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University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository 1970 The aiD ly Lobo 1961 - 1970 11-5-1970 New Mexico Lobo, Volume 074, No 40, 11/5/ 1970 University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/daily_lobo_1970 Recommended Citation University of New Mexico. "New Mexico Lobo, Volume 074, No 40, 11/5/1970." 74, 40 (1970). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ daily_lobo_1970/123 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the The aiD ly Lobo 1961 - 1970 at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1970 by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. '' ' To begin with, Hess represents the and leave out the profound iss~,~s ?f Agnew, he said, did not surprise utter disillusionment of a man who "power to and fo: ~he. P.eop.le IS m him because he saw him as attempted constructive legit change my eyes a journalistic lllJUStice. Yes, "inevitable" and strangely enough Democrats Still Control House, Senate through proper channels, avenues, he was a National Review f~under very accurate when he (Agnew) has N etc. and who lived to see "everything but that he is a regular contnbutor said "The great issue is whether or I was against come to pass." As a to Ramparts, a diametric difference, not power will remain in the hands Bema Goldwater campaigner whose was left unsaid. Also to glibly report of elected officials or whether or not Pres. Nixon May Find Congress 'Chilly' downfall was to adhere to some that his "Odessey from the right power will return to the streets," By RAY MOSELEY com promise more than of "radical SDS ideology" he explained wings" was include~ in p~rt by h~s (from The Journal again). Notice the UPI ELECTION ANALYSIS Nixon and the Republican party, O'Brien said the victories would ideological confrontation, The Democrats went into the m IS key word of "return" to the streets. give the Democrats a power base as "American and just as were the not paying taxes, which he WASHINGTON- President election at a 32 to 18 revolutionary cries of 1776," liable for prison, was to leave out Hess said it belongs there because E Nixon may find relations with A question that still cannot be from which to win the White Congress increasingly chilly during answered is whether Nixon and disadvantage in governorships, and House in 197 2. As The Lobo reported, he wished what at least The Journal said in that that is essentially where the people the remainder of his four·year Agnew have canceled out their emerged with a majority. The Republicans managed to he'd had a copy of the SDS's Port "The state has conned people into are. Yes, The Lobo stated that Hess term, despite his gains in the gains by alienating some senators, This is certain to help the retain control of the two most Huron report because he later believing that . their lives are less was against "all systems" but said Senate. including Democrats, who have Democrats when state legislatures populous states, California and realized it was exactly what the important than property, human nothing of the analog to the same The Democrats are still in supported the President. draw up new congressional district New York. But they lost heavily control, with their majority in the boundaries, as required by the in the Middle West, and Nixon's By BOB HOGREFE Republican Party at that time was lives-witness the draft-have become policy against "malcontents, In the governors' races, the 197 0 census results, that will be in This paper is being written in utter House even increased. The voters election proved a disaster for hopes of building a stronger advocating. What was left unsaid expendable; but profits are not, and discontents, effete snobs, have not given a clear signal as to effect for the next decade. Republican power base in the disillusion of The Lobo's treatment were his reasons for opposing the property is certainly not." w South were disappointed, anti-intellecutals," ad naseum; and whether they· want a Congress of Karl Hess, who spoke the night of early SDS which reflect the same The Lobo's statements of "the specifically the Black Panther Party more submissive to the President The GOP lost two Dixie Oct. 27 in Popejoy Hall. profOtmd phenomena existing today. power has flowed away from the for self defense. Thsu "The state is than it has been until now. governships and gained one. The article by Susan Glodt-Stern Furthermore, the campaign, in Nationally, the election He simply said he believed what the people," and to seemingly justify it now killing people." which Nixon and Vice President demonstrated the failure of both was to anybody who actually heard usual media reports declared as by the immediate example that "10 When one hears Ralph Nader Spiro T. Agnew attempted to major parties to find any single, him or talked to him afterward (he un-American, anti-peace, anti-people, years ago 300 (he actually quoted advocate "militant citizen's groups" paint Democrats as "permissive" sure·fire vote·getting issue.• held an informal session in Amistad) etc . like everyone is influenced 1200) utility companies existed for systematic change against what on crime and so cia! unrest, has Neither Vietnam, law and order not only extremely selective and left scars of bitterness that will ~- ...• nor pocketbook issues dominated today. The main point was when he while today there are about 100" he called "corporate socialism" and lVI """""""'~if. P£-rt overly casual but constituted an not be. easily erased. the campaign, although each may said, "everyone clamors about the was selective neglect of his then hear Hess state that "today These factors seem certain to have been the determining factor injustice to the man. What. was left left having no answers to what explaining that today "Nixon and his socialism is for the rich and influence the attitude of in some races. unsaid was only hurt more by what they're against, while in reality vice president are doing everything capitalism is for the poor" one can Democratic leaders in the new The fact that Vietnam was not . ) a major issue was perhaps Nixon's was said. Truly the taking out of nobody is trying harder to explain possible for transfer of power from not remain sympathetically neutral. Congress toward the President. context of Hess' speech was done They may be less inclined to carry greatest achievement. His policy their desires and answers. But people the people to the state. They are Both of these men deserved the of gradually winding down the poorly, and I wonder if The Lobo . out Nixon's program than to work aren't presented with them and are seeking a totally rationalized society. fullest possible coverage by an at building a Democratic record war left the "doves" no real reporter was really there. The further hindered when their When people don't have power they informative organ. I plead that more for the 1972 presidential election. opening to exploit the war issue Albuquerque Journal, of all people, racionality is already precluded." talk about liberty, and when they get comprehensive coverage will E Democratic National Chairman this year. That, of course, could change in 1972. had a better, more accurate coverage To glibly report there were not power they talk about order," honestly be given on people and Lawrence F. O'Brien, asked about than did our "liberal" paper. Nixon's future relations with Law and order, on which the "right on's" ete. for the audience (quote from The Journal). issues of the utmost importance. Congress, told newsmen Republicans staked much, seemed Wednesday that the next two to be a less powerful issue ihan years would see considerable more some Democrats feared. Some Democratic activity in proposing candidates who ran on programs. O'Brien said Iaw·and·order platforms ~on, but Dernocratic congressmen had been so did some Democrats who came X "deeply concerned" during the ·under heavy fire for allege<"l, past 21 months with the permissiveness. administration's failure to come The same can be said of the up with progmms. pocketbook issues. In areas of The greatest plus for Nixon, of high unemployment, they may course, is the gain in Senate have helped some Democrats but strength. He can count on about they were not persuasive 45 out of 100 se1,1ators who will everywhere. back him down the line, and The election demonstrated a I UNM News Photo- growing tendency of voters in Agnew maintains that the "ideological balance" in the Senate President. Nixon shakes the hands of New Mexico's voters last recent years to split their tickets. has shifted in Nixon's favor. Saturday while campaigning in the state for the Republican Voters in Maryland, California But the President still will be hopefuls. Three days later three of the top four GOP candidates and Pennsylvania elected a dependent on moderate governor of one party, a Senate of were defeated. Shown with the President are, on the extreme left another, and generally there was Republicans to gain a majority for Manuel Lujan, the only successful candidate, Ed Foreman his programs. This could force immediately behind Lujan, Anderson Carter to the right of the little evidence of weak candidates him to adopt a politics of President and Pete Domenici. saved from defeat by riding the c coattails of pig winners, Letters: Democrats Gain State Legislature Seats To the Editor: Probability '71 Senate Will be 28 Dems, 14 GOPs Certainly no one was surprised by 0 Dl•mocrats made gains in the of the Universities Study filled by an appointee.