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Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1980-07-15 1()Wan City, Iowa 8I SliII a dime c 1980 Siudent Publications Inc. Iowa City's Morning Newspaper Tuesday, July 15, 1980 GOP! gives rousing( welcome, ·to Reagan DETROIT (U PI) - Ronald Reagan polls, which show Reagan well ahead Bush asked bls 259 delegates to vote for "Since then, he's gone the extra mile has "got to go." Reagan, on arrival at the Detroit air­ received a bero's welcome Monday of President Carter in the battle for Reagan. - making Barbara and I feel very The former president coupled his all­ port, unleashed an attack on the Carter Dighl al the Republican National Con­ the White House. At the same time, Bush proudly told much wanted in the fray, " he said. out pledge to Reagan with a stinging economic policies be said have pusbed ,ention as he arrived to accept the "All of us know why we're here - his delegates be has paid off all his attack on Carter's foreign and tbe nation Into recession. presidential nomination after a 12-year the need for a crusade here today," primary campaign debts, having rejec­ THE HIGHlJGHTof the opening day domestic policies. quest. Reagan told his followers at a hotel ted Reagan's offer of fund-raising help. inside Joe Louis auditorium came "We've got a lot of work to do and "OUR PARTY is offering America a The 69-year-old conservative hope rally. "In our hearts we are deter­ The former CIA director said he when former president Gerald Ford you are looking at one volunteer who growth-oriented, productivity-oriented new to Detroit on a special jet only, mined to make America great again ." developed a new perspective on delivered the evening's main address. will try barder, work longer and speak alternative to the high unemployment, bours after the 32nd GOP convention George Bush formally Withdrew bls Reagan since the GOP race was Ford, speaking on his 67th birthday, with more conviction to get this coun­ higb inflation and high taxes of the Car­ began. candidacy Monday - seven weeks to decided after the Michigan and Oregon promised to do "everything" he can to try a competent president again," ter administration..!." be said. Enthusiasm was heightened by the the day after he quit campaigning. primaries May 20. help Reagan and said President Carter Ford said. , See "onventlon, page 3 10,000 march through Detroit in support of ERA DETROIT - More than 10,000 men N.Y., and Eleanor Smeal, president of first time in 40 years , language sup­ the pro-ERA plank "for granted" in She blasted Reagan's proposed bill of and women dressed in white flooded This story was written from reports the National Organization for Women. porting the ERA. recent years. I . rights for women that excludes support [)etroit Monday to show support for by DI City Editor Rod Boshart and Milliken wore a gold Republican At the rally in Detroit's KeMedy "Now that we've lost It, we value for the ERA, calling the platform's the Equal Rights Amendment and United Press International. elephant pin upside down: "He's in dis­ Square, Rep . Margaret Heckler, R­ what we lost all the more," she said. buman rights package "pypocrisy and !-------l\ demonstrate disgust toward the tress," she said. Mass. , said, "We have lost a battle double-talk." MaXWell Hl'/IIIs party's neutral stand on the issue. ning its back on a constitutional before the platform committee of the SMEAL DREW resounding cheers " We will not be fooled by that," The UI c;lw _ ( Stretching half a mile, tying up traf- amendment for women's rights. THE PROTEST, re-enacting a suf­ Republican Party, but we will win the when she asked the throng : "Will we Smeal said. "They can't have the best the Cedar _ lie and rallying near the convention Several big-name politicians turned fragette march outside the GOP con­ ERA war." remember in November? Are we of both worlds." hall, the marchers played on a central out for the march, which was led by vention 60 years ago, was aimed at a Heckler, a member of the platform angry that the Republican Party has ' The National Federation of " " theme - the Republican Party is Helen Milliken , wife of the Michigan 90-9 vote by the party's platform com­ committee, said Republicans and turned its back on 40 years of tradi­ Republican Women has defended the us,. Newhn s.id. ( throwing away millions of votes by tur­ governor, plus Sen. Jacob Javits, R- mittee last week to exclude, for tbe others who support the ERA had taken tion?" See ERA, page 3 agam (Sunday) ~ tripping, and generij Iowa GOP Leach calls is a smaller part Ii ~ women say omission of ERA won't ERA plank hurt election a 'mistake' p Rod Boshart b, by Rod BOthert City Editor serve in the hIgh of· City Editor ishments, non· DETROIT - Two prominent Iowa DETROIT - First District