European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday october 13, 1964 Viets face new political crisis it i 11 m. T to. Re Pott 1 a Atul m fitted As Khanh s time is running out a 5 Southern states an a news analysts Saigon a South Viet Nam it Taring into the jaws o what May be it most Donger Ous political Crills id Date an my Gen Nguyen Khanh s Rul ing mandate rum out. The time Khanh borrowed to Hammer together Tome kind of new government for he War Lorn nation i almost used up and prospects of Lucceus Are according to the promis Khanh gave rebellious Street mob in Early August he is required to ilex Down oct. 27, turning the country Over to civilian Rule. Khanh assigned the responsibility for this Transfer of Power to i nominal Boss a Gen Duong Van Minn the Vietnam Ese chief of interviewed politicians religious leaders and various Power blocs. He appointed a 17 member Council to create government. Two weeks ago Ike Conn Ell went to work la the Gla Long Palace the building i which the Laic president Ngo blab diem met his end Las nov. 1 in military coup. Members of the Council mostly old revolutionaries promptly fell to arguing. One faction headed by coun cil chairman Pham Khac Suu held that a National election forthe office of the chief of state should be held would at least give the new government some popular base they argued. But opponent argued that int Lew of Viet Cong control of a Large part of the Countryside and the general state of War such an election would be in practical. Indications were that the Council had decided against Central election for the Tun being and would concentrate on setting up a non elected provisional government instead. The Odds were that my Hagain would be named chief of this wives none of the problems. Munh tint came to Power last nov. I after Lead ing the coup that overthrew Dlce. A chose not to govern the country personally but left the Tob to persons he termed the chief of the technicians was Nguyen Ngoc too a mild and permissive Man who had been dem a vice president the Munh government was in chaos throughout in Jan. 90. Khanh the relatively unknown commander of the vietnamese army s and corps staged a lightning coup that Wai Over before most peo ple were aware anything . Sci a shot was in deference to Munh a popu Larity and prestige Khanh kept Meluh on Ai nominal chief of stale. But even in this Job Munh waa an irritant to Khanh and on aug. U Khanh threw Bis old Boss out of us govern ment altogether. This parked the Street rioting and upheavals to which Khanh waa forced to Bow a few weeks National Council which has been derided by Many vietnamese newspapers at the National museum must now come up with something More than merely putting Minn Back in Are that no Deci Sions have been made but consideration is being Given to making Vul Van Mau a Hanoi trained lawyer the new prime minister with Khanh staying in the government As defense possible candidate for the top lob is the Prenen foreign minister Phan Tiluy the picture is the growing importance of labor Union activity in Saigon. Unions have registered their strength in various ways in re cent weeks including a general a new strike does not appear imminent on grounds of labor dissension but a political ele ment has emerged. Atlanta up five South Ern states still cling to the poll lax despite free Federal elections. Trouble resulting from dual voter registration Maysoon mean the end of the Levy once aimed at keeping negroes from the poll. The free vote in Texas May also carry president Johnson to Victory in his Home state i the race there is As close As the 1mo presidential contest. Richard m. Mosi. Put to work Harry 8. Truman. Tough problems Joba Nance Garner. Did t want office the Vic presidency Iii nation was left in Good hands four times in this Century by Harry Ferguson Washington up somewhere out in space there must be a benevolent Star guiding the destiny of the United states. Four times inthe 20th Century a vice presi Dent has been summoned to the highest office and at no time has that been some cases the no 1 Man has turned out to be a Bette president than the no. I. Historians rank Theodore Roose velt much higher than the assassinated William Mckinley. Calvin Coolidge was an improvement Over warring. Harding. Harry s. Truman brought vigor and decisive Ness la some or the toughest problems a president Ever faced and nobody known what would have happened if the Illing Franklin d. Roosevelt and lived out Els last term. History s final judgement on John f. Kennedy is still to be written but it is a fact that within 48 hours after taking the oath of office Lyndon b. John Ron was firmly in control of the Federal voters can take Pride in the efficient Way i which their modern vice presi dents have moved into in presidency but they cannot claim any of the credit. It was pure Luck in to Twat Cam that an Able Man was standing by inthe hours of emergency. Not since ism has the voter had anything but an indirect and tenuous Choice in the selection of vice presidential candidates. In that year the uth to the Constitution was rate fled providing that the electors vote separately for president and vice it had been much simpler. The electors took vote and the Man with highest number waa president. Theman with the second highest number of votes was Vic president. Enactment of the 12th Amend ment and the evolution of Polit ical parties removed the Vic presidential Choice from the Arena of Public opinion. The presidential nominee picked his Man and the parly went along with him without question. The list of vice presidents whenever succeeded to the presidency includes Strong men and weak scholars and fools. In his Book the Rise of the vice presidency Irving g. Williams gives High Marks to John Nance Garner and Richard m. Nixon but his discussion stops with the Eisenhower administration and there is no assessment of As vice president. It is doubtful whether Garner Ever really wanted to be vice president but once in the Job he brought great skill to Bear on his work. He worked behind the scenes led senators into a Small office put a bottle of Bourbon on the table and invited them to strike a blow for Asa former speaker of the Elloum he had immense prestige with congressmen and he used it to grease the Way for Cdr s Bill whenever they Sot stuck. By the time Nixon came tothe vice presidency the Situa Tion was Rel Rdv different. Con Gress passed a Law in it Mak ing Iho vice president a member of the National Security d. Eisenhower used ii to put Nixon to work largely inthe Field of foreign affairs. The vice president went to Russia and stood up to Premier Elk la s. Khrushchev in a debate on the merits and demerits of Cap the result of All this was that my had considerably More identity than the average vice president. When the time came to pick a candidate forthe 1m presidential Nomina Tion he was the obvious and Al most automatic Choice. Or. Johnson thrives on work and Kennedy gave him plenty of it. There were no govern mental secrets that or. John son did t know All about and his Long years in the House and Senate gave him vast influence with Congress. A r e c o r d 2.r8r.183 texan Hutc paid 11.75 to Vole in local state and Federal elections. Onlym.2 7 registered for the Frei vote in the Federal election but most of those registered represent minority groups an Liberal views. The democrats carried Texas by about 44,000 votes in 1no. If the new additions turn out enforce it could mean Victory fur or. Johnson in another Eta selection. A poll tax is still a suffrage requirement in Virginia a hymn Mississippi and arum for stale and local elections. The Money con for school pro Grams. Six Southern states Hart repealed the tax. The free Vole came about when three fourths of the states ratified an amendment to tin Constitution outlawing the pen tax As a requirement for voting in Federal elections. Virginia Wilt get off easier than the rest of the states in tha nov. 3 election. With the exception of one noncontroversial referendum the Federal races an the Only contests on the big ballot. A virginian must par11.50 poll tax for three Yean before becoming eligible to vote on local issues. In Arkansas a ii poll tax still in effect and collections Are running ahead of Norma because of a Tough gubernatorial contest Between incumbent Orval Faubus who wants a sixth term and Republican Winthrop Rockefeller brother of new York gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Also spurring poll tax pay ments toward u record 700, Murk in Arkansas is a Consulta ten nil amendment to legalize s2 poll tax is collected in. Mississippi but mate official feel it will have hide effect of the turnout next month. Ala Bama collects a 81.50 tax and it must be paid two years prior tothe Date of the election. Texans must pay their pg8lax by Jon. 31, 10 months be fore a general election and Tea months before the party Prim. Rules i col Rico was p. Smitht col William w. Col Arnold Auritt Mir d. Frank. 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