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Dale Bumpers

Folder Citation: Collection: Records of the 1976 Campaign Committee to Elect ; Series: Noel Sterrett Subject File; Folder: ; Container 69

To See Complete Finding Aid: http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/Carter-Mondale%20Campaign_1976.pdf ·Fulbright vs. Bumpers: The

· Despite its relatively small size Ar­ us all on and, instead, to define issues kansas probably h·as · more Iegisiative he has to make against the record of PO\i•er in Washington than any other . Bill Fulbright." · _ state in the Union. Its senior senator· Bumpers, the Gazette points out, "has John McClellan, is chairman of the Sen: 30 years of Fulbright's record to ex­ ate Appropriations Committee. Its juniot· amine, and surely he must object to scl1alor is J. W. Ful�right, cliairman of something Fulbright has done . . So far; !he Senate Foreign Relations Commit­ Bumpers is just running against Con­ tee. In !he House, another supremely gress and 'foreign relations' ... He is powerful Arkansan , Wilbm·. Mills is . very nearly standing in contempt of hi3 ch'airm;in of the key Ways and 1\I�ans · own constituency." Committee. · has had a special pride h 'Fu!bdght, who is now running for a Fulbright since his youth. He wRs the s_ixth term, is "junior" only because captain of the university of Arkan�as McClellan, 78, has served even longer football team; he won a Rhodes Schol­ in the Senate. It's hard to recall any arsltip, and he returned to become the state ever having at one time . su'ch a state university's youngest president. In concentration of influence on Capitol 1942, as a freshman congressman, he in­ Hill. and are each troduced the historic Fulbl'igbt resolu­ a·bout 10 times larger in population than tion, which -became a· beacon for U.S. AHiansas, but between them they can't post-World War II foreign policy. cl.aim the chairmanship of a single ma­ But the nation' has also come to have j or· committee. a stake in his career, for he has turned ··In a few weeks, though, Arkansas · out to be a towering figure as chairman could lose· some of its pre-eminence if of th_c Senate Foreign H.clations Com­ i lS star, Bill Fulbright, is defeated for mittee · where, puttilig partisanship re11ominalion by Dale Bumpers, a young aside, he has steadfastly and effectively two-term govcn1oi· \rho aspires to Ful­ oppo�ed the war-mongering or both bi· ight 's seat. The, election (said to be Democratic anrl Hepublican Presidents. toitch and go) is acutely uncomfortable Supported by a remarkably united fo�-- many' voters who have previously committee, he was in the forefront of sL1Plwrtcd both men, but who 11011· un- . the fight to end the,Vietnamesc war and happily, have to choose between th�m. the bombing of Cambodia. Under hlm, =Bumpers has been a populat: the Tonkin Gulf resolution was re- wnose moderate policies have won the . pealed, and the Senate reasserted its stJpport of many 'voters who would hav'e constitutional covers over warmaking. preferred to· have him seek a third Restraints have been placed on military teh:n as governor on 1\-Jay 28 (considered . aid to military dictatorships, along with a-sure thing), and then run for the Sen­ re-examination of U.S. foreign commit­ ate- four years from now when Sen. ments. As a result, headstrong Presi­ McClellan is expected to retire at the dents will no longet· find it easy to drag .age of 82. the Uniif'd States into recklzss interven­ Since Bumpers has generally support­ tions abroad. ed Fulbright's actions in Congress, it ic: Nevertheless. d espite his opposition hard Iot· mall\' to understand whv he to !he President ·over Vietnam, Ful­ suddenly decicled to run for the Senate bright is now working extremely closely. ll!is year. The best explanation seems I with Mr. Nixon's secretary of state, to lie that he is simply a young man in rt "Arl.-an!;as has luHl SfJedal fJricle in Fulbright siuce his youth." Henry KJssingcr, in trying to bring �-hurry who wants to si rike while his about a viable peace settlement in the JA:i!itical iron is hot. 1\-liddle East and a reliable d etente 'vith : ·As the campaign nears the stretch, The Bumpers dilemma has been sharply ple lo tum· out a veteran incumbent Russia. It is· no secret that Dr: KissingeJ' ho\yever, this situation is causing him analyzed' -by the slate's leading news­ senator, one of the most honored men S n t e even feels J1is e a e collaborator is playing some embarrassment, for he is not in a - paper, . the esteemed Arkansas Gazette ever r ared in Arkansas, wi't:hout I an indispensable role. making a cCan Save Him' • � '.:0�\ ; . �· ! . . � l.' � :·: -<_, ' HOCK, Ark:-Th'e e s n . him il e � than over the ena . ' �obscuritv a small�to\\•n lawye 't· :, ;_:LJTTLE r a o ·:· t or 2-to-1 s tor of: fout· just a popularity contest: It's the most ­ ·;;-for the probable defeat of n. ;J. W ..-: f\n_ti-ful'b ight sentiment has so hard-, jear� a go t_o score _ -_ Se - � a stunning upset : crucial election in America." The vig' · ,:-Fulbright:· by Gov., Dale� ened th f"()nly a · n ·i� - o Butnpe1:s·: in-: a i11'iracle ca save him. -f r governol' 'over ' and orously pro-Fulbright Arkansas Gazette the i\fay 28 Senate Democrati� pi·itnary, . : That" stems 'partly from a feeling _ Winthrop Hockefeller, Bumpers_ at 48 refers to the governor editorially as ;�an e ·ent that ·would propel an impor here that Fulb ight who' mai 1l::tins no is one of t.he mos popular politicians \ - r , i t , "Smilev" Bumuers. •dant new figu e into ·national politics, :. residence_ in Arkansas; has become dis- in the state's, hist r -. _ . , , · r o y. _ But �tronge;· medicine is needed to - _,,can be · r ly ex·plainecLby 'a tant and -.unapproachable as cliairm� n Bu pers nationa1 image is ' pa t v{hispereCI The m that beat Bumpers, a superb campaigner :,.comment to Bumpers at _ a 'roadside of the Foreign Relations Committee in of a new ·breed southei·n liberal. but· ' and stump speaker whose· "governor: · · - · · ' - Wash ngton. "Bill's a s t ihan ' restaurant. i . lot mar er he vie1\ s hi1hself in ore as· a centrist ship h3s been widely acclaimed. T here [,;, A retired Nlethodist. minister pledged the rest of us in Arkansas," says a :and privately derides. '.'limousine lib- · is.eonsequeutly apprehension in_ the : Bumpers his vote;. then confided: "But. · country lawyer who formerly sup- ' · erals!' �\Iost importimt; lower-income Bllli1pers camp that Fulbright's digni- do tell· the truth, governor I'd, even . ported him but no backs· Bumpers. whites who backed Wallace r la , - · w .can e te fied and- restrained criticism will .in- man '. l "If d ' believe t at ''to '• , vote for a colored - against Fu - " you · on t h , just ask Bumpers as they cannot to Ful- teiJsify ii1to all-out 'assault as election' I · . ;? O' · iJievitable this time, as j f c . "W e a without blooclshecf, Bumpers could be- ;'Jiilionaliy in coi1trol of Arkansas· p91i- probably· by formc1· Gov. Sid Mei\1atl� not running for homecoming queen," : come -the ·most· available: southern if _ ' :;-Jics_ are backing Fulbright,. that iS' �o; Bumpers did not run ..... 