Students Nominate Sen. Mark Hatfield GOP Peace Candidate by TIM O’MEILIA Largest Tally Was 175 on the Second Bal Lot
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vol. II. no. LVII THE OBSERVER.University of Notre Dame s<March 25, 1968 Students Nominate Sen. Mark Hatfield GOP Peace Candidate By TIM O’MEILIA largest tally was 175 on the second bal lot. He fell to 28 before climbing back Notre Dame stuttered and stammered to 100 on the final ballot. Following for two days before finally making itself the third ballot, Nixon’s campaign man understood- -peace in Vietnam in the per ager Dan Lungren announced to the son of Mark O. Hatfield, the Republican convention, “I feel Nixon’s poor showing Presidential nominee of the 1968 Mock here is a reflection of my own inability” Political Convention. Leading on all ofand was cheered when he said that he 11 ballots Oregon’s Senator Hatfield fin thought Nixon would win in August ally attained the nomination when the and November. At that point he released convention amended by a 2/3 majorityhis supporters to vote according to their the rule requiring that the victoriousprinciples. nominee obtain 667 votes. Tom Frericks, Reagan’s campaign man Illinois’ Maryann Wolf, a campaigner ager, was visibly disturbed by the Hatfield for Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, mov vote and refused to nominate Reagan for ed to consider the vote rule after the Vice President saying the California gov tenth ballot failed to nominate. Bruce ernor could not possibly run on the same Carter of Hawaii moved the same motion when Miss Wolt could not oDtaih the ticket as the “liberal fringe” candidate. necessary majority from her state toReagan’s largest tally after the first ballot legalize the motion. When a roll call was 17. made it clear that the motion would There were a total of 19 candidates be approved by the 2/3 majority severalnominated for the Presidency. They in states corrected their votes to make their cluded Alabama’s Bear Bryant, Arkansas delegations unanimous. The vote stoodGov. Winthrop Rockefeller, California at 693 in favor, 294 opposed when Gov. Ronald Reagan, Colorado Gov. John Chairman Joe Blake closed balloting. Love, New York Mayor John Lindsay, Rockefeller’s -campaign manager Jim Minnesota’s Harold Stassen, Illinois Sen Franczek said he approved the move. ator Charles Percy, Michigan Gov. George “We had a choice of deadlocking the Romney, Richard Nixon, Massachusetts convention or going along with the majGov. James Rhodes, Oklahoma Gov. Dew-/ ority. We felt it would have been tooNew Jersey Senator Clifford Case, Ohio much of a selfish move to deadlock theGov. James Rbdes, Oklahoma Gov. Dew convention, which we certainly could ey Bartlett, Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond have done.” Schafer, Texas Senator John Tower, New Massachusetts Governor John A. VolpeYork Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Oregon was the Vice Presidential selection on the Senator Mark Hatfield and Hawaii Senator first ballot over Governor John LoveHiram of Fong. Colorado and Michigan Senator Robert In nominating Nixon, Lungren blasted P. Griffin. The final tally was Volpe 216, the present Administration for spiraling Love 140 and Griffin 46. The convention taxes and loss of international prestige. later made the vote unanimous. “How can we trust an Administration The closest Rockefeller approached who feels it has the right to lie to the Hatfield was on the third ballot when people who elected it?” the tally read 557A39. Hatfield increased Joel Connelly of Washington nomin his margin over Rockefeller to 256 byated Mayor Lindsay with the words, the tenth ballot before finally settling “by the week’s end there will be 500 for 528-308 margin. Richard Nixon polmore dead in Vietnam, following the led 100 votes and Ronald Reagan 12. slogan ‘All the way with LBJ!” He said Franczek blamed the defeat on Rock Lindsay was walking the streets calming efeller’s announcement Thurs. that he the ghettoes while LBJ was in Texas. would not seek the Republican nomina All of the candidates except Bryant, tion. “If Rockefeller had run we would Hatfield, Nixon, Reagan, and Rockefeller have swept the nomination on the secwere withdrawn following the initial bal ond or third ballot, because if Rockefellot. Bryant withdrew after the second ler had announced he would have made" ballot. a statement on Vietnam.” Fri. evening a motion by Tom Condon Following his nomination Hatfield of Connecticut to suspend the rules in talked to the convention via telephone.order to reconsider the 667 vote rule fail He called it a great honor to win the ed. The vote was 492 for the motion, nomination. “The Mock Convention hasand 388 against, failing to gain the 2/3 recognized a great cause. .to find peace