend the new formula to exports out of other port areas. The new IGA minimum payments at which exporters may sell currently are one cent a bushel higher than the domestic price for hard winters. Under the old formula, exporters ship, ping through West Coast ports were required to pay the govA touch of the ‘old south’ CLARKSDALE, Miss. (UPI)— Roy Flowers’ plantation on the Mississippi Delta was a touch of the Old South. There were sprawling fields of cotton, clusters of workers’ shacks, and hundreds of Negroes laboring in the fields. Flowers boasted of the “best cotton crop and the best bean crop in the delta.” The U.S. Department of Labor said he made $1 million a year from his various plantation enterprises. But there was one big difference between Flowers and the antebellum planters: Flowers didn't think he was big enough to tackle the federal government. He said Wednesday he was quitting. The decision came after a federal judge ordered Flowers to pay $50,000 in back wages to his 250-300 tenants in the nation’s first wage recovery for farm workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Flowers paid the fine levied by Judge William C. Keady “to get it out of court.” Then he intends to rent out his 16,000 acres of farmland after the current crop is harvested. “The government is causing me to quit, I’m happy that I’ve got plenty to live on,” he said. “I’m settled up with the government to date. I’m doing this just not to have any more business with the government.” The Labor Department filed suit against Flowers after sending investigators to check on the operations of the white landowner. Flowers was accused of failing to pay minimum wages to his field hands, and of hiring workers under 16. The suit said Flowers overcharged his tenants for coal and wood used for heating and cooking and that, in many Instances, he charged laborers for cotton sacks used for cotton picking.
ernment a “certificate cost” of a penny a bushel, regardless of the quality of the hard winter wheat. (If the IGA minimum were lower than domestic prices, the government would make up the difference with a subsidy paymment.) The new rate, effective through 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, takes quality into account for shipments through Aug. 15. Ordinary grade (up to 11.4 per cent protein content) will continue to come under the old requirement of one-cent-a-bushel payments by exporters. But for wheat grading between 11.5 and 12.99 per cent protein, the exporter will receive a subsidy of 2 cents a bushel, and for wheat grading 13 per cent or more protein, the government will pay 4 cents a bushel. The rates will be subject tc change every 24 hours, depending on the movement of U.S. and world prices. Department officials noted that IGA’s minimum prices were based on “ordinary protein” grades. This did not take into consideration the relatively greater cost for higher protein grades on the U.S. market, it was said. The Agriculture Department concluded that the new subsidies were needed if quality hard red winter wheat was to be competitive in world markets and still remain within the floor-ceiling rates prescribed by IGA. Rep. Myers charges leveled PLAINFIELD, Ind. (UPI) - Rep. John Myers, R-Ind., charged Thursday the Administration has not fulfilled its obligations in the battle against organized crime. In a speech prepared for delivery to Young Republicans here, Myers revealed details of a recent congressional investigation conducted by the Government Operations Committee, of which he is a member. “The Federal government has very definite obligations to try to defeat organized crime,” Myers said. “Our investigation points out, however, that the Federal government has not born its obligations with the force that its role in the overall battle against organized crime demands.” Myers said the report was based on testimony and statements from the Department of Justice and 35 other agencies charged with enforcing laws in the battle against syndicated crime. He said the “shocking truth” was that the Administration has failed to fully coordinate a combined inter-agency federal effort against racketeers under management and direction of a single department or agency.
Cadou’s column
By EUGENE J. CADOU INDIANAPOLIS (UPI ) — State chairman Buena Chaney was chosen Wednesday to head Indiana’s 26-member delegation to the Republican National convention in Miami. Although Chaney’s selection as delegation chairman was almost, a foregone conclusion, it streng. thened the hand of Richard M. Nixon, a leading presidential contender who scored a sizeable vote in Indiana’s presidential primary in which he was unop. posed. The Hoosier delegation thereby was mandated to vote for Nixon on the first ballot only at the convention. But Chaney’s selection means that Indiana will stay with Nixon either to a triumphant victory or a defeat, according to most observers. There is a flirtation trend toward California Gov. Ronald Reagan in the Indiana delegation following his brilliant appearance in Indianapolis on June 13. However, Nixon remains the practical favorite because Indiana is his synthetic
home and in view of his numerous appearances in this state which led to two election victories for the GOP. Nixon’s mother was born in Jennings County. The Indiana party chiefs know that they can count on him to come to this state to help election campaigns. The convention delegates chose two members for each of four national convention committees. They are: Resolutions, Indianapolis may. or Richard G. Lugar and Mrs. Esther Guthridge, Fowler, state vice chairman. Rules, Walter Beardsley, Elk-1 hart, national committeeman who has been kicked out of office by the state committee effective at the end of the con. vention, with L. Keith Bulen, Marion County chairman, as his successor; and Mrs. Nola Allen, Indianapolis, who is the first Negro to serve on the Repub. lican state committee. Credentials, Orvas Beers, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Phyllis Gregory, Kokomo. Permanent organization, John Bailey Jr., Greenwood, and Mrs. Betty Rendell, Mexico.