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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, September 25, 1968
Fortas vote near
Senate tactics just like 'hippies'
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Conservative senators threatening to filibuster against Abe Fortas' appointment as chief justice were accused Tuesday of using the same political tactics of hippies and yippies seeking to thwart the will of the majority.
Sen. Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.), one of Fortas's staunchest supporters, made the charge in a speech before the Senate, urging his colleagues to abandon any plans to talk the controversial nomination to death and let the majority vote its wishes.
The Senate's leisurely pace led some members, including Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La.), to conclude that a filibuster already had begun.
But Hart's plea showed no signs of cracking the wall of opposition to Fortas. Sen. B. Everett Jordan (D-N.C.) announced that he would vote against halting debate and against confirmation of Fortas if it came to that.
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Debate on a minor tax bill was in its third day, and senators still have to act on a $71.9 billion defense appropriations bill before the Fortas fight begins.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield indicated it would be Thursday or later before the first floor shots are fired in one of the hottest political battles of the year.
Mansfield and Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen denied a report published by the Chicago Tribune that they had agreed to try to head off an anti-Fortas filibuster by introducing a resolution stating that there is no vacancy to fill on the Supreme Court.
Chief justice Earl Warren has conditioned his retirement on confirmation of a successor. Justice Fortas' critics contend this means Warren would remain on the court unless Fortas is confirmed.
He said the Senate would meet on Saturdays to try to dispose of the nomination quickly. He has hinted that if the move to halt a filibuster fails by a substantial margin he would give up the fight.
Hart told the Senate "to encourage the principle of minority veto on presidential nominations" would set a precedent that could eventually benumb governmental operations.
"Any Fortas filibuster in the Senate would have only one purpose: to paralyze the will of
Mansfield said he had not conferred with the White House on antifilibuster strategy. "The final decision is now with the Senate." he said. "It's our responsibility."
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North Korea says US must apologize
The Pueblo was captured Jan. 23 by North Korean gunboats in the Sea of Japan. One crewman was fatally injured in the incident.
TOKYO (UPI)—North Korea said Tuesday the 82-man crew of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo will be freed only when the United States formally apologizes for the "crime" of spying inside the territorial waters of the Communist state.
The North Korean demand came in an article in the authoritative newspaper Rodong Shinmoon signed by "Commentator" which is usually a pseudonym for a high-ranking government official, broadcast by the Communist Korean Central News Agency KCNA.
It was the first definite statement by the Pyongyang regime since rumors of the imminent release of the American prisoners circulated earlier this month.
The broadcast, monitored in Tokyo, said the article was titled "U.S. Imperialists will never have crew of armed spy ship
Pueblo sent back unless they apologize."
It said the Pueblo crewmen "honestly confessed to their criminal acts and repeatedly entreated the government of the Democratic Communist Peoples Republic of Korea to leniently pardon them..." The Communist radio has broadcast alleged "confessions" by Capt. Lloyd Bucher, the skipper, and members of the crew saying the ship was inside North Korean waters when captured.
"In view of these facts," the article said, "it will be possible to send back the crew only when the United States government bears responsibility as the organizer of the crime, makes due apology to the Pyongyang government and gives assurances that such crimes will never be repeated."
American negotiators have held about a score of secret meetings with Communist officials at the Korean truce village of Pammunjom in the fruitless efforts to secure the release of the 82 American captives.
Harris poll
Nixon continues lead; Wallace still gaining
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Richard M. Nixon leads Hubert H. Humphrey, 39 to 31 per cent, in a recent Harris poll which also showed George C. Wallace gaining on both major candidates.
The former Alabama governor is hurting the Republican nominee more than his Democratic opponent, Harris reported. In a two-way race, he said, Nixon would lead Humphrey by 14 points instead of eight, or 50 to 36 per cent.
The public opinion poll, published by the Washington Post, said 21 per cent of the voters now favor Wallace, an increase of four per cent in just three weeks.
"The discontent of the American electorate with the available choices in 1968 is reflected in the phenomenon of both major party candidates polling less than 40 per cent of the total vote only six weeks before election day." Harris said.
He noted that 43 per cent of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's former supporters are not ready to vote for Nixon, and that 42 per cent of Sen. Eugene J. mcCarthy's backers say they are not inclined to vote for Humphrey.
Harris said Wallace's strength was picking up among independ-
the majority," Hart said. "And isn't that precisely the purpose of far-left youth who howl down speakers and disrupt meetings?"
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ents, the wealthy, the young and white Protestants, and in small towns and rural areas.
"It certainly strikes me as ironical that Senate conservatives who might join in a filibuster would be in a practical
sense using the same political tactics as, for example, the hippies and the yippies they so often criticize," Hart added.
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