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Griffin Daily News
Wallace-Griffin
Ticket Surprise
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATLANTA (UPI)-Husky and
red - faced former Georgia
Gov. Marvin Griffin, promising
to be ", . .an advsor, a speak
er, a hand - clapper, a fund
raiser or a petition toter,” has
tossed his hat into the political
ring as George Wallace’s presi
dential running mate.
The low - key announcement
came as a surprise to most of
the several hundred persons
who gathered at a news confer
ence in the old Henry Grady Ho
tel.
In contrast to what might be
expected at a vice presidential
“coming out,” the announce
ment — actually made by Grif
fin rather than Wallace—came
with almost no fanfare.
There were no banners, no
frenzied celebrations, little ad
vance warning and almost no
supporters accompanying the
announcement.
In fact, Griffin may really be
a “non - candidate,” since both
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he and Wallace admitted that
Griffin will probably not be the
final running mate for the dap
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ernor.
Both said they felt sure Wal
lace “. . .could find somebody
else in the United States far
more qualified. . than Grif
fin. Wallace said it might be
best to have a running mate
from another section of the
country.” He was quick to point
out, however, that in his opin
ion a candidate’s geigraphical
background is not nearly as im
portant as his philosophical
leanings.
Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox,
a longtime Wallace sympathiz
er, said “I think the ticket
would be considerably more
valuable if they placed some
one else out of this area.
“But they had to have some
one who was willing,” Maddox
added.
Griffin was obviously willing,
although both he and Wallace
emphasized that the Alabaman
asked for his candidacy.
Both men indicated strongly
Marvin Griffin
that Griffin would not be the
ultimate running mate of Wal
lace. Griffin said, “I have
agreed to lend my name to
Gov. George Wallace as a vice
presidential candidate in order
to help him in meeting some
of the procedural requirements
in several states.”
The states include Pennsyl
vania, South Carolina, Nebras
ka and Virginia—all of which
have early filing deadlines for
presidential slates if Wallace’s
American Independent Party is
to meet election requirements.
“I think Gov. Wallace ought
to have the right to name his
vice presidential candidate just
like the other major candi
dates,” Griffin said, adding
“the two existing parties do not
have to name their vice presi
dential running mates until Au
gust. I told the governor that
he could put my name up and
then decide in his own good
time what he wants to do.”
Wallace remained in the back
ground for the most part, but
said Griffin was “a great
choice. I’m glad to have him.”
Following the statements,
Wallace went directly to the
State Capitol where he met with
a smiling Gov. Maddox, who
greeted Wallace with a cheery
“Hello, Mr. President.”
Maddox, who has admitted
kinship with Wallace’s philoso
phy, praised Wallace for
“. . . speaking the voice of the
American people.”
‘Lot Os July Hound’
Wallace, Griffin
Visit Gov. Maddox
By MARCIE RASMUSSEN
ATLANTA (UPI) — “Hello
Mr. President,” said Gov. Les
ter Maddox when he greeted
George Wallace for the first
time since the Alabamian an
nounced his plan to run for the
nation’s top office.
Maddox then eyed former
Gov. Marvin Griffin, Wallace’s
“interim” vice presidential run
ning mate, and said, “You ever
had it that good?”
“You’ve been stumping Geor
gia for a long time, but you’re
taking on a different sized job
here,” said Maddox when the
three met Wednesday in his of
fice. “You ready for that?”
“I’m ready,” responded Grif
fin. “I’ve got a lot of July
hound in my blood ... and I’ll
stay there til we tree the coon.”
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body at the Capitol was sur
prised at the former Alabama
governor’s choice for a running
mate on his American Inde
pendent Party ticket. But Wal
lace said Griffin, 60, is “a great
choice. I’m glad to have him...
he has a record of standing for
the things people want us to
stand for.”
Although some legislators pre
dicted the choice would cost
Wallace 50,000 Georgia votes,
Wallace said, “We’re going to
carry Georgia, certainly.”
The House Appropriations
Committee suspended its bud
geting to give Griffin and Wal
lace a standing ovation when
they dropped by. Chairman
Chairman James Sloppy F,oyd
Floyd told longtime ally,
“Marvin, they’re trying to
spend down to the last dime.
Maddox chided Griffin, say
ing “You’ve been stumping in
Georgia for a long time, but
you’re taking on a different
sized job here. You ready for
it?”
“I’m ready,” Griffin shot
back. “I’ve got a lot of July
hound in my blood, and I’ll stay
there until we tree the coon.”
Griffin’s administration from
1955-59 was wracked by criti
cism and scandals, although he
was never directly involved.
Some executive departments
were accused of “building boats
that wouldn’t float for a lake
that wouldn’t hold water,” and
another was said to have
bought clothes for mental hos
pital patients at higher - than
retail prices.
Wallace, however, praised
Griffin and his “record of stand
ing for the things people want
us to stand for.”
Griffin was defeated in 1962 in
a bid for a second guberna
torial term.
During the 1962 campaign,
Griffin held a series of barbe
cue dinners for voters, but said
after his defeat “A lot of peo
ple have been eating my barbe
cue who didn’t vote for me.”
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