'says Fulbright. His theme foi· full-page moderate for a Democratic national longer adequate. Poll resufts are stag-· B1Jmpers' entry· simply - enhDnces · newspaper adve1;tisements and tele- ticket-:-if not in 1976 then in the future,. ;.}: ring: Bumpers' latest fig�res �,�1�w_ the prospect. Emerging from the vision commercials: · "It's more than © 1974, Field Enternrt>es. Inc.·. -...,-�-··:-=. '." . . . '� �- , . . . . . -� . . :. � . - '.\' : __ ·. . -·· - ,. . --· _ . . ' ··: .:_.,:,· , ' � · ..,!.,..:.1.._.· • • .... ••• ,'� : �--·: ; • • �---�-r::-J.� • • · . - . _:>_ : . .•. . - .. . ·;· ,., ' · ·· · �.. . ·.Marqziis Childs-·'-0��:� .· ·.···. ·- • A Cas�·,for ...: .... � .. . ···- �U\rk�llS����,b�fuci���fs: . .. . �eiliority-.-:.:: , '. f ' : '""'"? " ,{ )(:� .. . ' -�•::'<;� si(;· _ •:' ·:�,:·•·:� ': . . . . ; . . . . \: \j�··• , : ;F•n . · j :. ' . . . . \i'·:··\ . in ..IJO-: m t c j�st 15 · lected : :h� has·: east shu ttl . diplomacY', Ktssmger bmted ,_ ; �ew sp.tes the Uni�n h_ave the ·,(•Relations· Gom it e . .years. a_go. !ee governor. AlthoUgh � . m. an _a One st st of contrast · that �e might favor alliance of the lthc;al clout of Arkansas.''.Wlth popu- · of the erne cnhcs the V1et- .. mdcpendent. l1leans, the sal- and its o . $10,00Q as against $42,500 the. Fu ri ht pr()pos,ed. . : , • �: , [ > . . �;, . i.Iation under 2._.million, 'th'reeoi{i:!f com- .namwar ffshoots in ·cambodia ; ary, for . :;,type � lb g , · . . · with - .cari�� · : < · Th ·· �en o l y �! ste· '·' can put indl · . . : )niitee chairmimships are held by: men ·:·and Laos; arid often� at odds, the .. Senate, rior_to: jnentiori.:Jierqtiisites, e i r t y m f . li i : · � influence fJr ·beyon(I the �state pepartment. ·over the po t cs� of _ 'not be. ign6�ed: · · ':�' : ·- ��-,:·:: � :· ·:·· :-" ;:iferent _and meil on · the es-. \\\'hooe extends . incompeteni ; rs, �i t � ·. • A a i a na in o i �J,"de not, only oF their st�te .put .�r _: ; diplomatic app n men , he _has .achiev· · . s a c nd d te . f9r t�e �- �1�B..'J..�P· 7" calatOr �til-they -arriye p s tions of . . - . i: . 1th� )'!at! on. Rep.)Vllbur.Mill_s, as�ch;ur· " ed a good workmg relab�nship. '"'1th Sec- . er� would �et a. ·bJ.g}�t., � .. mO!ley .- and ., .. ,�pow�r ,they are unfit to o h ld . )On the 1 : and· !ll ,,.; :l·etary of . : om r t can man of the House Ways Means Co · State Henry Ktssmger. · j ·. skilled adv1ce fr .Il�P()�nt.-[IIl,� �� s other hand, it bring knowledge· and one . . specialists, ch r g etire . o such {\::C,ll1itte,e, �s of _the three or f9lir most.;''· , . Jt"is"a· case I)Ltwo ea , eager to.� F:uW i. h� ·r: d >f m�· mination. and' hi!fforisiderable abil_ity, it · c nt bution to make to the conduct :o cieilt u rf � his key pOS �i� , s; f9r- / 'J)rtght�is�iri the.·latter category< Fo all �-c;Js hardly: an that he ., ·a ?f . eign ,re�atio� c�ai�ll?an . ' . .' •>\+ ' �t· til� fu exaggeration. to 'say- foreign affairs in �iDle troubles� This, � · · -sniping'of h'is",cntic8 an� otit'of k }also ru e� the. federal tax structure: . ,,•year·Sena�or ;Fulbright JS �p for reel�c· . . �·: :·.Fulbnght;s>�Sk,�ptLci stn ab ut\mihtary;· . govent'meht;"::.Jit( is:: ��uipped with his 1 l . ; . ? _ ; sixth te_rm. a 1d ogr a o the h<1s • !'- · :"Don't m;t�e.- a move without seemg -�_bon to. a �ack !n A.rkansas .· ·. a Pl; ���}'. r tm,d. ;\ w01�ld, · .· friendship .. with·: Kis�inger.; to _advance a ' ii is cauti n ry ch l n is iiSecret..:_J:!:ehas 'been re .'\V bur/' the o a word running a le ger testing the water to s.ee hardiY;?ee.n lll() .. negotiated· i)eace.. This .may be: one of . · )· , the banking �r.m-·' . how far the swjng toward isolationism · many colleagties·_-. h e · thi'Ough the Treasm-y, det:!Ch.€ld; than -of, ._his:· t os ' 'i·evohitionary-·years .·.,.,.'hen" anyone b .:munity :and the Congress . The senior might carry him. . &' oi.!Uhe large sums.y_oted for I�rael: A_t ., out f old 'order, . o the· ·whether Democrat , . al e is me i e, h � v h o _e \. ,, :senator from Arkansas, John McClelian, · Theq:�otential ch leng r Gov. Dale the �a �� m o e er, e pr � d an or Republi�n,;"i'is du�:for the :.ax. But f2)s chairma� of the appropriations com- Bumpers . Arkansas is one of. the states open ' apiance ·�;t,\fe.�� �srael <�.d. ,the 1 govern�ent .dur�ng the ·ned two critical ex r is hic moved : d s pro d m · ,y r ;_;Vcrnment Hi� z_eal year cycle !hat keeps a govemor �unnmg •· nulitary. sup ��!<,.,should IsraeEi; Jle'�- })f men lik(�''ulbright.: � � �? · ¥ r (:. . � .. .. '- ' . "\">.·,;,,· ':,,- . '' • ·, as an mveshgator, his relentless d1ggmg for reelectwn almost from the first day attacked., ·· . : . . · ! . ' . ;\. Fea.ture Syndicate m , ' alli a:. ,;' ·.. �- © 1974· united into crime, . corruption and' waste iias he takes office.' And the salary of $10,000 . ··Presu ably if such� !In ance ha ·. --- .. �� ur n i u . a ·:� the. _ o e of teo YearJs. t_he _l_o_w�st. .in:.· t��- u try . . ___ , __ i J��·e·')�1l�ri f.J}�-·� rab.� l un.�heq -;;-� . mad� hi!J- g _the u r gh s _a_ . �_Q n ._ - �. _l) . ' - · . •in: oct ; '' His service in the Senate in.1942 . _ , c,;-Corripletin'g his sec(ind tWo-year term, . -. the Yom ){ippur w�r : ober the . . began ' . . ' ;_ 'J.Williani_Fulbi:ight, the juni6r sena·; ·· B umpers, ·a"'s�i:'eFd campaigner with;a : .:_United:::States would :have� been ·a:t Is·.

