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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, March 14, 1968
LBJ campaign -
Continued from page 1
20 delegates pledged to McCarthy while only four will represent Johnson at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Aug. 26.
Even if Johnson wins a renomination, he may still have a battle over the Vietnam issue on his hands. Richard Nixon, at this time the front running Republican candidate, recently announced that if elected he would stop the war.
Exactly how he plans to accomplish this Nixon has yet to say. He may be developing his own credibility gap parallel to that attributed to Johnson—considering that Nixon has, in the past, supported the war.
In the area of civil rights, Johnson faces opposition from both black power advocates and pacifist Negroes. Here again the Vietnamese conflict plays an important role. Young Negroes have felt the pressures of the draft more than any other group. After one summer of rioting and another probably on the way, Johnson can only hope that the preventive measures proposed by his commission on riots in the cities will be successfully adopted.
So far Johnson's poverty programs have had only limited success. Charges of inefficiency and the high costs of maintaining the program and carrying on a war at
the same time are weakening the program's chances for averting further violence.
Another factor in this presidential race which cannot be ignored is Johnson's personality. Johnson is aware of his faults as a public speaker and has attempted to introduce a "new" Lyndon Johnson by using a more off-the-cuff speaking technique and by padding his addresses with humor. The success of this new image has yet to be seen.
Perhaps Johnson's greatest solace is the dissension among Republicans. With George Wallace fighting for conservative votes, the Republican Party could undergo a split not unlike that suffered in the 64 election.
Yet among the Democrats McCarthy's candidacy may draw just as many voters who are disillusioned by the Vietnamese War.
Next: Richard Nixon.
ISP party to discuss platform, candidates
The Independent Student Party (ISP) will hold a general membership meeting at 8 p.m. today in the Kansas Union.
At the meeting members will meet the candidates for the coming All-Student Council elections, finalize the ISP platform and discuss campaign procedures.
5th Annual St. Pat's Blast
Saturday, March 16
GREEN BEER
in Pitchers or Glasses
2 PITCHER HOURS: 65c PITCHERS FROM 11:30-12:30 3:30-4:30
GASLIGHT
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Congress given funds request for KU research
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— Sen. Frank Carlson, R-Kan., was one of the sponsors of a senate bill to spread the amount of federal money for scientific research to more colleges and universities.
The bill could bring an additional $484,000 to Kansas State University, Carlson said, and $600,000 to the University of Kansas.
The bill provides for a special federal appropriation of $150 million to be allotted to schools under a formula that takes into account how much federal research money they already have.
Official Bulletin
TODAY
Creole Foundation Representative in
Venezuelan Students, 226 Storm Hall
Kansas High School AA Basketball Tournament. 130 and 70. p Allen.
SUA Music Forum. 3:30 p.m. Dr.
James Thomson, "The Rebirth of
Renaissance Music." Kansas Union
Music Room.
International Festival Steering Committee. 3:30 p.m. 8B Strong Hall. Minority Opinions Forum. 7 p.m. "Nudism and Modern Morality." Ahmed Al-Amin Center for Arts, 412 E. 5th St., New York.
Lecture. 7:30 p.m. "40 Years of Hollywood Directing." King Vidor. Exercises: "The Crowd," "War and Peace." Dyche Auditorium.
Lecture. 7:30 p.m. "Psychological Factors, France-American Relations." L. Wylie. Harvard. Kansas Union Forum Room.
Lecture. 8 p.m. "Contemporary Brazilian Art and Its Forerunners." Jose Gomez-Siere, Pan American Union, Museum of Art.
University Theatre. 8:20 p.m. "Macbeth."
College Life. 9 p.m. Watkins Scholarship Hall.
FRIDAY
Driver Education Workshop 12:30 p.m. Javahawk Room, Kansas Union KU Muslim Society. 12:45 p.m. Prayers, Kansas Union
Kansas High School AA Basketball Tournament, 7 p.m. Allen Field Hill
Foreign English 7:30 p.m. "Aren't
Wonderful" German. Hoch Auditorium
Popular Film. 7 & 9 p.m. "To Be a Crook." Dyche Auditorium.
strilzian Opera Broadcast. 8 p.m.
"Ill Guarany," by Gomes. KANU-FM.
University Theatre. 8:20 p.m. "Mac-
b:th."
People to People and
KU-Y Model UN
PARTY
Friday, March 22
8:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Crystal Room Hotel Eldridge
Featuring
The CHUCK BERG Quartet
All members of People-to-People (including all international students) and Model UN delegates are cordially invited. Refreshments will be served.