European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday augus. 10 Ageiew fought his Way to the _. A no it it 4 fint fit fit rtl/1 it a by John Woodfield Annapolis my. A Maryland s gov. Spiro t. A new son of a Crock immigrant who changed his name from Anagnostopoulos capped a meteoric political career thursday when he was named by Richard m. Nixon As his Choice for Vic presidential running mate in november. A Democrat turned Republican Agnew is 49, one of the youngest governors the state has Ever had and the first of greek descent. Born the son of a greek restaurateur in Baltimore a new reached adolescence during the depression years and frequently helped his family supple ment their modest income with Odd jobs after school. He watched helplessly As his father s restaurant business failed and the elder Agnew was forced to eke a living by Hawk ing  from a Baltimore Public High school in 1937, he entered Johns Hopkins University As a chemistry major but after three years decided that test tubes were just not his calling. He transferred to the University of Baltimore night Law school and took a Job with an insurance company to sup port himself. It was while work ing there that he met a Secre tary named Elinore Isabel Judy Judefind. Four months later they were engaged. Their marriage was postponed however by world War ii and it was not until he graduated from officers candidate school at fort Knox ky., in1942 that they were married. Two years later he was shipped overseas and saw action in France and Germany including the Battle of the bulge. He won four Battle stars the Bronze Star and the combat in Fantry  from service in 1946, Agnew returned to la school and earned his degree a Yea.  was when he returned Home in 1946 that he switched his registration from Democrat to re publican. But his father Clung tothe democratic party until the younger Agnew was elected executive of populous Baltimore county on the Republican ticketing 1962. As his Law practice grew a new devoted More and More time to civic activities and his first move into politics came As president of Loch Raven Community Council a suburban improvement association when he fought to obtain open spaces legislation in Baltimore county. In 1957, he was appointed minority member of the county s Board of zoning appeals and later became it chairman. He was ousted in 1961, however by the democratic controlled county Council a move that prompted him to run for county executive the follow ing year. He won despite a democratic registration Edge of nearly 4 to 1 and under his administration the county became the first in the country to enact a Public accommodations Law. It was his stand in favor of open housing that helped him to Victory Over George p. A Honey in the state s gubernatorial race in 1966. Mahoney concentrated on capturing White backlash votes with his slogan your Home is your Castle protect  disturbances during the past two years have altered a new s stance on civil rights Al though the governor insists that it is not he who has  Haven t changed he told reporters recently. I m stand ing still it s just that others Are moving More to the  the tone changed gradually it crystallized clearly at a meeting the governor called with negro leaders in Baltimore shortly after tha City like others across the coun try had been rocked by riot following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King. He charged that they did no speak out against what he termed negro racists because they were afraid. You were intimidated by veiled threats you were Strung by insinuations that you were girls of family suddenly thrust into the political spotlight is the family of Maryland gov. Spiro t. Agnew. From left Are daughter Pamela Lee 25 Agnew s wife Elinore and daughter mrs. Susan Scott 20. Another Daugh Ter Kimberly 12, is at Home in Maryland and a son Randy is with a Marine unit stationed near Hue in South Vietnam. A photo up Choice to work Southern flank Miami Beach Fla. A Richard m. Nixon plans to stress the big Industrial state sin his Republican Campaign for the White House and he apparently chose Maryland gov. Spiro t. Agnew in part to work the Southern flank. His selection of the Maryland governor As a running mate could be a Tipoff to the concerning his Camp Over the third party threat posed in the South by for Mer Alabama gov. George c.  has acknowledged Wal lace will Hurt the gop in the South where the party carried five states in the 1964 Whitehouse race of Barry Goldwater. But he also contends that Wal lace will Cut into democratic strength in some sections of the North. The vice presidential assign ment of Agnew increasingly firm increasingly harsh in his words about racial violence in the cities seemed designed to counter the Wallace candidacy in the  himself claimed a new s spot on the ticket  prevent him from carrying