necessary. The convention adjourned Fri. in the world, to build humanity not after seven ballots. The largest number of destroy it.” He said it takes $400,000 total delegates present was for the fourth to kill a Vietcong and with that money ballot-1,092. Both Hatfield and Rocke he could feed 1,600,000 people each feller gained their largest vote tallies, 584 month. “Peace in Vietnam with honor and 464 respectively. Less than 1000 can be had.” delegates attended the Sat. afternoon Hatfield’s campaign manager Ed Kick- session. Any thought of a compromise candi ham told the convention, “What we’ve done here is to stand together for peacedate was disspelled Sat. afternoon when in the world. We want to make this Hatfield supporters screamed “No!” when country a cause for good rather thanasked whether they would ever compro evil.” Franczek commented, “Just as mise. the Hatfield people have said, they didn’t Before the final ballot Franczek asked elect a man, but an issue.. When the that, “Those of you who believe in the nation sees that Notre Dame nominated convictions of Nelson Rockefeller and Hatfield and Volpe it will sit back and the Republican Party vote one final time smirk.” for Nelson Rockefeller.” Lungren also asked “all those who support Nixon to Perhaps the biggest surprise of the continue. If you want to influence the convention was the lack of support forRepublican Party be realistic and vote “the only real candidate.” Nixon. His for Mr. Nixon.” page 2 THE OBSERVER March 25, 1968 Vandals Smash 94 Windows At Rock Brie,: By BOB SCHUELER versity does not know who brokeby the Campus police, is that dows in the Rock were smashed, the windows, or for what reason,some South Bend high schoolwhile the ROTC building across Thursday evening’s overtime but that it was not necessarily students were responsible. Up the street went unscathed, sup N o W ay NIT loss to Dayton was the firstdone by a Notre Dame student. until a few weeks ago, high ports this theory. of two Notre Dame setbacks One possibility is that an school students had been allowed The Campus police are also There will be a third meeting Thursday night. Early Fri. morn overzealous ND student, angry to use the facilities in Holy investigating the possibility that for those interested in the Hamp ing the University was a loser over the NIT loss, decided to Cross Hall and in the Rockne the people who damaged the ton, S.C., voter registration pro again as someone smashed 94 Memorial, but when some ofRock were also responsible for physically express his anger. It ject Wed. at 7:30 in the Student windows of the Rockne Mem them were caught stealing watch hurling a brick through an $800 does not seem likely, however, Center. 'We still need cars,” orial. es and wallets from the locker plate glass window in the Center that he would have vented his John Walsh, Notre Dame Civil Around three a.m. Fri., a rou rooms, they were barred fromfor Continuing Education early anger on the Rock. Also, resi Rights Commissioner, said. “A- tine Campus police security pa the campus. The Campus police one morning, about three weeks dents of Pangborn Hall, whose bout fifty students have said trol discovered the damage, wh rooms are close to the damage,believe that the windows were ago. However, since there are no they want to go; but right now, ich apparently was done between heard no noise during the night. broken in revenge for this banish real leads, the case is still a we’re having trouble getting them 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. The 94 win A second theory, proposedment. The fact that only win mystery. dows were broken by someone down there.” who used the wooden legs of a chair as clubs. Two of these Fr. Harvey Takes Sick Leave legs were found on the roof of Thinking the building, and two more were found inside the building, proba From ND-SMC Theatre GroupDr. Brand Blanshard, Sterling bly having been thrown through Professor Emeritus of Philosophy one of the windows. at Yale, will deliver three lectures Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C.,atre program will be enlarged and faculty here. In recent years, he The 94 broken windows are this week at Notre Dame as a is retiring from his position asdiversified in the future. has done very successful produc on the west end of the building, participant in the “Perspectives head of the newly created De Fr. Harvey took a master’stions of The Firebugs and Ham bordering the road near the golf in Philosophy” series. Dr. Blan partment of Speech and Theatre degree in drama from the Catho let; as a result of a recent illness, course. The windows that were shard will lecture Mon., Wed., at Notre Dame. He will be repla lic University in 1953 and in that it is expected that he will take broken include those of the golf and Fri.