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P!ans for_1976 a t e Senat� Foreign,Relati�' . . . k. career m the Senate rec- . . · ' �i ·. .. .. , ., the poss1btlity he might be . - !'--- l�1a ch 11-Gov· . my :of·. ommittee and a �emb�r of r Dale Bumpers,. _ . . 1 J . , ord has been a credible. one" . C . . ._ .. ,. , . fered . a p 1 ace on tl1e natwna . , ounced today that_ 1 . .: e the e ate ance omm tt :J · · P..e WJll: �nd that tbe, Arkansas delega- icket, h s i : ' 'I . � �. , Fm . C 1 �e : : .. a. Democr.atic t a d . t n · for; tJon, an � _ co - ,: om ,. challengeJW. Fulbri ght; ., V(hich includes ;would not shut- the· opt on , E ��t�� p �It. Sen. out,: � �� .. . i ' . � -· <:,,��� _.the. Senate seat Fulbnght_ has;;.John McClellan chair- b a h at this tee ··:.· , L. · (D), i ut it is so r etc ed ·_:.'.:,(·,-: · f - , eld,for the .past years.. , of f Th� ace, becau�_e of t,he un'' � � _29 man the •Senate Appropria: I don' know if I'm even r . himc, f I ·· ,, Bumpers, '48,.- one· , t_ions:: by it ." certan; preference of :the. c�m- most po o� the ;� Committee,. and Rep. '-flattered : 1 · �ular m e servat�ve voter could l?e·; . , governors· th 1.:wilbur p. •:Mills: (D), chairman ,, He mentioned Watergate rural , s �1story,-_ by th� entry of :, ... f.tat� told newsm2n: :of the House; Ways and Means r only once and said he was Jcompllca�e? Hut� m the _gove�nment t_o- �!Other Ohtlcal candtdates who .. . :C e , n . "b the · P, . . · ommitt e had lo g een an ·,"reluctant to call for P• es- . day '1.� ·,at an W·", ,effecfive,te . .,ident's resignation"- UJltil after- .f WOUld ,. draw from. the vot�>· i all-tJm� �? am " 'f. . he . . . isuch--as .formc:r, Gov. au u ,What Is_n_eeded, S�ld, was - Many . p olitical o bservers hthe House Judiciary . _ F b � ew S ve � Commit p . PO !tl ·. and former Gov d c at - eadershtp.:' .f l ' CC . w be �te has considered.. ali of the. l; .. S\ M �1 �.:: ee the r<\ ill close and � _ t He spoke.:- of the.;· Umted men e Idence . · ·Wh� have �oth expr�s�ed m e�-. I that both will draw from·: V ' r egarding impeach� : : : States as "facing· l ! _;. .est.m ru�nmg for �- . ati.�n :tl1e sa e ··base of. beral and e t ._· ·· · - the.' Senate.:' . n m i m .n .' The Winner trou-bleson;J� and enu- . . ?f� th.e �nmary, times moderate voter su '1 . . me ated such problems as ort. Some In �ecent weeks Bu�pers 'Js almost certam �o -.f�c?:only � . Jn-1 b elieve. that .voters · . many ��ral h as ra eled m . flat10n, ·the energy crisis· -and .h t y ext�nsrvely oken GO� o�posrtw.n· �he ave·. been alienated ·by :Ful- acro�s the t · : attendant ' un.-:!:nployment, . �tate, speakmg ·out !genera� election::-·-:-_··· ·:··' •;'"' �- · : intellectural nd a us . · · ' . . ·,1 •• " · brigh.t's �n natJonal1ssues. . , . . health t e t · �. . .· and he d le, n · tocrattc style and by h s · ' . · care p t mfre- Bumpers tw ··-- · o l io . o term "'rrov 1- - - ·- -" f tna ura resources. , ·. VI l a er-. - ; tquen .· ·S 'ts to th e s t a t e e xcept not· ·· · r . was ·VIrtually' unknown The g ve no , W 0 laS-ad·, I ' \ ', . ' 1·111 h l 1 f · · r wn ' ;' o t e ec tu!le. ' ' the sum�er.'. of 1970 when he ·mitted an l9761, · - . . . . . 'c interest ia-· . � Bumpers has been charged defeated presidential poht cs, ·sa d former . J . 1 1 with-indecisiveness I Faubus tc he . on some , 1'n· the DeGov mocta. Orval t· p nE_ - had r a hed h � Jec s n _aft r • · 1 � � 1. .. - 1 �o e state .issues and avoidance of �1ary and 1the_n the lat� Repub. 1 controversial ' . lca Gov.• Wmthrop Rockefel- "agomzmg" deliberatiOns and iI matters. ·l n 1 · � in llcr the that he did not, u ' his · Fulbri ht, anticipation �f ' in general election. 1)7ake \I, � _ l candrdacy, has be�n· e ran based mind until after a · mpers . H_ g a_ campatgn family. din· �u l r el on h1s personal appe�l ner 'aturday He admit· eampaign�ng _h�rd in the state a y � night.' l _ /'to the voters, enhanced by hrs smce early m February.'