Maryland in the nov. 5 , he argued would Nixon s selection Cut into his own sup port. Vice president Hubert , the Likely democratic presidential nominee called Nixon s selection of Agnew a rather significant Compromise with Southern forces in the gop. Marshall Parker run Ning for the Senate in South Carolina said the Choice was a Victory for the South. He said sen. Strom Thurmond played Akey role in shaping that ticket. The selection Drew complaint from some northerners and produced dismay in the Camp of Agnew s stand on major issues Miami Beach up  t. Agnew vice presiden tial Choice of gop presidential nominee Richard m. Nixon has taken these Public stands on National issues Vietnam president Johnson Vietnam War policy had his full support he said april 25,1967. He repeated this in october 1967. Last May 7, he said permanent peace can come Only through permanent strength. Too Ofteli our nation has lost the War on the conference table not on the  City ghettos the party offers an answer despair of the ghetto. We propose to build initiative not to perpetuate despair an dependence. Our solution is not Black Power but Green Power the Power of the purse negro Enterprise and  welfare the Federal govern ment should take Over administration of All state and local welfare programs because All too often the Well intentioned but frantic Giveaway schemes never help the poor because the Money is intercepted and perverted to build militant political  gun control the stringent gun control Laws demanded by some Are based on fuzzy thinking he said. Regulation is needed but it should be limited new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller whom Nixon Defeated in winning the presidential Nomi nation. Rockefeller was not invited to the Early morning meet ing at which Nixon discussed a running mate with party Lead ers. The party s More Liberal win had been confident that Nixon would pick a Man from its ranks to run with him on the theory that this would strengthen Hegop ticket in the cities and in the populous Northern states. Nixon said he had sought outa Man qualified to assume the presidency to Campaign effectively for the ticket and to As sume new responsibilities i dealing with problems of the states and the cities. The former vice president Al ready has outlined his own Campaign As one which will focus on the most populous states which he has acknowledged were no adequately campaigned in his losing White House race of 1960. The key states on his list Illi Nois new York Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan California an Texas. Presumably Agnew s Cam Paig i assignment will be worked out in More detail whence flies to Mission Bay calif., with Nixon saturday. Comment \ "5�. Or. Charlie s Hov b v Noiin ? like Uncle Tarn he saw said. Somewhere the objectives Oil the civil rights movement Haw been obscured in a surged emotional oversimplification somewhere the goal of equal i por Unity has been replaced by the goal of instantaneous ceo nomic Equality he said. Half of the negro leaders an Only stomped from the meeting but the governor s switch to a More hard line position continued. Only a week before a new angrily refused to meet wit leaders of some 250 St dots from predominantly negro Bow in slate College mho were hold lag a sit in at the slate House to dramatize their demands for Campus improvements and in Stead ordered All of hem arrested. And just a week ago. At his last news conference before he left for Miami the governor said flatly that police officers should not hesitate to shoot loot ers during riots when they failed to heed commands to halt. If the general Public gets used to the idea that As Long As you can out leg a police officer you can gel away Scot free the whole system of Law and order will break Down lie said. A Long time Backer of gov. Nelson Rockefeller for the gop presidential nomination Agne obviously became disenchanted with the new York governor s Oil again off again antics and was privately More than a Little miffed when Rockefeller stated flatly in March thai he would not accept he presidential nomination of his party. I still think Cov. Nelson Rockefeller is tin.1 Best Candi Date the Republican party can offer to the electorate in no vember he told a news Confer ence two weeks later but having someone who is not willing to become a candidate be the Best candidate is no Way to elect  and although the governor insisted until his Public announce ment for Nixon monday that he still had not made up his mind it was known privately that no on had suggested to him that be deliver the nominating speech when the former vice president dined with Agnew and state party leaders during Nixon s Decem visit to Maryland three ago. European edition col. James w. Campbell Usa it. Col. F. 8. Michael jr., Usan Mert Proctor. 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