Rep. Jim as essential to Republican women wbo played impor­ Leach stood before a rally in support of sports, Burke tant roles in last week's platform the Equal Rights Amendment here and debate over the federal Equal Rights criticized the Republican Party for Amendment said the ERA Issue orpnlzatiolt , omitting a pro-.ERA plank from Its probably will not hurt GOP candidates platform. said. "The AIAW;, this faU . its people. The iJI. With the deba te over the federal And later, at a meeting between the to attend tht Iowa delegation and former am­ countless bOIIII ERA emerging as tbe most controver­ bassador George Bush, Leach ex­ athletics ... sial issue of the 1980 Republican national convention here, Margaret pressed pessimism that Bush would be former California Gov . Ronald wiU be heW Askew of Thurman, Iowa, ~aid the ERA issue was "blown out of propor­ Reagan's choice as a vice-presidential tion by the media." candidate. Calling the exclusion of a pro-ERA Askew, who as a member of the plat­ plank a "mistake," Leach said: form committee voted to exclude pro­ "The Republican party can only be ERA language from the GOP platform revitalized if It emphasizes individual last week, said, "Personally, as a rights for all Americans ." woman I don't think it's the biggest But he added that "if it was a mis­ issue." take for 90 members of the platform committee to abandon the heritage of SHE SAID the biggest issues are the the Republican Party, it would be a economy, the inflation rate, Russian supremacy, U.S. foreign policy and bigger mistake for all ERA activists to unemployment. abandon one of the two major parties United Press International in tbe United States today." Republican National Commit­ Some peopl. lNIy .lIpr... their polltlCtlI opinions I Ilttl. more latut.I" but Miami, FII_, who r.1ICtI to I Jimmy Clrter mnk worn br Tom Trnon of teewoman Mary Louise Smith of Des few mlY be more grlphlc thin AI.n IUpportir Miry Coline of North HIII.lh, Fla_, It the Republlcln Nltlonll Convention In DetrOit. LEACH . sa~d the decision to drop the Moines said , "Although I by no means pro-ERA langune from the platform want to reduce the importance of that for the first time in 40 years was issue, I think in all probability you'll "short-sighted" and was dropped for find that the election is not going to "political expediency." tum on thaL " Reagcm mum on running mate pick "To abandon individual rights for ex­ Smith said the GOP has a good plat­ pediency in my judgment is probably form , but she added that she was dis­ DETROIT (UPI) - Ronald Reagan national 'campaign chairman, said, Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, former there and see what happens," Helms the most important, in an unfortunate satisfied that the platform committee Monday gave no hint who his ruMing "He's going to come here wide open on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, said. sense, happening since my association chose to delete support of the ERA. mate will be, turning aside questions his selection. 1 dont think he will make and Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, who will There were increasing indications with the Republican Party," he said. ...____ • "It would have seemed logical and with smiles and general statements. up his mind until late Wednesday or deliver the convention keynote speech Reagan was eliminating the conser­ Leach - a moderate Republican who I!'" \ natural to me to have left the 1976 Party sources said the candidate is early Thursday." Tuesday night. vatives from his list of prospects, with supported Bush's presidential can­ language in , and tha t' s wha t I would under intense pressure from the GOP Over the next two days party leaders "President Ford's advice will be Bush, Rumsfeld, Lugar and Vander didacy - admitted it may be a have liked ," Smith said. "I think It establishment - including former and de.legates - perhaps numbering in very seriously listened to," said Jagt - pretty much in that order - politicalliabiJity for him to oppose the would have been a politically good posi­ President Gerald Ford , national the hundreds - will visit Reagan's Reagan's campaign chairman William emerging as favorites. conservatives, who control the party. tion , ' but unfortunately others Republican Chairman William Brock penthouse headquarters to give their Casey. But the Reagan campaign also IOWA'S 1ST District Rep . Jim Leach "Certainly there will be those on the disagreed." and former Treasury Secretary views. Then he will go into seclUSion, had to listen to conservative Sen. Jesse said there should be a compromise other side of the issue that will hold William Simon - to name George likely taking counsel from his wife Helms of North Carolina, who said candidate.
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