European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Kiln r1 enliven conic Liim with mls a oration demo chairman indicts gop for hypocrisy i Chicago up rep. Carl Albert took Over As permanent ten Man of the democratic Naom convention tuesday it mid delivered a rousing ill sment of the Republic. For Ivi Ntim orator onetime nato defects put on allies by Mcnamara Dull second session with arousing speech. In the new Republican platform they Promise to Reform to think anew and act anew if Ever a party needed to think anew and act anew the Republican party is that party he do not believe the american people Are going to be deceived by this new thinking from old Heads or this new acting by old hands. Therein just about As much new in the new Republican party plat forms As there is in the new delegates roared. Albert then exhorted the 1 e 1 e g a t e s let our self criticism despite All we have accomplished be As Stern Evenas the hypocrisy that came earlier this month from j Albert made Clear in taking Over the Gavel that he will be in j charge of this convention an took another poke at the gop when he said in opening want to make two things dear from the outset. First this is an open convention and it will stay open until its business has been and second none of it decisions will be cleared with Strom a reference to sen. I Strom Thurmond s role in thei gop convention at Miami lauded president John son on his 80th birthday. Johnson Hopes that All nominees will hold not too divergent views new York up Secretary of defense r its Mcnamara outlined several Bak defects in nato and blame them mainly on americas european still does not have Well balanced conventional forces he said in his Book the essence of Security published monday., ,. Although he found no fault in the Alliance s nuclear capabilities and praised its record of keeping peace in Europe denoted a recent temptation to give Short term political an economic issues priority Over Long term said there Are also import Tant qualitative deficiencies Ini the training equipment and sup plies of european nato still greater deficiency in the european nato forces Isth Lack of an adequate mobilization Progress the United states has mad great Progress in raising the combat readiness of its own re serve forces and in providing the Means for their movement. It inmost urgent that our european allies do the Alliance decided to maintain substantial combat ready ground forces Mcnamara said most members compromised economizing on train ing. Equipment and Alliance must show that it will not waver in the face of soviet build up Mcnamara said. For the Short run he said this Means nato should main Tain existing combat read ground forces and provide them with More extensive training better equipment and Large stocks of combat the Long run he said. The United states has urged other members to increase the number training Supply an readiness level of their Reserve i i demos cheer lbs birthday Chic a o a at their National convention gave president Johnson a rousing birthday greeting tuesday with am rns of Happy Wilh and a standing ova Tion. Mayor nit hard Daley of \ Neufio touched off the Brief irl Hute which in Fluder the singing of t tory glory hallelujah Ali or Anletu Bryan to in Jimca ing it to him Over revision she said it was one or his favorite songs. Happy birthday president Johnson just turned 60, leads Over to blow out the Lone Candle on his birthday cake As grandson Patrick Lyn Dou Nugent watches. A demos seat both Georgia factions next challenges of Alabama � j a Austin tex., a presi Dent Johnson said tuesday night he Hopes the presidential nominees of both major parties will hold views that will not Betook divergent. Johnson suggested he did not want the world to have to wait until november to get a proper assessment of american policy. Johnson spoke at a new conference while the democratic party was opening the second session of its National Conven Tion in Chicago. The party was scheduled to nominate its presidential and vice presidential candidates wednesday night. Johnson celebrating his 60thbirthday at a dinner with his family had passed up a half expected trip to the convention Buthe left the Way open for a Possi ble visit. No emissaries the president who had announced March 31 his decision not to seek reelection said he has no representatives or emis Saries at the you have Confidence in the delegates he explained it in t Wise to give them the other hand he said. If there is anything i can do that would be helpful to the country or the participants would want to do Johnson said he has been Fol lowing the convention proceed Ings on television and m he said the two nominees of the two major parties All the nominees their views will not be too divergent Chicago a the demo cratic National convention seated All members of two warring Georgia factions tuesday night prompting a walkout by some of the state s regulars then rejected challenges of the regular Al Obama and North Carolina Dele the convention concluded a bruising credentials floor fight pressed by supporters of sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy. Vic president Hubert h. Humphrey s forces won each test vote including four Roll Calls during the hectic two Day Alabama Challenge was crushed on a 1,607 to 881 u Rol Call vote. The North Carolina contest was decided by voice the convention bad adopted also by voice vote Compromise plan to Divide Georgia s votes evenly betwee slates about 20 of the 64 regu Lars left the convention floor re fusing to take their p 1 a c e s alongside the insurgents led Bya Young negro state repro tentative Julian Hosul we re going said one regular pushing Bis Way through the crush of delegates and newsmen on the Hud backed the Georgia Compromise while Mccarthy s forces bad support. The Bond slate s Effort to Barall the regulars picked by gov. Lester Maddox and state chair Man James Gray from the the Georgia vote. Mad Dox told a news conference head called upon Gray his staff and the Georgia regulars to vacate their places in the Maddox said though he was still a candidate for the party s presidential nomination. Later Bond and members of his group took seats on the floor and the slates cast separate votes when the Roll was called on the Alabama Alabama contest was brought by a half White half negro group led by or. John Caslon or. A Huntsville dentist who claimed the regular Ala Bama party was being used bythe state s former governor. George Wallace in his third party presidential Campaign. In supporting the Challenge. Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gar ind. Told the convention there was Only Token negro representation among the Ala Bama regulars and charged that the state party refuses to abandon George the credentials committee had imposed a modified loyalty oath As the Price for seating Al Obama s 0 regular delegates the oath designed to Weed out Wallace supporters required them to Promise not to support the nominee of another political party. And. Said state part chairman Robert Vance All Alabam anians in the Hall to Niht have done . Richard j. Hughes of new Jersey in urging adoption of the ruling on Alabama made by the credentials committee which he beads said nobody would be happier if this certified delegation were unseated than a Man named George Wal North Carolina contest settled by a lopsided voice vote failed to generate the excite ment of the other of the Alabama insurgents led to a walkout by three negro delegates from Minnesota Plu the state s entire Slat of Mccarthy delegates. Their action apparently Only temporary. Was to protest against the -8 votes cast by i the Minnesota delegation for the Alabama regulars. The delegation cast i a for the Challenge s forces lost All their dialled is. Including on monday on Texas but one of the candidate s chief aides Josephl. Rauh or. Said i think we made a very Strong watched to he said he saw some of the appearances tuesday of the three main contenders. Vic president Hubert h. Humphrey sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy of Minnesota and sen. Georges Mcgovern of South Dakota and he thought each one handled himself mentioning names Johnson acknowledged that two senators had been criticizing his foreign policies since they started campaigning. But he said All of the candidates had previously gone along on such matters As the Southeast Asia Resolution and defense appropriations. Democrats Don t always see everything alike Johnson commented. I think that make for More interest. Good Campaign i Hope when they re through they will select the Best Manana we can All gel behind him and have a Good in an easy chair Johnson chatted with reporter sin the Home Here of his daughter 1 ,-s. Patrick j. Nugent before flying Back to ins lbs ranch. 65 Miles West of Here inthe Central Texas Lull country. After opening some presents Johnson said his wish on Bis 60th birthday was that humanity could live in peace with another 1
