European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday t968 the stars and stripes Page 9 Nixon program has a Little for everyone any Democrat who thought Richard Nixon would be easy to Bot had better think Fata. Mis oration in accepting the Rwm Lna fion was a formidable affair which skilfully combined the three major theatt of peace nationalism and toughness toward rioters on which Nixon counts to turn the Republican minority into an electoral majority. The to Impact of it in scores of millions of american Homes was impressive. The Max la incr democrats have a Job Cut out for them to answer mis kind of As Sault and in the coming disarray at Chicago one can Only wonder How they will respond. Nixon s hour of Triumph must have seemed his finest hour. He had worked on his speech for weeks and Hod produced a 23 Page document which does t read nearly at Well As it founded that ovation packed night. It had a Little for almost everyone and also a Little from almost every one. Some of the balanced sentences were less polished echoes of the John Kennedy Ted Soren son style. The a have a dream Motif seemed to come out of a diluted version of Martin Luther King. The Basic philosophy about the free Enterprise system was Barry Goldwater and John Tower. The passages about the in dignities done to the american Flag were almost pure Ronald Reagan and the build Bridges to human dignity seemed amazingly like the style of Hubert Humphrey. The courts have gone too far theme was Strom Thurmond Catech izing Justice Abe Fortes before the Senate committee. The continuing american Revo Lution came out of Nixon s own 1960 acceptance speech. The autobiographical passage about the boy who listened to the trains at night and grew up to be Richard Nixon had some unpleasant echoes of the unctuous historic checkers to speech. More important than the style of the speech and perhaps the Man was the substance of what he said. Nixon will hav More ammunition than he had in 1960, when there was no War no casualties no shooting on the streets no ambushes of police no revolt on the campuses. Most important of All he was having to defend the administration in 1960 while John Kennedy was attacking. In 1968 Nixon will be the attacker while the democrats Willy Nilly will be at least in part on the defense. This was one aspect of Nixon s beginning of his presidential Campaign the stronger aspect. There was a weak aspect too. Nixon is right in saying that the next president of the United states will face challenges in some ways greater than those of Washington or  this de mands statesmanship and inner strength. But can it really be True that in choosing his running mate out of the whole array of Talent and creativeness in the Republican party Nixon could find no one with greater stature than Spiro Agnew for the tasks that would have daunted Washington and Lincoln in calling Agnew a states Man of the first rank can Nixon have found in him qualities of the intellect the will the imaginative capacity for compassion and decision that have escaped the rest of the nation. The truth of course is that a vice president in our time must be picked As carefully As a presi Dent because he May very Well have to take Over the president s duties and that Agnew was picked not by Nixon but by the King maker of the convention Strom Thurmond. Nixon Felt he could t take a Chance on a pos sible Reagan Blitz of the South Ern delegates and gave thur mond acting for his bloc a veto on the vice presidency. There Are Many republicans who feel Nixon might have shown More strength and steel at that Point and dared the southerners to open the Conven Tion to a Nelson Rockefeller  9 j3, los Ange is Tim a Why Agnew for the suburbs mine should heal fast but yours wow is Spiro Agnew the Nixon mistake that Tho democrats have been waiting for the grading won t be done until the voters go to the polls in november. But one thing seems obvious in Richard Nixon s Choice of Maryland s governor As his Republican running mate the so called Southern strategy of Barry Goldwater in 1964 has been replaced by the suburban strategy of the Nixon Agnew ticket. Since Agnew was Nixon s Choice for vice presidential Candi Date and his alone it teems Clear that Nixon regards George Wallace As his major rival in november not Hubert Humphrey. J. F. The question pervading gop Fer Host ranks in Miami Beach was in two words Why Agnew the answer was not hard to uncover. Nixon and his strategists have concluded that he can stand off Humphrey in the big Northern cities and Clinch the suburbs and the South and Border states with the help of Agnew s Law and order image. It could be shrewd strategy born of the expertise the Nixon organization gained in massive primary victories in new Hamp Shire Wisconsin Indiana Nebraska and Oregon. There is Little doubt of the professional Caliper of the Nixon operation this year. Nixon himself credited its performance with his by first ballot nomination Here Over the combined Stop Nixon orces of new York