- His ted he had encountered -i' · some · · ,youthfulness . . ampa·gn s t m _, . "Ood looks and I pressure· · frOI prominent.· c t Y1 e, as t h e past, � .. • <> .•• [ pollsh,as_ _a teleyr;sJOn speaker, I Democrats in tl.c. state not to · ..has be�n one of "folksy" shirt-1 · . controversial oppose Fulbright the. May 1: sleeve, people-to-people , con" while he avoided i.'l '·' "primary· · 28.' Democratic but I ta'ct,.: aimed at dispelling 'riis· issues. �1 . �would not'c6mment·on the de- ·;�maoge as a c osmopolite whose •: He \ s.' � fresh unscarred of w s erests � � . gree pz:essure,,',:wh,ich� � l�t _lie primarily in f(Jr- political figure and managed _ vy • etgn 1 s .·r.'. . · affa r . .considered_ hea . .. . to defeat two men who had oc­ two_ hours. of .Bump·· u r ' ·governor's ,, Within ; '! pe s avoided ariy shar;p cupied the office: b :S_ r_n of b y ers' announcement, ul r gh c�tt1c1�m:: ht today;·. L·of· 16,, often stor t, i ul g for a. tota . : . ' F i F r:i n ,, m 'who had said,' previously :he ·say�ng;·."r.am not : r u n i'n g yea•·s. .. -_ aga nst b , i wguld seek a .sixth te��; held j 1_ S�n. Ful �ight but for �ronically; Bumpers'. success ·a news· conference to saY,,: }he . ,Senate. 1 He. added was influenced to some degree "I · t _U.S. ' ha m he -past · regret that Gov. Bumper�. has t t �·I have agreed by.: the ;ub'ei_,alism' . of Gov., · - · ore than made._this· decision.u:i ••. :, � - J: m -disagreed with ·, '.'which' :. helped1 bright." Ful'· . · i · , . . sh t public attitudes on racial . � · �tatfl:- l f i He , Bump��s;'. ' '·,· ; · }·said ·, . · � He said · · ' · · he would a d other issues and pave the 1ments :_·:national··, issue's .. · ··' , run ,an , . . . . . _. 1 . on • 1 • 1-'•, r people to for ' ·· - ,: - ·· people' camp,atg. n, way a newcome•·, a coun· oun�ed "as 1f \he were offer· ,one • o u · � ; ; , _ -�,hat w l� .: stre�s_ ..J_;''the l try, lawy�l� 'fi'oni Charl�ston, . . n ,, ·· _ himself for,a place o th�· posr�Ive · ap., 1; whose, v1��s _wer� ba::;Jcally , mg the :·need ·�or - a n . natiOJ?al ticket.": He !J.ddecl L pr_o�ch at � t1m:. o n LJo a�. ':�oder�te, . �: · f· · He sa. rd. would s hun l hts four•.. : : .. years.:., ·.. .-·:.;, as gover-•:! ' a or- · . --· ·· ' · · r CrtSJS. he ·Iu t anyone· : • se__ - th '• e t' • ; • u - : a . th "f �- large-scale, media-style 1. • . • • ·- i . cam: - · r,. . . a n n to · . _no Bumpers has gained - enate as a· steppi -sto. e f f · S � . . , , .r_ _pal n,1n avor o the _per onal! � · - _ g ·g ·· s . . for reform. He has 'the presidency would· be a des·\ : approach and that he int'endcd :reputatiOn the executive ervice to the tate! and thi : " to �Pend as little as possi_ ble" . reorg�nized s 's ' ' · , • .• , 1 to fmance .. . fupctwn of _state government ; \_ -it. · . ' 011 the , lines of the Senate. . i ',Bumpers sp_oke at- length along U.S. Several times,. fulbp· ght 1 n re-1 i a, n�mber of national issues. b a d has been a st�ong Ca inet consumer of .: le�1sl�·'I '"lack '• he ad o a ' supportero '> of,< ' :• feried' too Bumpers' (• On , 1nflation, ( v c ted th. e, . ' ret.urn to Phase and P tion. . experience": and "know-how" I hase· II . :· · · Washington politics. · . ; controls,' ·which he ''said :>W1th· Bumpers' support t�e · iin -.,. shou n ,state income tax was m­ ;- :F u fi · comm�ntcd: �" ld not have bee r · h r i li. f' e- in' 1971, producmg_ ;."Those� who � :t. results \Vith !. moved," and he urged the im- creased. n ( o ition of )arge. and sol enc 11eg slati9p :as n o , who P � \_ new � �e.':'::� z;t surplu�es :' � � in \; �i gt p . a a d· s�ate treasury. H1s ad de. lixer so to' speak, nce co11trols...... �-� .£:..:..·; fo� �he r. the goods, · . has. also . been are that have the . re- mm�str

