... ... • • -• PAIGN l'ohttl'al Supplt'llll'lll Frida) . 'io1'. I. 1968 Nixon Over Hubert; Williams Tops Sam II ~ f.IIIIEIIT\IE/.\ ballot recetved a heavy vote over ically Identify th emselves and l .flm bt'rJru·J- ."ttnff Jf rr t,•r their respective Democratic Oi>' relied their feeling on the voting poncnts even though party labels age. Republicans Richard Nixon did not appoar noxt to the candi• anrl Spiro Agnew outpoll~d thetr date's names. Students classified them- Democratic and Utird party ri­ selves as 41 percentH publican, vals by more than GO percentage Democratic Prcstdcntlal and 22.3 percent Democrats, 31. 5 points in a Lumberjack-spon­ Vice-Prosidentiat hopefuls Hu­ percent Indep ndcnt and G.2 per­ sored Mock election Tuesda). b rt Humphrey and Edmu nd Mus­ cent other. kie polled • mere 21.1 percent Th mock poll, conducted b)' of the total vote. American Inde­ Sixty-five percent ortllose who Lumberjack newsrJaper staff pendent Party candidate George vot d felt U1 e voting age should nu•mbers, drew a scant 7,4 per­ be lowered to 18 yea rs, while cent of U1e stud~nt body popula­ " II,, 11111.•1 think IIII<'IV n11d m ·t 11 111'11'," Wallace received 12.3 percent; 35 percent thought it should be tion exactly one week away from writl'-in candidates Sen. Eugene kept at 21 years of age or raised llt•publil'illl Jw,wful• s,.iro "~"'"''' ll il'hnrd :'liilwn to1e Nov , ; general election. All McCarthy, D-Minn., 3.6 percent; to 2G. H~t,uiJiican candida tes on UJC civil rights leader Dick Gregory, 2.5 percent; and, comedian Pat A vote breakdown by perce1~ Paulsen received .4 percent or !age poi nts, Indicates the follow­ Touchy I sues Dominate the vote. Ing presidential preferences; Law and order and the VIet- been brought forth by the three extent the United States should Student voters prefer rod Bar­ nam War are the two princi- major candidates. Some pr(}. supply Israel with war planes" ry Coldwater at this potnt by o p3l Issues that dominate the posals have been vague, evasive What reaction should Amertca 67.8 to 32.2 margin over De me> 1968 Presidential campaign, and simple sounding, but which take to increased Hussian ac­ crat Roy Elson for th e U.S. Sen­ Nixon. 60.1 percent Not only are both Issues In- will work? tivity in the Middle East and "te se~t to bevacatedby retirin~ trlcate, delicate and compli- The next President, undoubt­ the Mediterranean area? Democrat Carl Hayden. Humphrey . 21.1 percem caled, neither of these Issues edly, will be race wlth the prob­ Economically, the next Presi­ lends itself to easy solution, !em ol defining the role of the dent will have to decide on The Vietnam War with its policeman, the black man and whether the 10 percent surtax The third Congressional dis­ Wallace. , . 12.3 percent many aspects and countless" S(}. suburbanite In our last-paced, on Federal Income taxes ought trict race proved the most popu­ lutlons" proposed by the candi· quick cl,angtng society. l!e to be extended beyond next year. l>r as evidenced by incumbent McCarthy 3.6 (X' rcent Congressman SJm Steiger's dates, puts the new President will have to make a distinction Also, he will have to decide Gregory In a dilemma. lrregardless ol between peaceful demonstra­ what to do about rising wages Z.S percent the several courses of action lion and rioting. When does and prices and take a long look polling 72.8 (X'rcent of the vote Patllscn A pt•rrent available to the new leader, one leave orr and the other take at the nation's balance of pay­ over Ius opponent Ralph Watkins' whatever the decision, it will over? The next President will ments deficit. mere 21 percent. be tmsatisfytng to some degree. have to answer whether priority These involved, minut prob­ lems lace the next President. The poll showed that 54.6 per­ The other issue, "the urban should be given hOusing and cent of thos e voting still prerer Other write-in candidates fo r criSis," or more popularly re- ghetto resid ncyunemployment? He must race each one or them incumbent Republican Gov. Jack Ute Presidency were lif'lson ferred to as "law and order," If the new President proposes and offer some avenue of re­ ll~ke(eller, Barry Go ldwater, lief or remedy. But these lat­ Williams while 41.7 percent h·an encompasses a variety of is- thts and more, where will !he to former Dernorrahc Gov. Sam ~IJrk HJtfield, Lyndon Johnson, suB. Included are riotin~, moni•s lor implementation or ter problems seem relatively GOI!dar~. E. nc Sebastian (Na ti onal Hamil­ crime and lawenlorcement,pov· these programs come from? simple 11.hen overshadowed by tonian