European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse It Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday May 1, 1968 will presidency become of the wealthy by pm abet Washington up1 can the presidency be bought soaring costs of campaigning this year raise the serious ques Tion of whether presidential poli ties is becoming a game which Only the Rich can play. No Man can buy the presi Dency in terms of bribing votes convention delegates but there is no question that the Lack of personal funds is a sen Humphrey Kennedy on Handicap to a candidate who must meet a Large organization payroll and buy costly radio and television time High Way billboard space Campaign buttons automobile bumper stickers and other miscellaneous items designed to keep his name and face before the voters. It is estimated that the convention Campaign alone will Cost from $15 million to $50 million. The two major parties will spend about $100 million on the actual Campaign after the conventions but there the financing is no problem for the nominees since the Brunt will be borne bythe National committees. It is in the preliminary Strug Gle for the nomination that the costs of campaigning represent major hurdle for a Man run Ning for president. Take the democratic race. Sen. Robert f. Kennedy is member of one of America s wealthiest families. He the Worth at least $12 million in his downright and his wife is As wealthy As he is. There rumours that the family is prepared to spend $20 million if necessary to Winthe nomination for him. Kennedy therefore had no problems about Money when he decided to enter the race. Contributions from supporters gratefully received of course but he is not dependent on them. Challenger Eugene Mccarthy on the other hand is a relatively poor Man. His net assets were recently estimated at less than $30,000 and virtually his Only in come is from his Senate salary plus a few fees from lecture Sand writing. Lie is dependent therefore on contributions. Ii Wharton newly declared candidate Hubert Humphrey is Between the two. He does t have much Money of his own but he is backed by big bankrolls of Lubor organizations and a coalition of Northern Bankers and businessmen who prefer him to Kennedy Mccarthy. Technical if easily evaded limits written into the Law governing contributions and expenditures of the presidential Campaign itself but there no Federal Laws governing costs contributions of the prelim Inary campaigning. If proposals for a nationwide federally regulated presidential primary Ever adopted presumably the financing for it would also come under some measure of Federal control and regulation. Until the himself. It prerequisite helps. We land he it is every Man format not yet be a to be Rich but it captured arms members of the 1st air Cav div Cheek a North vietnamese arms cach captured in operation Delaware in the a Shau Valley near the Doz. Weapons include mortar shells and recoilless Rifle rounds. One Soldier holds an ammunition Belt. A photo legislation for Loor unlikely by j. Marde Washington up the poor people marching on Washington like an irresistible Force. They headed for an immovable object Congress. At the moment the nation s lawmakers not in the mood to give the marchers anything they ask. They hardly in the mood even to listen if what is wanted will Cost More Money. What the poor people want would Cost additional billions. Because of that mood pres ident Johnson abandoned the idea of a special plea to Congress for programs which would help restore peace and Tranquility to the nation Pla Gued with sporadic racial disorders in the ghettos. At the height of the disorders which erupted following the assassination of or. Martin Luther King jr., the president arranged for Congress to hold special joint meeting and receive new plans for programs aimed at rebuilding the cities. This first was delayed the cancelled. Now the plans filed and forgotten for a very important reason Congress just was not in the listening mood. The White House decided that twas the Peak of futility to Send new programs up before old ones were approved. And the f?--5 a. Rumours say Pope May resign poll by Gerald Miller Vatican City a speculation is growing again that Pope Paul i May resign As head of the roman Catholic of such a possibility has become widespread not Only i Vatican circles but among civil officials in Rome. Italy s state run National television network is said to have prepared a Spe Cial program on the Pope s Ca reer to be ready for broadcast instantly should he abdicate. The usual Vatican informant cannot give credence to the res ignation speculation. But they do not Rule out the possibility. There is nothing firm to go on says a usually Well in living off the admitted recently. Most of his funds have been inthe form of Small contributions $10 to $25 from who like him and a great Deal of his Campaign staff works without pay. Even some of thu professionals reported to have been working that Way rumours that the salaried staff members Haven received a paycheck in three weeks because funds run Ning Low. Pope Paul i formed source. Something like this would be kept Ultra secret. If it should come it would Homelike an explosion. But a papal resignation is possible. Every thing is this is the second time in his five year reign that the Pope has been pictured As consider ing abdication. The first time was after he made a visit i september 1966 to the Tomb of St. Celestine a South of reigned As Pope from july 5 to dec. 13, 1294, and Isth Only Pope in the. Church s 2,000 year history who resigned. He issued a document Declar ing that Popes had this right and three Days later he vacated the throne of Paul visited the Tomb at a time when he was known Tobe deeply depressed by some of the ferment taking place in the Church. Such papal acts a visits significant gestures and Paul s visit was assumed by Many to hint at resignation. The current speculation clearly draws some inspiration from the Pope s health. He is still not fully recovered from his opera Tion of last november. He invisibly tired and is said to be in a state of emotional upset an depression. Last week he spoke once again of the turmoil of change in the Church and warned against unauthorized innovations. On sunday he burst into tears As he spoke to pilgrims in St. Peter s Basilica about his Mother. Some of the speculation being heard these Days holds that the Pope who is 70, has planned All along to resign at the Aye of 75 _ a practice now mandatory for diocesan Bishops and recommended for no diocesan lates who work at the Vatican. According to this View he would resign earlier if he Felt that for any reason he could not pursue his tasks with full modern Pope has Ever abdicated but Pius Xii consider edit when he was undergoing a period of the Winter of 1954 he told an aide the most Rev. Tardini that he had planned to give up the papacy if his illness left him incapacitated. Old ones in trouble. The administration is b a k against the Wall fighting to protect existing programs. The burning Issue in Congress As the poor people March on Washington is not where do we go from Here in the Way of new help in the War against poverty but where does the government Cut spending in order to break the logjam for a proposed tax increase. The Way things shaping up president Johnson will have to Promise to Cut appropriations by about $10 billion with a spending Cut of about i billion More in order to get Congress to move on the 10 percent income tax surcharge he feels i s urgently needed. That would almost inevitably mean some limitation in spending a programs which Deal with tin1 crises in the cities. Some of those programs a in serious legislative trouble a it is. Johnson s proposed program to build 6 million new Homes for Low income families Over a year period has just started to move with its future Uncertain deep tentative cuts have been made in the programs to provide summer jobs and Cha Start schooling for the Chil Dren of the poor. Tho Money for the Model cities and rent subsidies Grams is vulnerable to cutting and so most of the other Urban projects proposed by the administration. Burp ban edition col James w. Campbell Uta it. Col. F. To Michau or. Mart Elmer. Frank Henry Epstein .r., of of by her in Proctor. 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