f= 7!5"- :3: .. I,Jyt � .5--)7-7J F:qlbright. _Facing_ Peril in Vote ' . :�.. . ·. ::. Victory by Bumpers Could Close His 30- Year Career

By CHRISTOPHER LYDON SpecJal :a T!le ;..""eV.· York r.mes

UTILE ROCK, Ark., May 26 - The stature of Sen:uor J. W. Fulbright. facing his gravest · n ja er of defeat in a long and · a controversial career, brou:;!ht the networks television crews and. the overseas press to this sleepy capital for the iinat day of the campaign before the United Pniss International Democratic Senatorial �rimary Gov. Dale L. Bumoers, left, of Arkansas and Senator J. W. Fulbright before their joint televrsidn Tuesday. appearance yesterday in Little Rock-the only one of the campaign._ ... . The. 69-year-otd ca'ltanker· : 1 ,. 'ously� rndependent chairman of! passage of Mr. Rockefeller's ' criticize :VTr. reco Fulbright's rdl ,. the :::.enate foreign Relations, teft-over program, including and has refU:Sed to debate the ; Committee even r ec ved a : pi I ei x . swee ng e ecutive reorganiza- Senator. .•. Manner fnendly tclephon� call fro i j ·aliuii:f 1\ !lllt on and income tax reform, , Secretary But M r Bumpers's lofty iso of State l'l.lSStnger tn mpe his-criti�s.: Mr: Bump r Mr. Bu rs was overwhelm- Iation, a�oiding all joint ap To e 's .. Damascus on Fnday. \ 1972. j : ingly re-elected in :styl�_:iis_·'allllost. a _ pearances except a half-hou speaking cari- To Ar_kansas, however, t�e 1 Surveys by respected na \ . - together today on the ABC- cature of blandruiss, wrapped central figure m the pnmary 1si tiona! polltakers this ring TV! sp program "I ssues and Answers.'i in a confident� controlled tete­ �Gov. Dale Bumpers, the chai-�have found popular l o the ap- has a s made it harder for1 vision manner� Winthrop Rocke­ -Ienger: who has combmed _ex-Jproval of the dismissed as . Governor's job Senator Fulbright to compete.!, feller him "a va- traordmary personal b t1on 1 am 1 performance ranging between . guely. pleasant man who had 'wi� a st e of frictio proof 7 Points to Senate Record i . y! !l· and 10 to 1-a strength that ; one· speech, a- shoe line and � ·politiCS tha.t he has ra1sed .to\ may be unmatched among po- · a First plaintive, then angryl smile.'' The Fulbright staff joke� rare art. · ht!cal executives today. In the about the lack of oubtic debate,; about the bland leading thej : A geni j :--:1 giant killer, Mr. current carnpai_gn_ he has held Mr. Fulbright has had to scram : bland." .;3 - Mr. Bumpers, years old, emerged! both the Initiative and the ble to be heard, pleading for' A stocky former marine, from ·!bscure some bearS a certain an country law straw-polt lead ever since 'he recollection of the na-: Bumpers resem­ fo:.:r a Ful�rig_ht �office years ago, i:" surpris_ed Mr. !:>Y tiona! and international battles ' blance to the television per· . . hrm ·carefully planned telev1sron ldeplac1rng agarnst rn m 1d- 30 Art Linkletter he has waged during years: : sonalities and t o of , campaign. to defeat w th_e March. in the Senate, trying somehow'. ; David FrosL', Arkansas hear, ·,g_reat ames of Arkansas Mr. B his ': polr- . �m�� had Senat<;�r to turn Mr. Bumpers's populari-i . Kennedy cadapces in speech t1cs-fll'St, former Gov. Orv� � y Fu bnght s act1ve support rn t against him. : But his strongest appeal t E · .. Faubus m the Dem?crat1c 19'?· a':'d some o the over _ f � - "Don't ask who you will crowds is a secular evangalis and � n IS like prrmary then the rncu!11- nor f ends believe he strll that seems to come natural! _ better," one Fulbright television .·bent Republrcan, the late Wm- a secret Fulb ght adm rer. hat his state n 1 T lcommercial sugaests, "ask who to him and . . throp Rockefeller. � may be one of the reas�ns that/ . . will do the better job." one·. Senator Fulbright mocks his After wrnnmg leg1slat1ve.Mr Bumpers . has declrned tOJc , "I O.K. "revival" manner, but Mr. ircular ends t's to like all Dale Bumpers and vote for Bill: Bumpers emphasizes it the "If Fulbright." more fervently, saying, Mark Shields, the Washing­ there was ever a time when ton-based campaign consultant. this country needed a revival it's of people's had advised that in a 10-week now-a revival spirit an campaign it would be futile to d of .their faith in the iattack Governor Bumpers's job· political system and the poli­ tical process of this country." 1rating hut that the Fulbright a ;campaign might try to set a He is "civil religionist," different standard for the Sen­ says Brownie Ledbetter, a dis­ . ate seat. And thus the slogan enchanted supporter, appealing Mr. Shields suggested and Mr. to what is "still the dominant 'Fulbright adopted: "It's more strain in our culture." Like the 'than just a popularity contest., ·Fundamentalist preachers of 'It's the most crucial election in': America." Nevertheless. Mr. Bumpers represents a fresh image for many Arkansas of the common man in politics and a dazzling vision for some national Demo­ crats, including Robert S. Strauss, the party chairman. of the moderate Southerner who could1976. help a Presidential ticket in ·""" · , • /J'(/

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voters! But with the mass of ped Gov-; Ledbetter . seems to have hel \ dhood, Mrs. 1t ' her chil tured Bumpers Bumpers to be ic plains. Governor ernor p com and something of a· divisive social as a loner and glides past has fou the: on a smooth reformer who nd political issues State­ vaguely and tumble of f words about rough stream o distasteful. and individt.ral house politics spmtual values has The Fulbright campaign moralitv. ers challenoe Arkansas Ga · met the Bump Yet like The rous c"o� voices a broad and vigo a other liberal with zette nd . for ed the ialition. It includes example.i\ that have denounc cam­ who directed ator Ful­ IMrs. Ledbetter. against Sen vern' s paign ers George McGo . Ledbetter temp Senator Ar-\� bright. Mrs l campaign in the acknowl­ Presidential criticism with ! e Rep­ her ve \ 1972. and Stat t she would ha kansas in � edgment tha k Henslee o r sentative Fran supported Governor Bumpers11 � is organizin 1 Pme Bluff. who r - lection. . Wal­ for e e \ Gov. George C. hrop Rocke- Alabama � Except for Wmt tial- campaig ' been \ lace's Presiden Mr. Bumpers has feller, or abouts for 1976. e than any maj here more responsiv \ ian to the Federal Funds I Arkansas politic Gets black population­ state's large Governor Wallace is generally "I'm sure far more so, it Henslee ex" Fulbright is aware." Mr. . than Mr. w. "of agreed in an intervie of his car�r. plained through most Gover; the connection between or : ator [Ed;. Record As Govern Bumpers and Sen nor Massa� e' M.]. Kennedy [of observers her ward Professional a Senator Ken; mper's tor­ chusetts] so th t fun of Mr. Bu umpers make de­ d make Dale B ing over big n�dy �oul t':lred temporiz ential candidate accuses him h1s VIce-Presid Ons, but no one Gov: CISI ernor. of course that cuts do-nothing Gov -and of being a e·out." with enacting· em or Wallac credited · right He is text­ Senator Fulb is dergarten and free While and free kin was a p hilosopher ams, and he known as book progr ashington. he is first reform teacher in W ible for the arrel rspons effective pork-b ' income taxes in also of the state s an When Mr; politician at home. arly 50 years. of Con­ ne le complained strenuous batt Bumpers. "Is­ In his most ority system on a re and gress' s seni state l gisl tu the with the e and Answers" today, nt leaders. Mr. sues local governme pointed�y that to guaran- Senat�r noted vetoed a bill rmanships in Bumprs state committee chai cent of all lied Ar· : tee 7 per ton had supp and county Washmg \ vnues to city more than it5 �ee a result,. kansas with ent. Partly as .governm a­ of Federal funds. as' state legisl share .most of Arkans leaders are now tors and county ulbright's �ide. on Senator F w0we...�\'-- � 197/ C'ot...... �

