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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June 11, 1968 the stars and stripes Page s Schlesinger says Hruska Ifould quit violence probe opposition to Mua arthurm said sunday putting sen. Hruska on this in is like sending tary to Stop typhoid in Schlesinger said. House under president f Kennedy and supported Robert f. Kennedy Saign for the democratic still nomination base opposition to Hruska solely the Nebraska Republican s Ira vigorous fight in the Senate Tob lock stiff Federal regulations of the Sale of  also called on Longshoreman philosopher Erich offer to quit the commission because he had been quoted assaying that the guilt for the Hruska Schlesinger too Strong stricter gun Law Given no Chance Washington a Noth but a tremendous out pour of Public demand would eve Congress toward stricter in control legislation and Thise t in sight sen. Joseph d. D-md., sailings inday. Atty. Gen. Ramsey a voiced similar views. Ily dings said president John a is wrong if he thinks the order of sen. Robert f. Ken by and the nation s outrage  offset influence of the. Pow Kul National Rifle association blocking any new attempt in ingress to require firearms Reg and gun Sellers would Send bulletin to its 900,000 members the minute such legislation was introduced. Tydings said that the Era under the Guise of representing sportsmen had opposed an responsible gun control Legisla Tion and succeeded in confusing Congress on the firearms is sue. Stration. Tydings a leading advocate full firearms registration lid the Era which he Calleope voice of munitions makers Imes claims Lumphrey s is Good As in new York a vice presi it Hubert Humphrey s Nomina a for the presidency now Ems assured because he stands pick up the lion s share of the democratic convention delegates it unattached by the death of Robert Kennedy the new it times reported monday a a state by state Survey. H be Survey indicated tha Pumphrey would get More than delegates who previously had Tydings and Clark both said in separate interviews that the gun control Bill now on the pres ident s desk is a Halfway Meas ure which Falls Short of John son s recommendations to the Congress and even these did not go As far As they would like. Tydings said despite this he would recommend that the president sign the Bill into la because he sees Little Chance of enacting a new stronger Meas ure and is unwilling to risk the one that  s High time said Tydings that Congress was exposed to Public sentiment at the grass roots level. He said polls show ing Strong support of strict gun Laws Are not enough to influence votes. ,.Clark and Tydings said they favor registration of All fire arms under a Federal act which would make it mandatory for states to do this if they do not pass their own registration Laws. It is absolutely essential that we come to grips with the Nee to control firearms Clark said. He added if we can t regu late firearms then the govern ment is ineffective and we can thave this in the 20th Century. Assassination did not belong tothe american people. One member of the commis Sion sen. Hruska of Nebraska has been a leading spokesman in the Senate for the gun lobby and the National Rifle association Schlesinger said. Another member of the commission Eric Hoffer has already prejudged the thing by saying this was some jordanian who shot Kennedy and the american people should t feel the slightest connection wit this. I would suppose since  and or. Hoffer Are both responsible men that the would recognize the inappropriateness of their position on this commission and would resign and would give president Johnson a Chance to reconstitute the commission and make it a serious one he said. But at present it is not a serious commission at  interviewed on Tele vision Schlesinger said it was disgraceful that we do not Haven adequate Federal gun control  Johnson named the commission wednesday while Kennedy was still struggling for life in los Angeles. Johnson named or. Milton s. Eisenhower retired president of John Hopkins University and brother of former president Dwight , to head the 10 member  said he feared the nation will undergo two or three weeks of concern and agony Over the assassination of Robert Kennedy and then will return Back to the same old business of expressions of  questioned How Many More of our Best people we will have to kill before the nation acquires some form of self knowledge through which it can acquire some form of self  eyes rite Gina Lollobrigida is almost dressed up for a Bri Effling at marriage in the film she s making in Rome. A photo Stem to Stern officers of court tour scorpion s sister ship the rj.5 for mccarthyi.1 times said sen. Eugene 3 thy the Only other conf in the democratic races siru1?75 a is Raj Sim Sims Billy Graham tells of death threats Houston up evangelist Billy Graham said Here that if his being shot or killed would glorify god he would accept that Type of death  at a press conference before his speech to a Southern Baptist convention meeting Graham said he often had Bee threatened but that some of the recent threats Are being taken  i three bodyguards stood near Graham at his press  Houston police chief sent two of his plainclothes men to help guard Graham at the request of the evangelist s assistants Norfolk a. Up vice . Bernard l. Austin presiding officer of a Navy court of inquiry into the loss of the nuclear submarine scorpion led court members sunday on Stem to Stern inspection of a sister ship the shark. Austin said the visit to the shark was not a spit and polish inspection. Rather he said the officers on the seven Man court spent a lot of time crawling around in the shark to become More familiar with design and equipment similar to that of the missing scorpion. Two members of the court including one naval aviator have no experience in Summa  tin m sum be Muir _. Gallup says Public favors controls  rm.rp9" stricter Law enforcement Here Uin a said dictations hum in Quick Addi he gave India sen. Princeton . A special Survey conducted on the Day sen. Robert f. Kennedy was shot finds the Public advocates registration of All fire arms As the Best Way to curb violence the Gallup poll said  Gallup said his interviewers talked to a nation wide sampling of 442 persons in a special Telephone Survey wednesday night. Questions asked were what do you think Are the causes of violent behaviour in this nation and what Steps do you think should be taken to prevent such violence in the future in terms of causes the poll said the Public chiefly blames our Complex society the fac that the country has waited too Long to tackle Basic causes of racial ethnic  pre Iudice poor discipline m the Home a Lack of respect for authority among youth and disregard for god and religion. Steps proposed by the Public to help prevent future violence were stricter gun Laws that would keep guns from Crimi nals minors and the mentally disabled stricter w  removal of programs of violence from  Security for Candi  said  i 30 years ago. On May 1, 1938, the Gallup poll reported that 84 per cent of All adults favored a Law requiring registration of All handgun  a 1967 Survey 85 per Cen of those polled favored such a Law Gallup  poll did not list any percentages or figures on How Many persons were for or against gun registration in this latest Survey. The scorpion was last heard from on May 21 when she reported her position South of the azores. The Navy has officially declared the submarine and her Crew of 99 As lost but is continuing a search for some Trace of the vessel. The sunday inspection of the scorpion s sister ship came after four Days of formal hearings. During the previous two Days one officer after another disputed earlier Testi Mony suggesting the scorpion May have been plagued with fatal structural and mechanical  the witnesses con ceded there had been faults in the scorpion they said most had been repaired and those that remained did not present threat to her safety. Seven youths heat Rob Kennedy s Driver Washington Apt Chelate sen. Robert Kennedy s per Sonal Driver was beaten an robbed Early sunday As he re turned Home from nearly 24hours of duty with the Kennedy  said Lee e. Morrow 45, was stopped by seven juveniles Block from his Homo about 5 . When he told them head no cigarettes he was hit m the face with a stick and a Wallet was taken. Morrow not seriously injured  
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