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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, March 5, 1968
Polls say Dick leads Rocky; Johnson ahead of McCarthy
By United Press International
Polls published Monday showed Richard M. Nixon leading non-candidate Nelson A. Rockefeller with both the Republican-in-the-street and delegates to the GOP national convention.
A poll of state Republican leaders published in Newsweek magazine suggested the former vice president was only 46 votes shy of the nomination at the convention.
It said Nixon had 621 of the 667 delegates votes needed to win the presidential nomination in August. This was a gain of 60 votes since a Newsweek count nine weeks ago.
The Gallup Poll, testing Republican sentiment in a choice between Nixon and Rockefeller, gave Nixon 67 per cent of the GOP votes and gave Rockefeller 30 per cent. Three per cent were undecided.
Newsweek said New York Gov. Rockefeller gained 66 votes in that period and had the support of 434 prospective delegates,187 short of Nixon's total.
Nixon leads Rocky
A poll published in Time magazine and taken among New Hampshire voters before the withdrawal of Michigan Gov. George Romney gave Nixon 65 per cent of the vote, Rockefeller 13 per cent, Romney 9 per cent and Gov. Ronald Reagan of California 1 per cent with the remaining votes scattered among other candidates or undecided.
On the Democratic side, Time's New Hampshire poll, conducted by Roper Research Associates, Inc., gave President Johnson 62 per cent of the vote with 11 per cent for Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota, the only declared candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York drew 9 per cent of the vote. The remaining 18 per cent were scattered or undecided.
In Washington. McCarthy challenged President Johnson to allow his name to go on the Massachusetts primary ballot.
"I would welcome a decision to enter and the opportunity for direct debate," McCarthy said. "I can think of no more appropriate state in which to ask the people whether they want to return to the principles and policies of John F. Kennedy."
Lester S. Hyman, the state's Democratic chairman, said he would wait until today's 4:45 p.m. EST deadline and, if he did not hear otherwise from Johnson, he would put his name on the ballot.
A Republican congressman from Minnesota, Rep. Clark MacGregor, complained Newsweek's survey showing Rockefeller the heavy favorite in his state was "grossly in error."
He said in 19 straw votes among Republican delegates to county conventions, Nixon received a plurality or majority. So far, he said, Nixon had received 1.074 votes with 624 for Rockefeller, 249 for Reagan and 167 scattered.
Third party candidate George Wallace was in Nebraska, confident he would get the required signatures of only 750 Nebraska voters to establish his American Independent party in that state. This would take him off the Democratic ballot in Nebraska's May 14 primary.
A drive began in six Ohio cities—Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron and Toledo—to collect the required 500,000 signatures to get Wallace on the ballot in the Buckeye state.
--threw together sort of an ad hoc coalition in the last few days."
Sen. McCarthy blasts Johnson
HANOVER, N.H.—(UPI)—Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy will have New Hampshire voters will have to choose between him and President Johnson next week on a basis of what they believe "the future course of America must be."
The Minnesota Democrat, Johnson's only major rival for the Democratic nomination, is an entry in New Hampshire's March 12 primary.
"But the issue also is what New
Hampshire thinks the priorities of this great nation should be; it will be voting for what it believes the future course of America must be," he said.
McCarthy broke away from the campaign trail Monday to return to Washington for Senate business. He was scheduled to return late Monday night and resume vote-seeking today with an address to the Manchester Exchange Club.
New York Republicans advise Rocky on running
By United Press International
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, holding to his "wait and see" strategy, is receiving conflicting advice from fellow New York Republican leaders on how he should attempt to win the GOP presidential nomination.
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay, who has his differences with Rockefeller but still backs him for the presidency, says the governor should formally declare his candidacy and enter this spring's primaries.
On the other hand, Sen. Jacob K. Javits, who has never been beaten in an election and is considered a master political strategist, says Rockefeller's best bet is to sit out the primaries and take his case to the Miami convention in August.
Javits advised Rockefeller against entering any of the primaries, saying; "I believe the time is late, preparation would be very inadequate and the danger would be the same danger we ran into with Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania in 1964 when we
Lindsay said Rockefeller should "move forward and become an open candidate," adding: "I believe it is most important there be discussion on where we are going. The primaries are one way to do it."
Rockefeller was challenged Sunday to enter Wisconsin's April 2 primary by John K. MacFever, chairman of the Wisconsin Nixon for President Committee.
"Since you have now clearly indicated that you will accept the Republican nomination by a convention draft, we urge you to withdraw your disclaimer." MacIver said in a telegram to the New York governor.
KU coeds have it good
MADRID — (UPI) — Rats outnumber people in Madrid by 1.166 to 1, according to the Spanish magazine El Europeo, which said there are 3 million rats in the Spanish capital city.
McCarthy struck out sharply at the Johnson administration Sunday night, charging the President's philosophy is "more disorder and misery."
He said Johnson's recent budget message "was nothing more than a signal of surrender" on problems at home.
"We can't solve any problems if we persist in wasting manpower, money and moral energy on the war in Vietnam," McCarthy said.
"We spend $30 billion a year to pursue a futile war which we seem unable to end . . . at the same time, all our key domestic programs have been sharply cut back."
The Minnesota lawmaker said President Johnson "three weeks ago told a group of students at the White House: "We'll have a bad summer—we'll have several bad summers."
"His prophecy, therefore, is more disorder and misery. I think we can do better," McCarthy said.
Frank H. H. King, professor of economics at KU, will become director of the Center of Asian Studies at the University of Hong Kong in June.
KU prof to Hong Kong
King, a specialist in East Asian economics, was a lecturer at Hong Kong, 1952-56.
King said the University of Hong Kong is enlarging its graduate studies program and the Center which he will head will develop facilities for visiting scholars. He hopes to arrange some programs for KU's junior year abroad schedule.
Jet expert will discuss TFX fighter at meeting
The controversial F-111 (TFX) jet fighter plane will be discussed at a meeting of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) at 7:30 this evening in 200 Learned Hall.
E. W. Snowden, a structures group engineer in the aerospace technical department of the Ft. Worth, Texas, division of General Dynamics Corporation, will be the speaker.
Snowden is a 1948 KU graduate who is responsible for the structural arrangement, structural weights, and analysis of all new aircraft and spacecraft at the Ft. Worth plant.
Snowden has worked on development of the B-53 (Hustler) and the General Dynamics version of the supersonic transport (SST), as well as the F-111. He will illustrate his talk with slides and a movie about the F-111.
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