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rn����hips i:� tla: Scn�tlt:. �ltCcc·c:dilt.� hi��-� as hl"�,d of the Forc:igil ilt:L1LollS cl)l;l· n:ittee will oc: .-\labam:1 Dcmoc!·at -a m0n� that nmld h'l':c Lli'· reachi:1g repercussions. Sp:·rk;nau, 7-l. h;,.,s a rccorci of Jimost unqllc��:wlil,� support for the .-\dministration'; forciL":Il :.llld dde:1sc policies, :1nd some Clltnmit­ tee members fear tbt he will cut back the watchdog role car.·cd out by F u]­ bright. The betting is, however, :hat the committee's bipartisa:: liberal majority \\·on't let that happen \\·ithout a fight. Sparkman's shift may make the biggest impact in his old Banking Committee, where Wisconsin liberal Wi!liJm Prox­ mire \\·ill become chairman. Proxmire's Gie,-ick Katllf•rill<:: Couq.lications advocacy of truth-in-lending and other consumer bills has wen him fev.· friends Se11ale Cil'c'c:· six -. c�trs �1·.,:o, chid .\lorse in the bankin g commUJ:itv, a:1d some faces a:1 uphill G:;tt1e to ,;·nscat him this baukers \\·ere anxious enoul!;h :1bout what time·. l':1cl-.:\•:ooc. -ll, seems certain to he might do as chairm;.;n that thev con­ m:1ke 'l!'' i:;sue of \lorse·s age. But .\lorse tributed to Fulbright's c1I:1paign. ·'r don 't is lean, \'il;orvb �d:d cbviouslv enthusi­ think the\· s!wdder I;JJ!C�• in mv sta�t: astic abo1:t the �Jrr:spect of retuming to

' ',\·here th�v k:W\\' rne.'' P:·•Jxmire sa\·s. \\\tshin!!tcr:. ' I[ frn .::lC'Ot b�ck to the . But a.-; on� 1J.mk lobbyis� pEts it: ·'It i:; Senate, -I'u1 go::H: t,J pick up where [ somethin<:r �hat we don't look for.vard to. left off," he clecla:·es. "That's the wars� Th�· she;r uncenaint·.- of Pmxmire is news for Rich�t:·cl :\.ixort th,tt an v. one co1:id more Lin:>ettling tha:·, DcnliJl'Ltlic Se:i­

�ttoriC�l pri:!l:lr: •. \ lorst· \•:iil \:tee Ptcpub­ liun 1\iJbcrt Pc1cb\·ood itl the faiL It WitS Pacb\·oud \\·ho e!:dc:ci :Olorse's :2-1-ye:Jr I .�,.���>'c#.'f,+'Nt.�·�;"�·���������-�'lW e Bumpers� iding hisc�flld well as LYNN ROSELLINI Whether th _ _ Newsday transfer itself to a national far has not been to:!'""''_. WASHINGTON - They like to . riate so �t:r::�;h��t�:it� r!-� .,,_.. " F l But Bumpers' personal p• '""'' ,.- · tell the story in Little Rock about { his reputation as a '�'''-: � Dale Bumpers· visit to the 1972 of 30 years. plus : . .. Publicly, Bumpers says he is not �moderate. make him an � Democratic National Convention. - a:: running for President. "I would · vice presidential candic " Bumpers. then governor of Ar­ " not allow that to creep into my �,could be paired from eitt ; E!:: kansas. was mentioned one day in , -.J from a '" a Miami newspaper's list of vice thinking in a serious way," he says tthe spectrum. le for long time." @' ondale to a Jackson to a :!.! a:: presidential prosp ects aft er "at ast a (M ... " said one Demo' ·a.: George McGovern's nomination. But privately. he may feel differ­ ,�-udall }::! �· a:: ently. In the past two years. Bump­ � ti ona! Committee officia When reporters questioned him .,.. ers has accepted speaking "but so could a number o 3 during a m orning tennis game. engagements in all 50 states, talk­ Bumpers said he wasn't interested ing mainly to Democrats about the in the job. lack of faith in government and the But later that day. a political "terrible mess" in Washington. aide slipped out of Bumpers' hotel And he has recently consulted his suite and into the lobby. "He's sit­ advertis ing adviser. Deloss ting up there r i ght now by his Walker, about what primary races phone," the aide told reporters, he might consider entering. No de­ ''waiting for a call from McGov­ cision has been made, Walker �rn.'' says. Since his overwhelming Senate But Bumpers has done little Democratic primary victory over more in preparat!on for 1976. He Sen. J. William Fulbright last·­ has gathered no campaign funds year, the 49-year-old Bumpers is and formed no organization. The considered perhaps the most· · staff he assembled in Washington promising longshot among the cur- is composed of personal and legis­ rent crop of "New South" hopefuls lative aides from Arkansas. not na­ '1)-::, lt.'J!,u,.,J)US. for a sopt on the 1976 Democratic· Profile tional political strategists. In fact, •r ..r, ., o'\1 ticket. Arkansas' new senator ap-; Bumpers has no strategy for 1976, parently views the presidential Bumpers. however has se�ar"l just a loose. hopeful scenario. !'a- race in 1976 in much the same way­ :; significant disadvantages as a � Friends say that scenario goes ... un-:;t that he viewed the vice presidency tiona! candidate. He is largely like this: Bumpers sits back while known outsid-e his home state, aS'� in 1972 - publicly disdaining inter- -. .. - .. , --'r the national media speculate about est. privately waiting; and watch- · are other Southerners like Geor- • him and while Sen. Henry M. Jack­ ; in g. gia's former governor, Jimmy son of Washington and other early It was only five years ago that . Carter. and Gov. Reubin runners falter. Bumpers wins a the six-foot lawyer from Charles­ Askew. And he is a n ovice to na- �' primary or two and goes into a ton. Ark .. (pop. 1,4001 sold off his tiona! affairs. wide·open convention with a fair dairy herd to help finance a pri­ "Without much doubt he is the_ shot at the top job, and gets cre­ m a ry campa ign for governor most attractive candidate out of dentials for Vice President or a against former Gov. Orval Fau­ the deep South as a national candi­ 1980 race. bus. When Bumpers began ·stump­ date." said another former Demo­ ''The sign he would need is if ing the state. he developed the cratic Committee oificial." 1 But 1 those candidates who have an­ _image of a clean-cut country law­ in 18 months he'd have to be a lot nounced are not getting the re­ -yer who would move Arkansas into better known." the 1970s. The image constrasted sponse necessary to get the sharply with that of the six-term nomination," said Bumpers' friend Faubus, closely associated with and political adviser. Arkansas the old Southern-boss style of poli­ Democratic National Committee­ tics. man Char les Ward. "If he felt he Bumpers proved to be a natu­ possibly could get that sort of re­ rally magnetic campaigner and an sponse. he would go into it." effective television candidate. He Bumpers would bring several beat Faubus in the primary and �-. important strengths to a national the voters of Arkansas. a Demo­ ticket. He is a new face and a cratic state uncomfortable with a proven vote-getter. An unassum­ Republican in the governor's off­ ing grin and folksy, down home ice, went on to give him a resound- i manner make him an extremely ing victory over Gov. Wintrhop ' effective campaigner. "He's a su­ Rockefeller. perb candidate." says one veteran Two years later, he emerged into national political consultant. "He national politics as leader of the. has an unfailing memory for peo- Democratic Governors' Confer­ I.....r.::···... en<:e;::t&uitpers furthered his na­

