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Eugene Mccarthy — Part 4
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its June 26, 1968, issue captioned “Husphrey Foes to Huddl@
’ Democrats will be held at the Sherman House, Chicago, — —*"
.£1llinois, on June 29-30, 1968, for the purpose of dramatizing
August, 1968,
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- Allard Kj Lowenstein, who has been
primary Chmpaign; and Robert\Powell, the staff Director of-
; 1 - Mr. Bishop.*’- Peo
The “Chicago Daily Nevs" carried an article in.
Here." According to the article, the Conference of Dissident
Vice President Humphrey's lack of nationwide appeal and to ~*
begin talks on political tactics should Vice President Humphrey.
be nominated at the National Democratic Convention fae
Sanford Gottlieb, Executive portey of the —_— Oe
Wational Committee’ for a Sane Nucl y, w pacifist 2. .
group, and one of the organizers of the Conference, said, ~ = ...
‘We are trying to make the views expressed by 80 percent of ee
Democratic voters prevail in Chicago." Some of the other « "
organizers of the Conference indicated that the Conference —
could be a move to "delicately woo standoffish Democrats”
who oppose aduinistration polictes in Vietnan and at home,
but who have been cool toward United States Senator . ~~”
Eugene McCarthy. According to the article, McCarthy has =.
failed to gain support among Negroes and other urban ainority -
groups who voted for former United States Cenator Robert F.«-
Kennedy in recent primaries, To renedy this, it was ~*
indicated that John\Lewl ormer le
Wonviolent Coordina C ee, and United States = «°° *
entative - DYCTS FT 24, will attend the Conference:;:
see ct were Re
bosoms +.
The other organizers of the Confe ‘ence included
war in Vittnam and in attempting to defeat President Johnson; ...
ponald O04 Peterson, who led Senator wcCarthy's Wisconsin. «+
former Senator Robert F, Kentedy’s New Jersey primary campaign
A spokesman for Lowenstein, who recently won the Democratic: <<:
primary election for the United States House of Representatives =
au County, Sew York, stated thet Senator NcCarthy «“*"
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