Thursday, October 17, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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White House race into final stretch
HHH—
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI)—Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, campaigning at a hectic pace, told a group of suburban St. Louis housewives Wednesday there is "no excuse" for police or soldiers to stand by during riots "and permit other people to steal and loot."
On a campaign stop a short time later, the vice president asked members of a racially mixed audience to turn their backs on "those who say we're going too fast" in the field of civil rights and race.
Humphrey made the riot statement prior to leaving a cheering $2\frac{1}{2}$-day campaign in Missouri for New York City and the traditional Al Smith Day dinner, where he was expected to cross paths with his Republican opponent. Richard M. Nixon.
He talked about riot control to about 1,000 white housewives and students during a question-and answer session at the Christian Brothers College, a Catholic military high school in Clayton, Mo.
"There is no excuse for anybody standing by and permitting other people to steal and loot," the vice president said.
Pointing to his recent policy statement on the issues of law and order, the Democratic contender said the way to handle riots is with "massive manpower, hopefully with nonlethal weapons." He said enough force should be used "to subdue the riot promptly."
Humphrey, who received a conference telephone call from President Johnson Wednesday, was also asked by a housewife about his Vietnam policy. He declined to answer beyond referring to his Salt Lake City speech in which he said he judged a bombing halt an acceptable risk if the North Vietnamese responded by indicating in some way they would restore the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam to a demilitarized status.
"Anything that I say, anything today, if I should stutter for a moment, there are theologists on Vietnam that will write a whole new story about it," Humphrey said. "... I think the greatest service I can perform for you today is to ask you to read my speech that I gave in Salt Lake City..."
Humphrey visited the construction site of a supermarket being built by a Negro self-help group. He made a strong statement in favor of equal rights and asked his predominantly Negro audience of about 500 persons to turn their backs "on those who preach hate and division."
Wallace—
EL PASO, Tex. (UPI)—Some 250 demonstrators and about 7,000 pro-Wallace supporters pushed and shoved each other and started a shouting match last night forcing George Wallace to stop his speech and eventually leave the platform.
Wallace, in the midst of a campaign swing through the Western United States, was speaking to the crowd at El Paso Coliseum when the demonstrators began shouting "Seig Heil" and using Nazi arm salutes.
"The people of Texas and the nation are tired to subsidizing what you see here tonight," Wallace shouted and was cheered by the pro-Wallace crowd.
The demonstrators, standing on chairs on the coliseum floor and clapping their hands, were answered by other portions of the crowd who began shouting "Throw them out" and "We want Wallace."
Wallace, who tried to shout above the crowd, finally gave up altogether after about half an hour.
Several persons who have traveled with Wallace on his present 10-day campaign trip said it was the most persistent heckling they had seen on the trip.
At one point a Negro youth sitting on the shoulders of a white youth blew kisses toward Wallace. Wallace responded by stepping to the front of the stage and blowing kisses in return.
One anti-Wallace youth was pulled from the coliseum by police. Wallace urged his supporters to stay out of fights.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Wallace said. "I know that some of you are worked up tonight, but let police handle it."
Wallace had to shout from the moment he began his speech, but most of it was drown out by the noise and Wallace finally gave up after about 30 minutes. He walked about the stage, waving and throwing kisses.
He finally walked off the stage and the crowd dispersed. A few persons remained to shout at each other but police moved in and told them to leave.
Before the evening speech,
Wallace appeared at a $25-a
plate dinner and told the group presidential polls were rigged. He noted a recent story that quoted pollsters as saying the elections would be hard to predict.
KANSAS CITY, MO. (UPI)With only 17 days of campaigning left, the question now: Can Richard M. Nixon blow it?
Nixon—
"If anyone can blow it, we can," said Sen. Thruston Morton, R-Ky., more joking than serious. But Morton, who often travels these days with the GOP presidential candidate, was Republican national chairman in 1960 when, according to many, Nixon bleit it.
John F. Kennedy should have lost eight years ago. As vice president, Nixon had everything going for him. Then there was Nixon's infected knee for two weeks in the middle of the campaign. Four televised debates with Sen. Kennedy also hurt.
No Debates
But there will be no debates in 1968 and Nixon's health is now as good as his polls. As he said at a Monday news conference, he was ahead of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in every major state.
"However, looking down these three weeks (except for resting on Sundays), I have always been one never to take anything for granted." Nixon said.
"But frankly, I don't think he's (Humphrey) going to win."
If the polls hold true and his luck holds up, there is little that could stop Nixon from taking over the White House in Januarv.
But there is one section of voters that causes Nixon some worry. They don't necessarily
One newsman recently asked if Nixon was not an anathema to millions because of an older image as a ruthless political opportunist. "Some people consider me as an anathema, but on the other hand, I have leadership qualities that can unite this country and that can win the respect—if not the affection—of those who have a very bad picture of Richard Nixon."
Nixon's advisers calculate if the election were held today he would capture more than 350 electoral votes—well over the 270 needed for victory.
No.2 men
Speaking in Pittsburgh, Spiro T. Agnew, taking a page from the book of George C. Wallace, lashed out Wednesday night at "phony intellectuals" who condone disruptive dissent and draft card burning, and invited constant dissatisfied critics to leave the country.
"This country is not to be condemned nor compared with the deficiencies of dictatorships and those among us who continue to run it down, I say let them get out," Agnew said.
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Meanwhile, campaigning in New York's black ghettos, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Edmund S. Muskie, said: "You should have made available to you the resources of the federal government . . . as well as the resources of the private sector to build your own community."
And in Saigon, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay arrived yesterday to "talk to the man in the mud" in a fact-finding visit to Vietnam on behalf of the third party ticket of himself and presidential candidate George C. Wallace.
"I want to get in and out without causing any more comotion than is necessary," Le-May said.
LeMay refused all newsmen's questions and his bodyguards knocked down a newsreel cameraman who tried to photograph LeMay's arrival.
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