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University Daily Kansan Tuesday. Nov. 8, 1964
Tavern-Keeper Experiences Bumpy Presidential Stumping
SECAUCUS, N. J. — (UPI) — Henry Krajewski, tavern-keeper and the "poor man's party" candidate for president, reports a bumpy reception on a 25-state stumping tour for votes.
"They threw rocks and bottles at me in Los Angeles. They nearly arrested me in Salt Lake City. But I want to prove to the American people that the little guy can run for President," he says.
Krajewski's party slogan is "No Piggy Deals in Washington." A one-time pig farmer he has run for president, governor, senator, mayor and town councilman but never won.
HIS TAVERN is called "Tam-many Hall." He's 47 years old and favors Stetson hats, befitting a candidate from the open vistas of the Jersey meadowlands. His "poor man's party" has so few members he doesn't stand a pauper's chance of winning a single electoral vote.
For one thing, he's not on the ballot in any state. His petition for a place on the New Jersey ballot was rejected last spring when it was discovered both he and his vice presidential candidate, a
housewife, are from New Jersey. The Constitution requires the holders of the nations top two offices to be residents of different states.
But Kraiewski says he's trying for a big write-in vote anyway. He and a truck driver from Omaha drove a tractor-trailer to Council Bluffs, Iowa; Chicago; Oklahoma City; Phoenix; Ariz.; Los Angeles and other stops this summer.
The trailer was emblazoned with the legend: "Vote Krajewski for President, Down with Khrushchev."
HE DISTRIBUTED photograph records with his campaign song: The "Hay! Krajewski! Hay! Hay! Polka."
"Whenever I saw a bunch of people — farmers, workers, anybody — I'd stop and give a talk. I almost got locked up in Salt Lake City. I started to speak on the steps of the capitol there to some students, and the police were going to arrest me until I told them who I was. Then they were very nice and gave me an escort all over the city," he said.
He arrived there during the Democratic convention and circled the party headquarters for seven hours, urging through a loudspeaker that delegates avoid voting for "red-tainted candidates." He specified the candidates he thought were "red-tained."
His Los Angeles reception was cool.
"The next thing I knew, people were throwing rocks and bottles at me," he recalled. "Things were better in the Mojave Desert, though." "We stopped at a restaurant there, and the man saw our sign and said, O.K., you're a real free thinker, the meal's on the house. He gave us half a watermelon too."
G. Baley Price, chairman of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, spoke on the "Uses of Mathematics," as a guest lecturer on the TV program, Continental Classroom, this morning.
Price Talks Today on TV About Math
Programs Stolen, Sold at Cut Rate
Jay Markley, swimming and golf instructor, told Campus Police that someone broke into a room in the football stadium sometime Friday and stole 400 programs for the KU-Nebraska game.
The police report stated that whoever entered must have had a key, as the door was not forced. The report also stated that the programs were sold around Lawrence for 25 cents, which is below the regular selling price.
Professor Price, chairman of the mathematics department, is currently on leave of absence from KU. He served as a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology for 1959-60. He was attached to the Eighth Air Force in England as a civilian operations analyst in World War II.
He was president of the Mathematical Association of America, and is active in the American Mathematical Society and the School Mathematics Study Group.
Campus Police Mail Bills for Violations
The Campus Police are sending out bills today. So if you aren't in good standing with the Traffic and Security Office you may get a little pink notice from Georgia Ambler, the secretary.
Don't miss the FREE PARTY at the Tee Pee after the play "The Most Happy Fella."
Wednesday, Nov. 9. If you aren't going to the play, come on out early. Music by the Fireflys.
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Plenty of the seniors' favorite refreshment.