_t\Q!H!Li�n__a.p,,Ja&t•. �e.ac by his c2qJ iFulbright Faces tHard� Senate Race £: naJtional candidate h � �(- B y BILL ONS SIMM in t Democratic party. �·LrrrLE R� Ark.(.\?) \ t·- A political ana,lyst once ob­ Bumpers has produced f,served that J. W. Fulbright SC'lmdal-free administration,al and, perhaps mostsignificant, i.stays in trouble with his coo­ has a powerful positive! tue nts, but he keeps win­ i� projectionon television. ,mngelections. . f.: By all accounts, Bumpers1I �· Now that election-winning w a s a shoo-in f o r a thirdi tability may be In q uestion. gubernatorial term and was · thought a likely pr ospect for. FulbrigD. t chairman of the \; higher office at a later time 1S e n a t e Foreign Relations when he announ ced a week .Committee, is seeking re-clec­ ago that he would oppose Ful­ . tion this year, and may be oo bright. . better-Umn-USU3I terms with Pollster Gene Newsom o f \ Arkansas voters. But he is in Little Rock. denying ties to ei­ ·greater danger of defeat in ther candidate, put Bumpers the May 28 Democratic pri­ in front 6Q per cent to 2i per mary. cent, with the rest undecided.

Fulbright appears to have ''I'm not a great believer in reg1ined some of the favor he polls," Fulbright said. ' ' I .lost with constit uents w h o think it"s very unfortunate ,were upset for a time with Ills t h a t a young m a n with �·criticism of U.S. participation promise - very little experi­ in Vietnam. ence. but promise - is going to bri!l1g his political fortunes 1', The danger for Fulbright tos ch :comes from Dale Bumpers, u a premature end." :who fouryears ago was "Dale Bumpers, a rancher, lawyer iwho?" to many in this state. and nursing horne OV'iller be­ 1But now he iswrapping up his fore going into state politics, �.second two-year term as an Obvwusly feels differen tly. :eloquent, handsome and But for 5.000 votes in1970. he

· d!Jarismatic governor who bas � still be a politi cal· no­ · been mentioned as a potential body. 1.. Gov. Bumo�rs to Face Fulbright: 24Q I In Race fer Senate in Arkansas

By ROY REED i UTILE ROCK, Ark., March from obscurity as a country• 11 - Gov. Dale Bumpers an- lawyer and defeated Gov. Win-: nounced today that he would throp Rockefeller a Republican, , /i·1 oppose Senator J. W. Fulbright :n 19i0. . � in the Democratic primary A reporter mentioned that at:·· Mav 28. Mr. Fulbright's news confer-! This will be the most serious ence rodav and asked him if/ challenge r.o \lr. Fulbright since he was bitter at being opposed / he entered the Se:1ate in l945 . . by Mr. Bumpers. 1 Arkansas observers predict a· "No,'' he said. "this is a ) close race. free country. Anyone can run. 1 Mr. Bumpers. 48 years old. The element of gral.itude is a; said he was runnin:;,: for the personal one, not a public one." ) Senate because of a need for· ·The Governor told reporters: 1 new national leadership during "I have agreed with Senator) this "troublesome time." Fulbright more often than Ii "The people," he said, "are have disagreed with him." But I pleading for leadership that· he confided to friends that he! will restore their faith: faith in believed he had no alternative! the system. faith in themselves, if he wished to remain in! thus most importantly, faith in politics. other." · i each . Problem for Liberals Mr. Fulbnght, 68, who was i . here working on his re-election: The race 1s expected to split:.i! campaign, agreed that the na-1 the white moderates and the tion was troubled and said that: l:berals. :\lost have supported that stemmed "from the Presi-' both men. dent of the .'' He' Black v oters face the same ·added that the Governor's problem. While neither candi­ be mo ' date has been as popular with sta tement seemed to re Mr ncarlv that of a candidate ior: lack voters as the late. . . President or Vice President Rockefeller, whose political, than as a candidate for the: base was built on black' Senate. 'support, both are considered i f ien y to blac_ks. Both have The Senate's Pr oblem r dl , blacks on their st ffs and speculation a There has been several of thise attended the that Mr. Bumpers is aiming at, wo _? t news conferences today. a place on the natl nal Demo-, Th ere ha,·e been continuing crauc ticket m 19,6. rumors that wealthv eastern Mr. Fulbright said today that Jews have offered to 'contribute the trouble Senate with the was,money t o Mr. Bumpers to op- that many Senators _were run-, pose Mr. Fulbright. The· nmg for President m.,tead of Senator. who is chairman of pa� in5 attention h : to t e S en-.rhe Senate Foreign Relations ate s busmess. :committee. has been unpopular _The two men have been with some Jewish grou ps be­ fnendly. tf not close. Mr. Ful- cause of what they consider bnght supported Mr. Bumpers his lack of support for Israel actively when the latter rose In the �d�e East co�- _ _ _ Tt_Lt_r>._'J_�_c;...::._""' ,· : .f:.._:I:__/J?_"_�v (...._J_/__:_.?/ __ �-y_!_A_ . p C::_:· __7_Y Bi����� · _ "rr-'7"" -- - c' �==�===�r �-_:�;,_ _ ...... ,-: : _:..� ...,.,5�-· : ..--�_�:;_-{: - - .-, ,�,, : -�:_,'-"�r:t�:�::-��-.:,;r� o::-"i"... 1..

