Thursday, March 7, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Thursday, March 7, 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five - 'allot ONCE GREAT CITADEL: Johnson Decli nes Spot on Primary Ballot Hue War Wreckage J yThe Associated Press - in state primaries," the source need is more talk about reconcil- I Whitefield in the far north, flew Gerald Hill, co-chairman for -- +, iatinn. m talk nh nwr wire ha k to K a in the a unth. a ai McCa rth in CC'a,4r 4i, n . id ,in Provokes WASHINGTON-President Johnson will not voluntarily en- ter any political primaries this year, it was learned yesterday. This decision was among sev- eral factors prompting the Presi- dent's associates to keep his name out of a Massachusetts primary contest with Sen. Eugene J. Mc- Carthy (D-Minn.), a reliable source said. Another was that the slate of delegates to the Democratic Na- tional Convention-approved last ,month by the Massachusetts Dem- ocratic Committee - carried the names of several persons who either favored McCarthy or had expressed opposition to the John- son administration in other ways. It was the consensus of the Presidint's political advisers that the "should and will not become involved in any primary except those where he must take positive action to stay out," the source told the Associated Press. Thus the President may be en- tered in primary contests in Ne- braska, Oregon, and Wisconsin, rhere a potential candidate must submit a- formal statement of his noncandidacy for his name to be stricken from the ballot. But his present policy - de- scribed by the informant as "firm and unalterable" - will keep him out of the remaining 12 primaries. * "It was felt that since he is the incumbent President of the United States it would be unseemly-es- specially at this time-for him to be politicking on street corners said. "The people would feel he was abdicating his constitutional re- sponsibilities in favor of politick- ing," he said. "And it was felt that primary involvement would serve only to antagonize the people with the war going on." As for Massachusetts, the source explained: "The slate of delegates was ap- proved Feb. 24 by the state com- mittee with no prior consultation with the President's advisers or the Democratic National Com- mittee. "There were at least two people on it who are not registered Democrats." Under Massachusetts law, he said, the slate will automatically become the Bay State's delega- tion to the national convention next August in Chicago. Nixon Scores Riot Report LITTLETON, N.H. - Richard M. Nixon accused President John- son's advisory Commission on Civil Disorders yesterday of in effect blaming "everybody for the riots except the perpetrators of the riots." He also complained that the panel "put undue emphasis on the idea that we are in effect a racist society." aIni, 1101 re K aU U4JiJi Uw were going to work together." Earlier, Nixon said after the war in Vietnam is ended the draft should be abolished and the na- tion should turn to an all volun- teer army. He proposed creation of "a civilian corps under civilian control which would have as its function nation building" in countries threatened by guerrilla uprisings. "Once we can end this war, it means that we can remove the draft which is hanging over our young people," Nixon told some 400 people in a Littleton hotel. "I believe that we should have and we can have a much more effective military, economic,mand certainly diplomatic policy if we have what I call volunteer armed services," Nixon said. He said that would "let young people be able to plan their lives rather than living as the young people today with the draft hang- ing over them." Logistics was one of the more interesting aspects of the day Nixon spent campaigning for New Hampshire's March 12 presiden- tial primary. He began the day in Nashua, on the southern border, flew to DCK L ele e lLe s bui, UI was to go back to the north to Berlin for the night. It added up to almost four hours of flying for two campaign speeches. The White House declined com- ment on Nixon's statement that a R e p u b l i c an administration would end the Vietnam war. However, House Majority Lead- er Carl Albert said that if Nixon has such a plan, he should dis- close it now and not wait until November. Albert told the House news dis- patches did not disclose whether Nixon was an expert in the field or just a Republican presidential candidate. McCarthy COn Calif. Ballot In two days of concerted action, Sen. Eugene McCarthy's campaign team assured him the top spot on the California Democratic presi- dential primary ballot and secured more than one-fourth of Minne- sota's delegation to the national convention. In California, McCarthy's cam- paign leaders claimed yesterday more than enough signatures to give him top spot on the Califor- nia Democratic presidential pri- mary ballot. By gathering their signatures first, the Minnesota senator's team made it all but certain that his name will appear on the June 4 ballot above a slate of party regulars backing President John- son! and his Vietnam war policy. At stake are California's 174 votes at the national convention. imtruy i ainurnla, sa1 win- ning the No. One spot was impor- tant because it shows "we are out to win and are organized." Hill said the pro Johnson slate is in complete disarray and raises the question whether John- son really is going to run. There does not seem to be any strong White House organization to put him on the ballot or to put to- gether a campaign." In other action, McCarthy clinched Tuesday more than one- fourth of Minnesota's delegation to the Democratic national con- vention and his supporters are talking of winning even more. McCarthy supporters, rallying around his opposition to the Viet- nam war, turned out in record numbers to control hundreds of Democratic precinct caucuses. The results, although subject to ratification at later county and district conventions, guarantee McCarthy at least 16 spots on the 62 member national convention delegation. Johnson-Humphrey forces did well in rural areas and in heavy labor wards but were not organ- ized by a wide margin in most city and suburban areas. As it shapes up now, supporters of President Johnson and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will control the delegation by a 46-16 margin. But McCarthy backers said there remains a chance McCarthy could negotiate for at least some of five, delegates from the 1st Dis- trict in southeastern Minnesota, some in the 6th, and possibly some of the 20 to be selected at the state convention June 21-23. Minnesota will send 62 persons to the national convention but they will have only 52 votes. ReappraisO HUE, Vietnam (A)-Looking at the wreckage of what was once a city of legendary beauty, Amer- icans and Vietnamese alike dis- play a fury born of frustration. Some suggest that what happened challenged the whole philosophy of U.S. aid to South Vietnam. "How could the Communists in- fest this city without anybody in authority knowing about it?" one American demanded. "In any other country, if a thing like this happened, the defense minister would have to resign. And why hasn't the province chief been court martialled?" Hue, involved in almost four weeks of fighting, looks like a city which has bled to death. The vista of ruin and human misery here-as in some other cities hit by the lunar new year offensive-is provoking many an American to agonizing reappraisal. "In the past 30 days," said one official, "we have been given rea- son to wonder whether the South Vietnamese government has what it takes to make a nation of this country, no matter what support it gets." One official, a long time in Hue. said that the South Vietnamese leaders here who lacked awareness of Communist designs would be taking charge all over again. "They let the Communists come in and infest this city without a shot being fired, and now they'll be coming back," he said. "They can be rich next year from con- trolling the input of U.S. money and commodities." ' of American Effort One American said the Hue situation called for re-examination of the agreement between the United States and South Vietnam. Some South Vietnamese in re- sonsible places agree, admitting that the system of distribution of U.S. commodities is faulty and full of leaks. Under the basic agreement, the American said, title to commodi- ties passes to the Saigon officials' as soon as the goods hit Vietnam-! ese soil. Americans have audit privileges, but the way records are kept it is virtually impossible in some cases to make head or tail of them, he said, adding that men on the scene KLH Now in Stock .. Model 27 Receiver Model 11 FM on SALE HI FI STUDIO 121 West Washington Ph. 668-7942 in Vietnam know of "criminal mis- use" of U.S. commodities. "We thought we could bear some of this in the name of protecting the cherished sovereignty of the South Vietnamese," he said. But in the case of Hue, he added, U.S. aid officials could do little more than just look on. With a bitter laugh he recalled hearing a South Vietnamese offi- cial demand approval of funds for "a survey" of school needs at a time when school buildings-what was left of them-were crammed with refugees. Con'trary to Rumor IS STILL ALIVE ! MMIMUWA --