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Seeking to So/ve
World's Problems
B
ENEATH
the surface of the política!
commotion líes a bubbling caldron
of seething issues. Tbe war in Viet–
nam has deeply scarred the Ameri–
can spirit. Tbe economy, based on thc
now-devalued dollar, rcmai ns a ques–
tion mark. The pendulum of racial
strife has made the full swing from
the ugly violence and bloodshed of
the sixties to what is at present a sub·
tle "waiting" posture. No mortal
knows what could again set off the
dynamite of anarchy in the streets. But
it would certainly be na"ive to think we
have seen the end of domestic unrest.
The grim specter of spiraling crime,
povert}', family decay, and threat of
world cosmocide are all serious prob·
lems that urgently cry out for solutions.
On Stage- the Challengers
Here, thcn, are the men in the
United States who bclievc they have
the
amtrerJ
to the deep and pervasive
problems facing mankind today.
Several hopeful Dcmocrats appear
to be gaining momentum as conven·
tion time in Miami draws near. Sena–
toes Hubert H. Humphrey of Minne–
sota and George S. McGovern of.
South Dakota have both scored well
in primaries, McGovern having won
the pivotal carly April battle in Wis–
consin. Both men are established poli–
ticians, Humphrcy having served as
Vice-President in the Johnson adminis·
tration.
The campaign of Edmund S. Mus–
kie, considered the earl)' front-runner,
has been jolted by severa! setbacks in
the primarics. But thc senator from
Maine is still a force to be reckoned
with.
Others in the picture, given from
the beginning onl}' an outside chance
of bypassing thc leadcrs, have included
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Senator Henrr Jackson of Washington,
Representative Shirley Chisholm of
New York, former Senator Eugene
McCarthy of Minnesota, and Los An–
geles' Mayor Sam Yorty. Some, lacking
campaign funds, left the race.
A Democratic "break-away" threat
is Governor George Waltace of Ala–
bama. Tbough he has come on strong
in early primaries, somc experts still
see the unpredictable Wallace even–
tually splitting off
f
rom the Demo-
Above, left lo righl:
Huberl H.
Hum–
phrey, Edmund S.
Muskie, Richard M.
Nixon ond George
McGovern.
Righl, lefl lo righl:
George Wolloce,
Shirley Chisholm
ond Henry Jockson.
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crats to furtber his aspirations by
forming a third-party ticket. Popular
with many blue-collar workers, segre·
gationists, and middle-dass Americans,
Wallacc is remembered for his staunch
opposition to many of the recent líber·
al Supreme Court ruüngs.
And, looking on, is perhaps the
most famous Democrat of them all,
Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachu–
setts. Popular among party officials
and voters alikc, Kennedy neverthe·
less appears to feel the time is not
right for anotber member of his family
to seek tbe White House. With both
humor and candor Kennedy com–
mented to a Los Angeles Coovention
Center gathering in February that he
wished he were "speaking to another
group of Democrats in another con–
vcntion center in anothcr city in an·