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State leaders react to Kennedy's candidacy
Thursday, November 8, 1979
Staff Reporter
By JEFF SJERVEN
Democratic and Republican leaders in Kansas differed yesterday over whether the candidacy of Sen. Edward Kennedy would divide the Democratic Party.
State Rep. Roby Frog, R-Library, House majority leader, said Kennedy's announcement yesterday would have a divisive effect on Democrats.
"Kennedy's candidacy will hurt 'Kennedy's somethat please from the division it will cause,' he said. "We saw a lot of criticism against him, and I am by Bryce's switch from Kennedy to Kenedy."
"She must be a real crapshooter. Because if Kennedy loses and Carter wins the nomination and the presidency, there's
going to be a long dry spell for the city of Chicago."
Frey said the Kennedy candidacy could influence the Republican Party's presidential nomination.
"I don't think the Republicans would run a Ronald Reagan against Kennedy," he said. "They'd choose someone close to the president, like George Bash or Howard Baker."
George McGovern, who was unable to insure much support in 1972.
KENNEDY CANNOT count on the amount of support given to his brothers, John and Robert, for their campaigns for the presidency, Freed said.
"I don't think the nation is ready for Kennedy. If you study his voting record, you'll find that he is more liberal than
However, Larry Bengston, Junction City, state Democratic Party chairman, said the Kennedy-Carter race would benefit the party in Kansas.
division and it's my job to prevent that from happening in Kansas."
"I think it is going to bring more activity to the state of Kansas," he said. "A confrontation between two formidable cannibals would be sound to bring good people on both sides."
BENGTSON SAID it was up to the candidates and Democratic party leaders to prevent serious divisions within the party.
"If Kennedy won, we would have an unusual situation in which an incumbent president sat in the White House while a Democratic senator ran for the seat he said. "This pressure could cause some
Bengtson said that if Kansas' primary were held this month, Carter probably would win over Kennedy by a narrow margin.
State Rep. Fred Weaver, D-Baxter Springs, House minority leader, said the Democratic Party would unite emitted from its 1980 convention.
"Democrats have never been noted for being organized," he said. "But we have shown an uncanny ability to get back together after a confrontation."
City, Senate minority leader, said the Kennedy-Carter contest would be healthy for the Democratic Party.
Weaver said he and the majority of his constituents in southeast Kansas supported President Carter's re-election.
"This probably will be good for Democrats because it will provide enthusiasm and spirit and will get people out of the way." "I don't think there will be a serious split.
STATE SEN. Jack Steineger. D-Kansas
"But we will have an interesting race." Gov. John Carlin did npt release a letter from the campaign's candidacy. A spokesman, Dennis Smith, said the governor had received a phone call from Kennedy about two weeks ago in Kenney to would make an announcement soon.
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BOSTON (AP) - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., declared yesterday he would run for president in 1890 because President Woodrow Wilson was even anxious, to be on the march again."
The last of the Kennedy brothers made his announcement in Boston's Faneau Hall, listing what he called stark failures of the Carter administration's domestic policies.
After his speech, Kennedy left on a camp trip from Maine to Oklahoma. He will stop in New Hampshire, Illinois, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and Connecticut.
Kennedy said that before the 1976 exection, we were told that Americans were honest, helpful and brave. Now the people are blamed for every national ill and scied as greedy, wasteful
"Which is it? Did we change so much in these three years?"
THE MOST DRAMATIC moment of the announcement came when Kennedy was asked whether his wife, Joan, who has lived in Boston apart from him, would campaina.
Kennedy supporters in the crowd hall booed the question. But Kennemy motioned for silence and turned to his wife, seated on the stage behind him, and said, "Jason!"
Edward Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy, who has been fighting alcoholism, stepped forward and said to cheers and applause "I look forward to campaigning for him."
She said she would talk to reporters soon "and I hope to answer all the questions you might have on your minds today."
SEATED WITH Mrs. Kennedy were the couple's three children, Kara, 19, Edward M. Jr., 18, and Patrick Joseph, 12.
Other family members, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Ethel Kennedy, the widows of John and Robert Kennedy, were seated in the front row.
Mayor Jane Byrne of Chicago, who recently endorsed Kennedy after first indicating she might support Carter, was given a place of honor with the family.
president can marshal the energies of the people and provide a sense of direction.
Kennedy said, "When present difficulties grow so large that they threaten the essential confidence of the nation, only the
'For many months we have been sinking into crisis. We have no clear summons from the center of power.
**WORKERS ARE forced to take a second job to make ends meet because wages are rising. Young people go into debt and suffer real financial hardship to educate their children. This year the government will provide $19 per person pay 119 percent of their income for the necessities of life. That means they go
Manchester, N.H. where the first presidential primary will be held next February.
After his announcement, Kennedy flew to
Kennedy repeated his criticism of Carter's energy policy at a local restaurant.
KENNEDY REPLIED to White House criticism that he did not differ significantly with President Carter by singing out the administration's efforts to combat inflation.
He said that if he were elected, it would be clear from the beginning that the president was responsible for the battle against inflation.
Slowdown ends at Oliver
A 28-hour slowdown staged by members of the Oliver Hall staff held last late night after a meeting between members of the officials of the student affairs offices.
An official statement released yesterday by Joyce Lelegiter, resident assistant and spokesman for the Oliver staff, had said, "We are in pursuit of greater support and satisfaction of duties, expectations, and responsibilities from the division of student affairs."
However, Pam Evans, another resident assistant who attended the meeting, said that all the problems between the staff and administration were solved. Evans refused to comment on specific events that led up to him down or how the problems were solved.
During the slowdown, the Oliver staff members said they would answer only emergency calls at their own discretion. They also would help residents or to carry on floor activities.
Smith also refused to discuss the specific events that led to the slowdown or the solving of the problem.
However, the slowdown had little effect on the operation of the hall because it was so short, some residents said.
"I think they had some concerns that they had to raise," she said. "That doesn't mean I advocated the slowdown, but I'm for anything that opens communications."
"We're doing the best job we can in arbitration," she said.
Caryl Smith, dean of student life, who also attended the meeting, said that communication problems between the administration and the Oliver staff had been dealt with.
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