Party) Jnd Eldrige erty, black people's rights and A key !actor in determming th complexities of the Viet­ Students were asked to polit· Cleaver. responsibilities, and the future what kind or Presld nt Amert­ nam War and the urli<~n crises. ol the American City, ca will have w!ll be evidenced These two complex problems, by the new President's sense coupled with the possibility ol of priorities. Humphrey Pledges Support !allure to produce clear cut Aside !rom these two dom­ winners lor president and vice- inani issues, there are the never president in the Nov. 5 elec- ending issues of innation, the Of Civil Rights Legislation tlon, unquestionably makes 1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty, a unique election year, taxes, America's relationship A native ol Wallac(•, S, D., th e 57-year.()ld In 1964, Lyndon Johnson selected htm as Looking at these two speclllc with the Soviet Union and Com­ candidate was valodJctorian of his high school hts Vice-Pr<sidentlal running mate; and , thts problems individually, one finds munist China. class at Dolan, s. D. He entered th e Univ•r­ past Augus t, he rl!ceived th e Democratic Par. many solutions, but the question The recent Russian take-over sity of Mmnl'sota, but was ca lled back home ty's nomln•llon for President. in the mind of many is, which of Czechoslovakia have brought to help his fath<-r set up a new drug stort• in one will work? Can America opposite reactions !rom the two Huron, S. D. a!tord to second guess In her major party candidates. Despite his dropping out of school, Hum­ ctt!es? In Vietnam? In essences, the non-prom- phrey r< turn ed to Minnesota, where h• earned Concerning Vietnam, the op. eratlon treaty Is designed to his bachelor's degree •nd a mast r•s from t!ons range from complete Ame- ban the further spread of n~>o rlcan unilateral withdrawal of clear weapons, Louisiana State University, both In political troops to an all-out bombing Republican Richard Nixon be­ sctence. of the north. Many questions lleves that the ratification of Married and th1· lather of four children. Hum­ arise on this touchy sUbject, the treaty should be "postponed phrey served as Minnesota din·ctor lor War especially during the current until the posture and intentions Production Traming and during the arly 1940's peace talks underway In f rance. of the Russians can be re-as- taught at Macalester Co llege, St. Paul, Minn. What should the United States sessed." He ran an unsuccessful race for mayor of do? Should It cease all bomb- Democrat Hubert Humphrey Minneapolis in 1943, but proved victorious in ing ol the north? How much of advocates the opposite course. 1945 and was re-elected tn 1947 to that same the fi ghting should be turned It the Senate delayed the rati­ position. over to the South Vietnamese f!eatlon or the treaty, says Hum­ At the )948 Democratic National Conven­ Army? TowhaletlremesshOuld phrey, "It could only damage tion, h nc tved nal!ona l attention for d­ Americtn troops be withdrawn? the etrort to halt arms races vocating a strong civil rights plank In tile Can a coalition government be among nations." platlorm. el!ectively maintained with the Another Issue In the cam­ Another first came for llumphrey In 1948, Com munists in South Vietnam? palgn, althOugh not enjoying as when he was the first D moe rat ei cted to the On the urban criSis, sug- much popularity, Is the Middle U, s. Senate from Minnesota and was retUJ ned " .. the lt1 sk i& large . .. " to W•shington on successful re-election bids in ge>'llons and proposals on what M:St arms race. Involved here A olemn 1-tubert llumphreyi tn do about urban Amelca have wlll be the decision to what !954 and 1960. - - PniJr, cal S upple ment Page 2A The Lu mberjack. Friday. :·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:-:-:-:-:-:·: 21 Races ON POLITICS At Stake GOP Dominates Twenty.one governorships In Predictions as many states will be a vau. able for occupancy Tuesday. Of the twenty-one governor­ ships, the Democrats hold 13 wlille the Republicans claim .:::::·:::::::·:·:·:·:·:·:·:!1 Y.:. , N.:!!rr~,~ .· .t~... ,.,!:ir.:.m.,qn. eight. Only six of the 13 Demo­ Hubert Humphrey hasn't lost yet; Richard Nixon has yet to cratic Incumbents are seeking be voted a winner; and George Wallace continues to campaign. re-election. With the election four days away, all the national, state and Seven Republican Incumbent local campaigns are coming down the home stretch. For governors, Including Arizona's some It will be smooth saUing; for others, It will be a gloomy G'ov. Jack Williams, are seeking finish.