The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, August 6, 1980-Page 7

SEN. HENRY JACKSON (D-Wash.) (left), shares a joke with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), prior to a meeting on
Capitol Hill yesterday. Kennedy told both Jackson and Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.), that he is considering them for the
vice-presidential spot should he win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Carter, Kennedy seeking
By UnitedPress international Carter aides were not so sure. now" that an agreement could be
Top aides to President Carter and CARTER-MONDALE deputy cam- reached before the convention opens in
Sen. Edward Kennedy met yesterday in paign chairman Hamilton Jordan and New Yor MadisonSe Gen
an effort to hammer out a compromise his Kennedy counterpart Paul Kirk met n rks Madison Square Garden
on rules and platform arguments that in a Washington hotel room, trying to Monday.
threaten to turn next week's reach an agreement on when the con- One compromise being pushed by the
Democratic National Convention into vention would debate and vote on a rule Kennedy forces would move the rules
chaos. requiring delegates to vote for the can- fight from early Monday, where Carter
Kennedy aides were optimistic that didate they were elected to support. forces scheduled it, to prime television
an agreement could be reached-one "If they come out soon, it means an time in the evening. In return, Kennedy
which would prevent all-night sessions agreement, if it takes a long time would cut his minority reports on the
and convention floor bickering. But there's -trouble," said a top Kennedy party platform down to several major
aide. "It's like watching for the puffs of issues-thus reducing the threat of
smoke" over the Vatican when a new around the clock sessions.
P resid en t's pope is elected. But Carter aides said they are not un-
They're coming to an agreement," der any special pressure to com-
said Kennedy aide Dick Drayne. "I'm promise, since they have enough
+ .o ptimistic." .delegate votes to run the convention,
BUT A KEY White House source and especially to win the rule binding
said: "Our folks are much less sure the delegates.
Bill wins COMING SOON:
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public pASTERPIECE.
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The subcommittee is trying to deter-
mine whether the White House inter- RgiIer 9'W7r'"rissbinders
fered in the Justice Department in- "THE 1A RRIAGE OF
vestigation of Billy Carter's relations
with the Libyan regime. cYJ/IARIA RBRAUN"
AT HIS NEWS conference, the
president said no one in his ad- HANNA SCHYGULLA (R)
ministration sought to manipulate the MON, TUE, THURS-7:25, 9:30
Justice Department investigation, WED-1:00, 3:05, 5:20, 7:25, 9:30
which led on July 14 to Billy Carter's tI :30
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government, and he insisted that his INDIVIDUAL THEATRES
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Asked at the news conference "WHERE THE HELL
whether Billy Carter would reveal what
he did with $220,000 he received from
the Libyan government, the presiden
said he thought his younger brother Wed$1.50ti)5:30
would make public how he used the
money.

Kennedy
considers
Jackson,
Byrd for
v.p. spot
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Edward
Kennedy said yesterday he has infor-
med both Sen. Henry Jackson and
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd
that he is considering them for the
number two spot if he wins the
Democratic presidential nomination.
But Kennedy denied offering the vice
presidency to either man during
lengthy discussions which he held with
the two in separate meetings on Capitol
Hill.
KENNEDY, STILL fighting against
the odds in hopes of wresting the
nomination from President Carter, met
with Jackson (D-Wash.), about 30
minutes and with Byrd (D-W. Va.), for
more than an hour yesterday. Both
meetings were held at Kennedy's
request.
Asked specifically whether he offered
either man the second, spot on a Ken-
nedy ticket, the Massachusetts
Democrat said, "No, I did not offer
either Senator Jackson or Senator Byrd
a spot on my ticket. I did not offer it at
Kennedy noted, however, that both
men were worthy of consideration for
the number two spot on any Democratic
ticket. Asked specifically if he told
them they were on his list, Kennedy
replied, "Yes."
KENNEDY SAID both meetings
were set up to discuss efforts to "open"
up the Democratic National Conven-
tion, which opens next Monday in New
York City, so that a candidate other
than Carter can be considered.
Both Jackson and Byrd have called
for an open convention.
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