European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                196 the stars and stripes log it was the old Nixon who chose Agnew ar8 How com t or of Maryland at hit running mat. Ont is that san. Strom thur mond and the diehard of pull com of the deep South had Tamo. Ednd of Velo Power Over Ivory Liberal or moderate choke Nixon might have made John Lindsay Mark Hatfield Charles Forcy Howard Bakerjr and that Nixon had signed the veto Over to Thorn 01 the Price of their support for hit own nomination. The other possible version is Thot Agnew was on Nixon t own list and that Nixon plans to play the Southern strategy and the get Tough in the cities strategy As the basis of his Campaign. Neither version does him any Clayton Fritchey credit although me second will got my the backlash Voto. The trouble with Tho Choice of a new whatever its motivation is mat it shows up the eld Nixon again which to has carefully tried to erase As an image since hit California defeat. It shows up his Basic opportunism and strips away the veils behind which he had tried recently to hide it. Even As opportunism it is Lille by to prove a self defeating decision. For not Only will the weird Nixon Agnew team lose what Ever remaining support Nixon might have had among the negroes and other minority groups and among the Liberal republicans and the moderate democrats and independents but Bey Ond that Tho thought of Spiro Agnew being a heartbeat away from the presidency will frighten off anyone who might have thought of Nixon As an experienced Veteran in foreign policy. In the Light of this a memory stands out from the dreary nominating session. In the massive but tepid demonstration following the speech for Nixon a woman carrying an i love Nixon sign passed the press stand. The re porters hardened and burdened veterans of convention hokum who thought they had seen everything looked at each other with dismayed unbelief. Whatever other convention hypocrisies might pass Muster this one had broken the rules of credibility. The woman had of course tried to ape the i like Ike slogan but in this Case it was a dismal bust. One might As Well have lifted an i love Cal Vin Coolidge sign. And now Agnew a nonentity and no person who squeezed in As governor in Maryland and has talked darkly of using Force to solve the problem of the cities. The republicans have outdone themselves in choosing the in loved ones. But they have done More. They have served notice that this Campaign will reach to exploit the uglier Undersurface emotions involved in the racial strife in the cities. And even if by exploiting them the Nixon Agnew team would win the elec Tion How in the name of heaven will it be Able to govern a nation whose splits it will have widened and deepened what makes the Choice of a new All the More puzzling is Thot Nixon did t need him except on the dangerous theory Mot to prevent the George Wallace vote from being siphoned off a Man had to be chosen whose utter ances suggest a Wallace strategy of repression in the cities. B u t what happens then to the image of the new Nixon in the pre election Campaign he had reestablished a grudging respect for his tactical ability and his organizing skill. The question a whether he could establish some belief in his integrity of character and his Cool judg ment in crises. The vice presidential decision has shot out the whole shaky Structure of credibility from under Nixon. C Tim a Percy s future Bright if the 1968 Republican ticket of Richard Nixon and gov. Spiro Agnew fails to win in novem Ber which is at least a fifty fifty possibility there will finally be an Opportunity for new Lead ers of the Republican party to merge a process Long Over due. Some phases of the National conventions Are admittedly meaningless but they do permit the parties to get a valuable first hand look at the younger figures who show Promise for the future. This has been especially True of the democratic Conven Tion. John f. Kennedy came out of the 1956 Chicago convention a marked Man obviously a con tender for the 1960 nomination. Four years ago at Atlantic City the democrats who shared the spotlight with president Johnson wore Hubert Humphrey Eugene Mccarthy and Robert f. Kennedy All of whom became presidential prospects this year. Unfortunately for the gop very few new political stars were born during the Eisenhower administration. There was no in Terest in anyone except vice president Nixon at the 1960 re publican convention and the Goldwater Blitz of the 1964 convention advanced no reputations. It left such a vacuum in act that an amazing Nixon comeback was made possible. This your s gathering at Miami Ach was another Story. Because of the interest in the vice presi Dency a great Deal of attention was paid by the delegates and Jne press to the emerging Talent i me party. And at the end of a Long week the Man who appeared to have ended up with the Best Post position for future facing i sen. Charles Percy of Illinois. All this of course will be of Only academic interest if Nixon and Agnew win and dominate he scene for the next eight years. That might very Well blot out the prospects of almost Allne Republican politicians who re presently thought of As presidential possibilities. A Good