· _ k F lh • __ u __ �·- � 0 ri- . n . ?.t.... - 0 .�--"'�!;; 0 - /.!' lo .,.�"":.! • �f-.t-•:t��;:-�-��rt:�';.��;:i{�!f,1.. . . ;'�}f��»��J:�,:§�ifi"'-·�-,:�.::§� .;�'-f.i�-��-- a n th t. duri g; uvlt;;,·ajf�- . .��'?A'r�L"'' .�@ He s;uct '��� I · e �on biS -PiaDs . . �s e·Dii'e . ons ,, th possibility'he·tormigbt - , .... ·. :>. . -!t , ���?'''b��y;-,;ym'EE:�i�6e.·'?k-���·-�o>"•'•?� ,...... �z.� careuJnh Senate w ree-, the be of-' . d . ' ord as been a credible one" fered place on � �ber of! • arc 1 al ! a the natio�al' COmmittee a an o . d n he ,' n unce today t at he WJJ'S/' a d that � A kansashis��� delega- D emocratic- t ieket . said tne Senate Ftnance Committ� � / : . h : he . r . � c a n e Fu.bnght for mcludes Sen ..• u d ot Economtc Comrmt- >- e twn, wh1ch wo l nnt o t and nt ll g J.W. shut the u . J · , the Senate seat Fulbnght as McClellan it is so option tee � the h i John L. (D). chau"-i hut this . .held for past years 1, man of the Senate A pr lime. far-iet�hedw at The ace. because of the ppr a- k no r ·m even -1 · ::!9 _. o i : r don't it' c r th un- Bumpers, one the/ t1ons Comm ttee and Rep. fla ttered by erta!rt preference e most popular 48, 0� i . . of coa- i. governors b m it." servattve rural voter could be 1 , m t!.lei l ur :Vlills chairman He en t one \\ ater6ate . state s htstory. _Wi D. \Vays(D). nd a once ain d aid -.: . complicated b told newsm2n:r of the House a e ns tlnly d s he wa y the entry od 0::: M l who "Thit� in the government to- Committee. had long ·'been an · r.-� uctant t o call for :he Pres� other political candidates 1 lJ..J - J-- day JS at an low . effective would draw from the vo e, [ all-ume " , . . ter . . team." ident's resi£nation"· until af t 0::: What is _needed, he said. " was i\Iany po litit:a l observer ; th House Judici y Commit- sue as former G? v. 3 s e ar h a s i · and for er Std l\-ldlath, . new pos:ttve le der p : feel the race will h c o tee has considered_ aU , � h � e l se and the G<>v. _ mter- >­ He spoke of the n"ed,. m" a of who ha•e bo exp re s d � that both will draw fro L eVJdence reg r impeach- �� � : . States . g men ding . est m runnm,.. for the ::,enate.Fauhus 1: a_ as a natwn facm t s base and _ he ame o( l ral J,/ ment. 0 ·troublesome times" ibe The wmner ot the pnmnry and enu- moderate- voter su ort. Some , . _ 1 u l. ce�t \leeks Bumpers mos certam me ated such problems as n- � believe that manv i: ·I_n : ; IS al t tacc only· � : ��raJ voters; [ · ra led to v ien- h .. , H ex tens; ve PPO:;Jtwn 1n 1he . flauon, the energy crisis :md ha e been al ated ul-! �� , .. Jy. ? !w F i' ali 0-� the token GOP . atten un-e:nplo m �peak rng out dant y Jl �er. p he avoided controversial1 s the !\l sleeve. peo le.to-people con-. wliHe O !;po e Fulbright ay . \ i.'1 t p . /_28 Democratic primary but act. aimed at dis ellin g his issues --,- os p ; would not comment 011 the de- ; image as a c mo olite He was a fresh, unscarred e whose gree Pressure, which · t rests lie prima y political and managed .,...... I of was � . ril in for- figure e1gni affa1rs. 1 considered heavy. to defeat two men who had oc- Within � 1 two hours of Bump- . B umpers avoided any shai"p 1 cupied the governor's office; o m nt ent_Jclsm of Fulbright t d f : ers· ann unce e . o �. \ or a of often stormy,i Fulbright, total · said sa not run i 16, - who had previously he yi_ng. am n 11 g ·years. sixth aga st ·•ren on would seek a term, held m _ S . Fulbright but r icall , Bumpers' success he S for I y a. news conference to say, ·•r t L:. . Senate." added ·was inf1uenced to some degree + h ha the He �regret t a Gov. Bumpers , t t in past have agreed the liberalism of Gov t ha,s ' more h n "I by . his decision." a disagreed with Ful-; Rockefeller. which helped '--o-; made t bright."t :shift He -s�u."ci___ Bunlpers' ·stattf . public attitudes on racial He he l s s said wou d run and other issues and pave the ments on is u "peop 1 e t a:, national e' · o · people" campaign.; way for a newcomer, a coun- sounded "as if he were offer- one that would stres s "the, 1 try lawyer from Charleston, �­ th ne d �or he t ing himself for a place on e e . t posi ive f· whose views were basically, a h t a t ap-l moderate. national ticket." adde pro c ·· a na ona d lJme of i ! He d crisis. He sai would shun his four years as · use _ he _ ij''I; - gover-. that an yone to the• a rarJe-sc le. mcd: