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Friday, September 12, 1975
University Dally Kausan
Convention help needed
By J.MARTIN DOLAN
As many as 2,000 volunteers could be needed when the Republican National convention opens next year in Kansas City, Mo., according to Gilda Manning, vice chairman of the Jackson County, Mo., Republican Committee.
Manning said Tuesday that since there hadn't been a recent national convention in Kansas City, experienced volunteers would have to move to Missouri, however, the Republican party was attempting to broaden its base of support and the party hoped to involve as many local, inexperienced people as possible. Manning said he would move up a large proportion of the volunteers.
Manning said volunteers could be used as drivers for VIPS, as pages, and typists and for various other duties. Volunteers would be matched with jobs best suited to their personal talents, she said. Some inquiries were directed to the Kansas committee, Manning said, but she wasn't sure how the volunteers would be selected. In Topteka, a spokesman for the Kansas Republican State Committee she said had no idea how many volunteers from Kansas would be needed. She also was unsure of when work on the convention would begin, because preparation for President Gerald R. Ford's visit to the Midwest this weekend.
Kansas City hasn't had a national convention since the Republicans nominated Herbert Hoover there in 1928. The Convention has not held a national convention in Kansas City last spring.
The mid-year convention used only about 200 volunteers, most of them from the metropolitan Kansas City area, according to Nell Blangers, a member of the Kansas
Democratic National Committee, Local people were used, Blangers to avoid, to the expense of housing them. Volunteers were selected by a special committee in Kansas City on the basis of answers to a questionnaire, she said.
Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Charles Wheeler told the Associated Press Monday he saw no irony in the selection of Kansas City as the mayor of the state. The city announced candidate for the Democratic nomination for vice president, is mayor of a city which has had strong Democratic links in the past. Kansas City is especially noted in the political rise of Harry S. Truman.
Wheeler credited the city's central location as the primary reason for the selection, which was ratified without dissent by the Republican National Committee on Monday. The seven-member board, which is currently Sunday for approval of Kansas City.
The GOP will convene five weeks after the Democrats open their 1976 convention July 12 in New York. The final exact date for a nominee did not be decided upon as of yesterday.
Travel City's central location will reduce travel time and expenses for the 16,000 delegates and others who will attend the convention. There are reports that President Ford wanted the convention in a cool, west, where his support is the strongest.
Another consideration in the site selection was the fact that both Missouri and Kansas have freshman Republican governors at a time when the GOP claims only 13 gubernatorial positions. Neighboring Iowa also has a Republican governor.
The convention could be worth more than $16 million to the city. Wheeler said the
Local opponents to the convention claim that actual costs will exceed that amount, perhaps by as much as $600,000. The additional money will be needed, they say, for increased security in the wake of the recent attempt on the President's life.
amount would be evenly divided between outside money and revenue generated by it.
City Councilman Arthur Aseal said security costs could be defrayed through assistance from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Secret Service and the FBI. Support could also be obtained by contacting Patrol, the Johnson County, Kan., Sheriff's Patrol and other local groups or from private sources.
The convention's impact on Lawrence businesses will probably be slight, according to Larry Danielson, assistant director of the Chamber of Commerce. Danielson said Lawrence could benefit from the overflow of Kansas City hotels during the convention. The Chamber of Commerce is preparing a report to the Convention and Development Council City on availability of rooms in Lawrence.
Lack of adequate hotel facilities was the prime argument against Karsas City as the
In its bid for the convention, Kansas City promised to have 15,755 rooms available. The co-chairman of the Selection Committee, Edwin G. Middleton, estimates that as many as 2,500 rooms may be outside the metropolitan Kansas City area.
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