European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 tin stars and stripes House could elect president parties fear Wallace strength Washington a George Wallace s growing mus Cle in Public opinion polls mismatched by increasing concern in both major parties Over his potential Impact on the presidential , regarded at this stage As most Likely to suffer from a big Wallace vote appear to be the most democrats Are worried too that the former Alabam governor could grab off enough electoral College votes to toss the election into the House of , in Campaign speeches has been Gleeful at the Prospect with the exception of Republican presidential hopeful Rich Ard m. Nixon the major Candi dates of both parties have had Little or nothing to say Public Lyon the possibilities. A bipartisan move to Neutral ize the effect of a big Wallace showing has been launched by reps. Charles e. Goodell r-n.y., and Morris k. Udall d plan to set up a steering committee next week to Spear head a drive for pledges by candidates for election to the Housetop vote for the presidential candidate who wins the greatest popular vote. The initial reaction has Bee very Good said Goodell wednesday , campaigning in Phila Delphia Early in the week Fig ured Wallace a Likely Winner in Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and possibly Georgia and conceded Wallace s third part candidacy could Hurt him in a general Well placed officials in Washington notably rep. Bob Wilson of California chairman of the House Republican com Mittee which looks out for go members Campaign interests go a Good Deal farther in Esti mates of what Wallace might Wilson s calculations there is a Chance Wallace might carry nearly All the South and even some Border about Wallace stemmed from recent polls showing him the Choice of up to 17 per cent of the voters about twice what hews registering Early in the Campaign latest Reading was a har Ris Survey report that about on of every seven americans thinks Wallace should be presi Dent with the South providing More than half of his report said that outside of the South Wallace draws Mostof his support from Republican ranks particularly those who voted for Barry Goldwater in 1964. Minsk u. S. S. R. Good neighbors Maverick Czechoslovakia has a 100-mile Northwest Border with East Germany a 400-mile Border with Poland to the North and a 50-mile Border with the soviet Union to the East. There is also a 300-Milefrontier with Hungary to the South and 300 mile Border with West Germany and Austria tothe West and Southwest. Czechs could not resist attack Long by Endre Marto Washington a czech Slovakia s 175,000-Man army could resist a soviet military attack for a few Days but probably no longer in the Opin Ion of . acknowledge that for the present there is no indication that Moscow will resort to Force to halt the process of liberalization in the former soviet bloc should the pressure escalate to a Point of military confrontation the . Analysts believe the Maverick Prague regime might find itself virtually helpless to resist an on Slaught which could hit Czechoslovakia from three soviet Union now has 20 divisions in East Germany four in Hungary and two in Inland. Their combined strength of about 280,000 me outnumbers Czechoslovakia s entire addition the soviets have 60 divisions in the european user and would have no difficulty in transporting them West through Poland which is a firm soviet ally in the czech dispute.. Experts say the czechs have 3,500 tanks most of the soviet built t55 medium types with 100mm guns. The 10 so Viet tank divisions in East Ger Many Are equipped with heavyt10 tanks with 122mm guns and the other 10 motorized Divi Sions have 1,900 t55 tanks. Czechoslovakia s air Force misreported to have 600 combat aircraft soviet built mig15,mig17, mig19 and mig21 fighter bombers. In East German alone the soviets Are believed to have 900 tactical aircraft. . Experts said that in Cas of a military showdown How Ever the soviets would not be expected to leave East Ger Many unprotected by shifting Al their forces. The soviets could count on help from Poland an East Germany but probably not from Hungary the expert said. The East germans now have six operational divisions under the Warsaw pact with a total strength of 85,000 men 1,800 tanks and 300 planesmig17s tomig21s. Poland s forces include a 185,000-Man army with 3.000tanks and 820 combat aircraft. Czechoslovakia has a Luke warm Frontier with Hungary from the South so describe because Hungary would not be expected to join in All out Mili tary action the . Experts say. The highest Wallace count indecent Gallup polls was 1? per cent for him in a test against Democrat Hubert h. Humphrey and Republican gov. Nelson of new York. The Only comment from democratic party Headquarters was a Brief statement from National chairman John m. Bailey we worry about every election and every opponent. We will there fore Campaign As hard As we know How in the South and also in the North East and it was conceded Oil All sides that Wallace strength could easily pull out enough electoral Voles to prevent either Republican or a Democrat from winning a majority. That would throw the presidential election into the House of representatives. The electoral College has 538members, thus requiring 270 for a majority. Biars and stripes the four states named by Elron would Drain a total of 39 estimates of possible Wallac strength by others would Rai a. Ill i Uriu Rais the Drain High enough to make a House election each state no matter How big Only one vote and the majority within each delegation deter mines where that vote goes winning majority is 26. Czechoslovakia has had much strife in 50 years Vienna up the inde pendent Republic of Czechoslovakia win be Only so years old oct. 28 but in its Brief history it has seen More than its share of strife. Peace treaties drawn up at the end of world War i defined the new nation about the size of new York state out of the old states of Bohemia Slovakia an Moravia. It encompassed a wide variety of ethnic cultural and linguistic strains. Czech Aad slovak twin slavic tongues re lated in the same Way As Yugo Slavia s serb and croatian tongues formed the basis. But the influences of Germany Poland and other neighbouring countries were Strong. The czechoslovak Republic was proclaimed in 1918 with Thomas Masaryk As was succeeded in 1935 by his foreign minister Eduard in our time the optimistic cry of the Days follow ing the Munich treaty of 1938, meant a dark future for the fledgling Republic. Britain and France in an Effort to appease the growing appetite of Adolf Hitler agreed Tolet nazi Germany Annex the sudetenland a Small German speaking portion of czech Oslo troops marched into the sudetenland oct. 1, 1938,just 24 hours after the agree ment was signed. Benes re signed oct. 5. Germany and Italy chopped up Czechoslovakia in the month following giving parts of it to Poland and Hungary. Then on March 15, 1939, hit Ler dissolved the Republic made protectorates of Bohemia an Moravia and supported the autonomy of Slovakia which subsequently became an inde pendent pro nazi state. A Strong resistance movement against the nazis grew through out world War ii culminating with the liberation of the coun try by soviet troops in 1944-45. Benes returned As president but the communists scored a devastating 38 per cent majority largest for any single party in May 1948 elections. Benes reluctantly accepted As Premier Klement Gottwald a communist. A political crisis of february 1948 resulted in Resigna Tion of 12 anti communist ministers. Jan Masaryk son of the first president refused to re sign. He was found dead March 10,an apparent suicide. The facts of his death have never Bee sufficiently established to Rule out the possibility he was Mur dered. In May 1948 a new Constitution was approved by the National Assembly. 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