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c b -. 0 When the democratic candidate for president is announced, attempts d l l be made to have himappear at the rally, a t which time he will be confronted with the Peoples Platform. demands that the Democratic Party nominee pledge to end the Vietnam W a r within 24 hours after taking office, pull all U.S. troops out of Indochina no later than April 29, 1973, and withdraw American support from South Vietnam's anti-Communist govern- ment. The platform . Z & L / ~ I - .-.2 fr 2 3, ?'- -Y - /'; u 4 <&t I -- Et$ The Peoples Party (a coalition of peace groups including Peace Xnd Freedom Party and the New Party) will hold its national nominating convention a few days after the close of the Democratic National Convention in mid- July. The-peoples Party has nominated Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and peace activist, as a stand-in presidential candidate and Julius Hobson, former Washington. D. C. School Board president as vice president, pending a convention de- cision. national convention and they a r e Kansas City, Miami, St. Louis, and San Diego. Miami but there are several political and logical considerations which favor a St. Louis convention. Kunst.has based his argument on the following four assumptions: Disillusioned, delegates will walk out of the Democratic Convention and join the PP Convention: the street people demonstrating in Miami will attend the PP Convention: one o r m o r e unsuccessful candidates will offer to be the PP candidate and: members of the press &ill stay in Miami to cover the PP Con- vention; The PP has four sites under consideration for this summer's Bob Kunst conventidn coordinator has recommended The ad hoc committee for a St. Louis convention has taken issue with Ktmst's arguments. This committee feels that there is no reason to expect a mass'defection of democratic delegates. In 1968 when the New Party made an effort to recruit delegates to help form a fourth party one delegate actually lent support. On Kunst's second point, the committee does not foresee the street people being financially able to stay an additional four o r five days in Miami. A democrat seeking the PP nomination would have to agree to hclp build a fourth party to support the platform which the committee docs not foresee. bslicvcs the prcss will covsr the PP Convcntian only if it merits national attention. With rcference to the prcss, thc committce . St. Louis allegedly has offered facilities for the PP Con- vention. Many state representatives have indicated they will not come to.Miami and possibly this could result in splitting the PP down the middle. b . ..I.:. 6 f iA*t.ig.- ;*<* 174 i-. 7.1 . -. . . .--. . -. -i. --.. ..- -.- :.. .& . . . e. .. . .. , . ...,.- ; .;-. - - i , .- . I I . ..