Friday, October 6, 1972 CZ:4 I L 9/111110 mrtam Daily 111111111a Serving California State University at San Jose Since 1934 11111111111; VIII IP ** 41111111 I II I I Irire-0 Larry 'Eli; Shriver shakes the hands of young and and old at SJSU John Vasconcellos and Sargent Shriver prior to yesterdays luncheon see page 3 for more photos Blasts Nixon's -passion for power" Shriver attracts thousands here By Mark Levine Eisenhower, Kennedy and johnson put 150 miles, travels at approximately 120 miles Shriver urged the crowd to register and vote. was instrumental in the founding of the Peace Saying that Richard Nixon has a "passion for together." per hour. The vice-presidential candidate ended his ad- Corps. power," Democratic vice-presidential The candidate blasted President Nixon's Shriver said its cost is "the equivalent of an dress by appealing to the crowd "to cast your The candidate invited Grothe onto the plat- contender. Sargent Shriver blasted the present Labor Day message in which the President said American 75 cents." vote for McGovern." form and introduced him as "my old friend." Administration yesterday during his visit to San Americans are divided between those who "We believe that you, the people, have been As he concluded his speech an enthusiastic Shriver was the director of the Peace Corps in Jose State University. believe in the work ethic and those who believe grossly misrepresented around the world by crowd surged forward to touch the candidate. 1960 under the Kennedy Administration. Shriver spoke to a fairly reserved crowd of in the welfare ethic. Shriver accused Nixon of your government," Shriver declared. He claimed Shriver consented and with an entourage of Shriver left SJSU yesterday approximately an 4,000 persons. putting people in a postion where they have no the Nixon Administration has represented secret service agents, police, journalists and hour after he arrived and headed to the Hyatt Democratic Assemblyman john Vasconcellos. choice. America as "an imperialistic power-hungry" students. the Democratic hopeful walked House where he spoke to approximately 600 0-24th district, introduced Shriver saying, In order to prove the point that Nixon has not country. through Seventh Street jammed with students, supporters including San Jose Mayor Norman "Shriver is a man who is concerned about justice curbed inflation, Shriver quoted figures that Nixon travels to countries where there are shook hands, signed autographs and talked with Mineta. His speech was similar to the one he had and is concerned with returning America to told of food price increases. He claimed that the either "bombs or bucks." Shriver declared. He the people. at SISU. human values..." price of hamburger has gone up 25 per cent under listed countries in Africa and Latin America as Gwenn Powell, a junior, gave Shriver a Alter the Hyatt House address. Shriver met in the President and "the Prisoner of War bracelet engraved with a POW's closed session with a Chicano group that formed Shriver took his cue and stood at the platform the Nixon Administration, bottled milk 12 per those places where will not go. name. Shriver thanked the co-ed and promised to support the McGovern ticket. The press was encouraging cheers with a two-handed "V" for cent and instant coffee 24 per cent. esteemed Mr. Kissinger" "We don't want to have a President who, when to wear it. When asked if Shriver would help to allowed in after about a half hour of waiting. Me' audience roared its approval To the !northing approval of the university vii..tory stain get the prisoners home, Miss Powell replied, "If Shriver commended "The mobilization of and the candidate began to attack various audience, Shriver said, "The worst thing of all, a he goes to Texas, spends time at John Gonnally's with 300 millionaires, we want a he doesn't I don't know who will." Spanish speaking people." He said the programs of the Nixon Administration. six-pack of Bud Is beer) is up 14 per cent." ranch President who spends time on the Rio Grande "I think McGovern and Shriver are great," Democratic Party is always open for minorities. are turned off The candidate also said that medical costs "I believe that most Americans with the working poor of which there are SJSU senior Bob Nicksin exclaimed. He cited Italians, Jews, Chicanos, Blacks and by politics," Shriver declared. Explaining that have risen under Nixon. Aspirin prices "are up 15 per eent,"quoted Shriver. "You can't even get 300,000," the candidate cried. Before the speech Shriver spotted SJSU "the good Irishmen" as examples of Democratic the public does not want to get involved Saying that power rested with the people. Political Science Professor Peter Grothe. who legislators. "because the government never does what they a headache with this man (Nixon)," he