European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Shriver filled Long list sunday March 24, 194 a of trouble roles by Tom Washington a Sar gent Shriver. Named by presi Dent Johnson to be ambassador to France has had a Long list of trouble shooting assignments. Shriver organi or of the peace corps and Pioneer of the anti poverty program recalls with relish How his brother in Law. President John f. Kennedy got him to enter government Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut was appointed Secretary of health education and welfare he asked for Shriver As his Deputy. But this request was turned Down by the White House because presidential advisers believed the Job should go to a political Friend not a member of the family. Not Long afterwards. Ken Nedy told Shriver he wanted him to o r g a n i z e the peace corps. I suggested to the president that if a political Friend should be appointed to the Deputy hew Post someone to whom he owed a political debt ought to be named director of the peace corps Shriver recalls. Of no the president told me Shriver said. The hew Post is a sound government Job and everybody wants that one. But no one wants to touch the peace corps. And if flops will be easier to fire a relative than a Polit ical Shriver developed the peace corps into one of the outstand ing monuments of the Kennedy administration. Once known chiefly As Kennedy s brother in Law Shriver did so Well with the peace corps and As director of the office of economic Opportunity that he became a celebrity in his own also brings to the Paris Post a time when . Relations with its oldest ally Are atan unprecedented Low experience in handling difficult and sensitive tasks. An aide said he Speaks French Well. A handsome 52-year-old six footer Shriver is an Active articulate Man. His sense of humor pops quickly to the surface. Also close to the surface is Mas Terly salesmanship and in a soft the Antipoverty pro Gram hit its lowest ebb last year a by Arnold b. Sawislak Washington up a. Rockefeller s rejection of an Active presidential candidacy leaves the National political situation in the follow ing incredible state the democrats who already have a Man in the White House Are snarled in a three Way Battle for the presidential republicans the outs for eight years have Only one major candidate for a Nomina Tion that looks More valuable every Day. Former vice president Rich Ard m. Nixon would have been the betting favorite for the gop nomination even if Rockefeller had joined the race. To say the least his Odds improved thurs Day afternoon. Obviously some Effort to build a Rockefeller draft movement will be made. But twas precisely the difficulty of such a Campaign that impelled the new York governor s supporters in Oregon and elsewhere to urge him to declare. Men can win the nominations of major parties without act e by campaigning but such episodes As the i j. Selection of Adlai Art rare. An remembered that an.1 Strong Allie til Field a to get id John and Lyndon b Johir for the nomination Slee is ii United and , draft ciiinp.ii-. Is u Ualle Are not As spontaneous is he objects of their of Calion would like tile Public to belief democratic k me Velim ii in must by Urien there candidates Inse,-l.-r lends be filed on ii in Lio be i i rot and criticism mounted in con Gress Shriver beat the Bushes to get the program approved and in so doing scored a major personal has the politician s easy manner though he has never run for elective office and enjoys meeting people. Basically a Liberal Shriver has great Success before conservative audiences especially business men. Working for his father in Law. Joseph p. Kennedy he ran up an amazing record in bringing new occupants into the Mam Moth Kennedy owned Merchan Dise Mart in Chicago. He 1vas an effective campaigner for president Kennedy Ami became chief Recruiter forthe new administration. His Prie find was Secretary of de sense Robert s. Mcnamara. Robert Sargent born nov. 9, 1915, Ster md., a son gushed Maryland Shriver s father Shriver was in West min of a Distin family. Lost his Money in the 1929 crash so Shriver worked his Way through Yale University then Vale school. Raccoon nip medic Gary Kennon of san Francisco gets nip on the Finger from his travelling companion a Raccoon 1st Cav div operations in a Village near Hue Smith Vietnam i political situation they take Money and Organiza Tion and the lavish application of those factors to a so called grass roots operation can de stroy the candidate s image of , the Concan dictate does have some things going for him however. First if he continues to Lead Nixon in the Public opinion polls against Johnson or other democrats the new York governor is a live possibility. Second Rockefeller s rejection of an Active Campaign role withholds from Nixon the element he lost when gov. George w. Romney of Michigan departed opposition in the Pri Maries to dispel any loser image remaining from 1960 and1962. Finally Rockefeller May have done himself some Good with Republican workers and leaders who have been watching the strife among the democrats with High glee and hoping that the same sort of disagreement would not befall their party. If Rockefeller s name is put before the Miami Beach Conven Tion in August will least not be that of a Man who put the party through open civil War during the Spring. If Rockefeller intends to remain receptive to a draft his announcement thursday carried with some built in dangers for that kind of candidacy. Most important permits Nixon to generate the kind of Winner s momentum that allowed Barry Goldwater to in jul Over last minute opposition in 1 in effect the clock cell decision could Well a ivc hand the nomination to Nixon months before the convention. Also the decision might. The Way to other hopefuls Challenge Nixon. Fur exar gov. Ronald Reagan Onia As his state s favorite feels no compulsion to with Del his name from the Oref primary even thou to lie Den presidential ambitions. Somo say shift is Chuff is ski Cool toward Westmoreland. Us 1 red s. Hoffman a military writer Washington president Johnson s decision to bring Gen. William c. Westmoreland Back from Vietnam and make him army chief of staff is certain to be interpreted by ome As disenchantment with Westmore land s conduct of the s r e a c i o n heightened the impression of a rebuff."1 regret leaving this War torn land before the Battle is Over and before peace is restored the general said in Saigon after learning the news by Telephone. Lie said he got the word from Gen. Earle i. Wheeler chairman of the joint chiefs of Slaff not from Johnson who has e e n considering Westmore land s bid for approximate Jami u i More troops. Pentagon officials said in was common knowledge m defense quarters for the past year that Westmoreland would leave Viet Nam this summer after Tearh four years m the demanding Job i ii i s of is Tikiun land ser King to counter any impression lie is being barked argued Lylial his Neu position can Liall be i Pletl a demotion. They noted that As army Boss Westmoreland will be on the joint chiefs of staff and will have a major voice in formulating future Vietnam military policy. also was pointed out that Westmoreland will be left to run the War for three More months. Yet there were elements beyond Westmoreland s own re action that contributed to an impression that Johnson had cooled toward his commander whose strategy has been under heavy a a c k from b o h Hawks and doves since the communists jolted the allies their Tel offensive against South Vietnam s president was rela Nelv sparing m his Praise of West Moreland referring to him Only As a very talented and Vernable if Johnson had p i o m o e do Elmoi Cland u he chairman ship of the joint chiefs grounds Foi 11 Ding Westmoreland s Relief As a repudiation would Guise been virtually nonexistent but the p r e s i d e n implied a r o n j. 1 v that we Moi Eland Vav in led ii the Manship. Comment from officers and enlisted men based in Danang and nearby places in the Northern part of the country was generally in Praise of the outgoing . Commander. Air Force sgt. Dale Rosen Berg of Sacramento calif., said he had his hands tied As to what he could do and what he could not do but he did a said Navy storekeeper 3.c. William k. Neyland of bal Rouge la., i he did Good Job under the Kressuk for the most part people w Here were for 1 pc. i isms Springfield 111. Mii nent he s Okay for an army co Mander. For what did he a helluva Good ,.l. And m. Rine Cpl Mori Guthrie okla. . 1 did All european edition col. James w. Camphell Usa. . Col. F. 8, Michael or. Mkt Proctor. Timer o. Frank Hanhy 8. Epstein a. ,.t Oil my an unofficial newspaper and for the us. Aimed, or in chief . European command and inn Iii Germany. 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