gov. Nelson Rockefeller and California gov. Ronald Reagan. Or it could be a repeat of the l r�9 gop Gamble of 1964. The democrats particularly Humphrey have been betting a vate a that Nixon will make T mistakes that would Cost him election in november. To pm he Agnew Choice ranks astr a first error. Agnew i Joe known outside Maryland wh6ire he a the executive of Baltimore y excluding the City be running As gop candidates governor in 1966. He won because Maryland demo Ere so Shook up by the be racist Quality of their own and Daie. George Mahoney in indeed Agnew is Best known for his recent criticism of negro leaders for failure to Stop Dis orders in Maryland. Just two weeks before the re publican convention Agnew took an even harder line on racial disturbances saying police had the right to shoo persons fleeing a looted area. The argument is not Over Agnew s position but Over the Merit of having such a Little known vocal critic of ghetto leaders on a Nixon ticket when others More acceptable were available. This reporter on a Hunch asked the first five Whites and the first five Blacks he met on the Street in Miami do you know Spiro Agnew Only one White did identifying him As the Man who made the nominating speech for Nixon at the Conven Tion. Significantly four of the five Blacks had heard of Agnew unfavourably. What made the Agnew Choice almost transparent and gave Northern republicans such an initial Shock were Nixon s own qualifications for the Man he said he wanted As a running mate. The first Nixon said was that he be qualified to step into the presidency some Day. Second that he be a qualified campaigner and third that he be capable of handling All the duties particularly regarding cities and suburbs that he would have to handle in a Nixon administration. Nixon then seemed to add a fourth qualification. Southern delegates insisted he had told them in closed caucuses that he would t pick a vice presidential candidate unacceptable to the South. The latter May have been the primary reason. Most Dixie re publicans and those from Rural constituencies found Agnew acceptable. Big City republicans by and Large were sullen. What also puzzled Northern republicans was Nixon s Assumption that he needed a Southern oriented running mate. After All they reasoned Nixon was him self the Southern candidate of the convention carrying almost All of the Dixie delegations and beating out even Ronald Reagan. They did not believe he owed Dixie a vice presidential Candi Date too. North american newspaper Alliance statements show Nixon is a new Man As Richard Nixon once More becomes his party s nominee the decade old question is still Rele vant is there a new Nixon an impressive answer is contained in a new biography Nixon by Earl Mazo and Stephen Hess. These Veteran journalists con clude their study of the gop Leader with the transcript of an exclusive interview. Whether Nixon is discussing the future of Southeast Asia after a Vietnam Settle ment or the necessity for a revitalization of the Western european Alliance the former vice president displays an awareness of the complexities ambiguities and subtleties of the world we live in that was not always Evi Dent in the old Nixon that is the Nixon who ran for presi Dent eight years ago. Here for example is Nixon s answer when asked who her my would Label himself a conserva Tive or a Liberal labels mean different things to different people began the Republican Standard bearer. The nineteenth Century conservative is the twentieth Century Liberal. For example in the conservative Liberal dialogue which began in 18th-Century America probably the major difference was that the conservatives then were for Strong Central government. In the 20th Century Nixon continues the liberals became the Strong Central government people All Power should be consolidated in Washington and the conservatives became the people who were for decentralization. Well basically i m a Strong advocate of individual liberties. I m very sceptical about Central Power. I believe in Strong local government. Now lot s take this conserva Tive Liberal dialogue As it relates to foreign policy. The conserva Tives Hove been considered the isolationists and the internationalists were considered the liberals. So looking at my record you would have to say i m a Liberal on foreign policy. Because i recognize America s role in the world i am not an isolationist. I have supported foreign Aid for instance. But the old liberals who were internationalists 20 years ago now Are turning inward. They Are telling us to get out of Asia and latin America that we re Over committed. My View How Ever has t changed. While i make it Clear that we have to get other nations to assume their share of the responsibility i also believe that we cannot withdraw from the world. Am i a conserva Tive or a Liberal my answer is that i m an internationalist. The of Nikont expressed in the  � and cartoons. R. This  represent those of the   in Are in a v a to be consulted .i4 if present " j Lii