joked. want," the vice-presidential contender promised Repeating McGovern's charge of corruption in that Democratic presidential nominee Senator the Nixon Administration. Shriver said George McGovern will "make the government "America has not seen this kind of corruption responsible." since the 1920's." The vice-presidential contender, recalled Shriver pledged the war in Vietnam would be Nixon's 1952 "Checkers speech" in which then Volunteer group reaches 30 ended. He called this. "promise number one." vice-presidential candidate Nixon denied The vice-presidential hopeful said the war charges of "a secret fund" of $18.000. Shriver would end "when we leave Vietnam," bringing a compared that charge with his own saying. wild burst of applause from the crowd. "today when Nixon is the conscience of the The audience was reminded by Shriver that Republican Party, you read in the papers that President Nixon's 1968 campaign promise to end $6013,000 has gone from Houston to Washington For A.S. Council probe of Daily the war "is the one he has failed to fulfill." and is only a small part of the $10 million which that's what the people want." she "Over 20.000 young Americans have lost their is there in secret funds." Approximately 30 people have signed up lot mittee, signing their name to a sheet that passed was evident applause that ac- lives in Vietnam under President Nixon." Shriver charged that Nixon has transferred the committee to investigate the Spartan Daily around the Council Chambers during the said, in reference to the loud the action. Shriver exclaimed. The candidate claimed that crime from the streets to "the executive suites of and its alleged biased policies following meeting. compained people have a right to investigate," she 665.5 billion have been spent by the President in the Republican Party," a veiled reference tot he Wednesday's A.S. Council meeting. Councilman larnm Basseri, head of the com- "The paying for the paper." the last three and a half years "in prosecuting the Watergate Affair. Council unanimously passed a motion to mittee, was unavailable for comment as to when stated. "They're Councilman Tony Gonzales added. "There are war." He claimed the money would have been In a list of promises, Shriver guaranteed to withhold funding of the Daily next year, pending the committee will take action and what reservations within the Council as to the ac- better spent at home. "stop the war, take the money we save from the a report from the committee. The A.S. currently procedures it will follow. no took." From the war issue Shriver moved on to the Defense Department's swollen budget and put it puts out $30,000 a year for a subscription to the Councilwoman Rosa Velasquez, meanwhile. tion we In addition to ordering the Daily probe, Coun- economic policies of the present Administration. to work here at home, to create a full-em- paper. voiced her support of the committee's formation allocated more than $21.000 during the "Nixon has mismanaged the economy of this ployment economy, to institute a tax reform so Councilman Akbar Hajjarian said yesterday and aims. cil that aobut 30 people volunteered for the com- "From the reaction of the audience, I think it evening and issued a statement of support back- country worse than any other President since the poor will not Ire taxed for the rich who don't ing Santa Clara University students in their ef- Herbert Hoover," he said. pay, and to use money for education." forts to clear the records of seven officials fired The vice-presidential contender claimed that The vice-presidential contender promised to 13. under the Nixon Administration "we have "put money in health projects and mass Sept. Valdovinos represented the students, doubled the amount of the unemployed, doubled transportation systems." Yolanda support in terms of reinstatement the cost of welfare and have added more to the He cited an example from japan. where an asking not for their names." debt of the United States than under electric train from Tokyo to Osaka, a distance of but in "clearing Council voted 14-0-1 to lend its support "in letters and participation." Some Council members will take part in a noon march today, walking from the Benson Center in Santa Clara to San Ise State University. In money matters. Council tabled a $8.400 re- blunderer, quest from A.S. Program Board adviser Ted a from the Columbus and denied a $486 request Gehrke Women's Center. Gehrke asked for the funds to operate the Joint Effort coffeehouse. Council tabled the item, however, expressing reservations about funding a program which they have no information about claims modern historian concerning entertainment. Gehrke explained he could not provide that in- has not By Holly Curtis 'Ole historian Winsor h.is ew kind words for formation since the A.S.