aily-Tuesday, June 10, 1980-Page 7
Dems try
to weaken
liberal
appeal of
Anderson
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Democratic National Committee, in an
effort to undercut independent John
Anderson's appeal to liberals, is por-
traying "the real John Anderson" as a
conventional Republican whose
positions on many issues mirror those
of Ronald Reagan.
Meantime, a Democratic senator
protested his party's decision to spend
substantial amounts of money on legal
efforts to keep Anderson's name off the
November ballots in states where legal
action is worth the effort.
"MY GOD, isn't it the essence of a
free republic that a person has the right
to seek public office?" Sen. Thomas
Eagleton (D-Mo.), asked in a letter to
Democratic National Chairman John
White.
Robert Neuman, a spokesman for the
DNC, said White will reply that the
"scope, size, and timing" of a legal
challenge to Anderson's ballot access
efforts have not been determined. Last
week, however, he said the DNC was
lining up lawyers for the Anderson
challenge and that "we'll probably
spend what it takes."
On a related matter, a party
spokesman said White is expected
within a day or so to make a public
charge that Reagan's supporters are
working to help Anderson gain access
to the ballots in the belief that the
Republican congressman from Illinois
will drain votes away from President
Carter in November.
See DEMOCRATS, Page 13
REP. JOHN ANDERSON, independent presidential candidate, gestures to the audience as he responds to a question at a
Seattle press conference yesterday morning. Anderson was in Washington to make a speech to the United States Con-
ference of Mayors.
ASSAILS CAR TER, REAGAN A T MAYORS' CONFERENCE:
Anderson nps candidates,
From UPI and AP attended Sunday's session. political support of big city mayors.
SEATTLE - Rep. John Anderson ANDERSON attacked Reagan's "I BELIEVE we all should expect the
told America's big city mayors yester- suggestion to the mayors that "endless federal government to do more than
day Ronald Reagan's urban proposals strings" attached to federal urban simply play politics with our urban
are simplistic and President Carter is programs are a major part of the crisis,' Anderson said.
"playing politics" with federal aid to problem. He added later: "A mayor is in
the cities. "I want to caution you to be careful of political coventry if he is not identified
Organizers of the U.S. Conference of such proposals or you may unwrap the with the election of President Jimmy
Mayors, meanwhile, rebuffed back-to- package and find out that without the Carter."
back speaking engagements by Carter strings it is still empty," Anderson said. Anderson said there is no question
and Sen. Edward Kennedy after the Anderson also said Carter has failed federal money has been diverted to
White House said the session was to deliver on his promises to the cities. cities run by Carter supporters and
"unacceptable." He charged the president with using withheld from other areas that don't
THE HEAD of the mayors conference federal money as a lure to win the back the president.
said he withdrew his offer to Kennedy
to speak out of "the courtesy this con- ~
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Mayor Richard Carver of Peoria, Ill.,
said he was "not pleased with having to
communicate that (the rejection)" to
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