any republicans however left Miami Beach not at All con Vinced that they had nominated a winning ticket and they Are already thinking about How to get Back to winning ways if the election confirms their worst fears. Percy was often in the Lime Light at Miami Beach but he was not the most talked about of the younger men. That distinction went to mayor John Lindsay. The convention was impressed by the new yorker s Glamor and it listened to him respectfully if not ardently. Yet at the conclusion of the convention there was an instinctive feeling that the gop would never be really at ease with him. Lindsay is simply too outspoken too sophisticated too Liberal impatient for a party which while possibly moving toward moderation is moving slowly. Sen. Mark Hatfield of Oregon suffered a serious setback when he failed to get the vice presi Dency. In a vain Effort to win Nixon s favor Hatfield seriously compromised his position As one of the nation s leading peace advocates. If Nixon does t make it this year after the debacle of Gold water in 1964 the party will surely have had enough of conservative losers. It should then be ready for a candidate to the left of Nixon but to the right of Lindsay. And there stands Percy almost alone. The Youngish Good looking senator from Illinois impressed a lot of delegates at Miami Beach. Even some of the Nixon people gave him Good Marks for stick ing by Nelson Rockefeller despite his own interest in the vice presi Dency. The cards Are falling right for Percy. He has four More years of political Security since his Senate term lasts until january 1973. He has the Good Fortune to be from a key political state. He is happily married he is not susceptible to brainwashing he is not erratic he is making a solid record in the Senate and he has broadened his Appeal Well beyond conventional Republican limits. His future should be Bright. C 1968, new Day inc. Maybe russian to in t so Dull Eon of pre i n Tho of alumni the p by and Are in Butte russian television has recently been the subject of much mirth on the part of visiting american journalists. A soviet show is described Tongue in Cheek As an exciting film showing How trucks Are assembled in a soviet factory by Loyal and Patri Otic workers along with t h e trucks being greased and tested As Well. Actually the dullness might conceivably be in the minds of american viewers for an Auto Mobile Assembly line is one of the most dramatic accomplish ments of modern civilization. Perhaps an insight into How an american Assembly line works might be nearly As beneficial to american children As the operation of a machine gun As illustrated and Infin Tum by our to. Further while it May be an exaggeration to Call the work ers Loyal and patriotic it is not totally amiss to have youngsters get the impression that doing work Well is a service to the country and that even the Small tasks such As greasing a machine Are awfully important. Anything which explains to a child that it takes Effort and skill to create an automobile and that motor cars Don t just Hap pen can do him no harm. Fur ther a glimpse of an automobile factory not Only exhibits what to any reasonably educated person is a Man made Miracle but it also indicates to a child that his country is striving to pro Duce useful things and that he can have his part in the Effort. While it May not be As enter Taining As watching an Ameri can City being burned it May Well stimulate a number of rus Sian kids to become automotive engineers As opposed to being gang leaders. Further still although most americans will find it difficult to believe russian youth is taught to follow its country s production rate As if its average were the world series. Moreover As russian production has gone up 200 per cent since 1950, the excitement is that of rooting for a team rising up in the league. Since american production leads the league it is a pity that american youth taking it for granted thereby takes no Pride and Little interest in it. To the immense amusement of the americans the other Chan Nel showed great machines tear ing up a Mountain and crushing the stones into gravel. But this illustrates not russian dullness but american provincialism for this is heartening news indeed to a country which has few roads. By contrast the . Will have completed a nationwide system of magnificent super High ways some 42,000 Miles of them in the next few years. Tens of thousands of Miles Are already in operation. Indeed visiting russian diplomats motoring from new York to Washington stopped several times to express openly their wonder ment. What astonished these sophisticated russian diplomats might possibly interest growing Ameri can children and even give them a sense of Pride that their country is the greatest Road build or of All times. No harm in that either. With All its Many and grave faults the United states is still the greatest and noblest Experiment in recorded history. Perhaps what the american people need is a to spectacular in color showing the truly wonderful american combines Harv Esting our Beautiful wheat Fields. It Only to remind us that Asye sow so shall be reap though that of course is one of the most inexorable and Nunfun Niest rules in the Book. American r ail i