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By Quimby Melton
Like the weather, "everybody’s
talking about’’, what effect the
announcement that Senator Ro
bert F. Kennedy will be a can
didate seeking to defeat Presi
dent Lyndon Johnson, will have
on nominating conventions, it’s
interesting to look back into his
tory and see how many times an
incumbent President has been
denied the nomination by his
party.
It’s also interesting to note that
there was one President, who
after becoming elevated to Pre
sident from Vice President, and
after making one successful race
"on his own” did not seek anoth
er term. This was President Cal
vin Cooledge, who announced be
fore the Republican convention
"I do not choose to run again.”
Herbert Hoover was the Repub
lican nominee and the winner in
1928.
The most recent instance when
a President was denied. no
mination was in 1884, when
Chester A. Arthur, who had
been elected Vice-President on
the Republican ticket headed by
James A. Garfield, and who
became President when Garfield
was assassinated by a disappoin
ted office seeker, was denied
the nomination, James G. Blaine
was chosen. He was defeated by
Grover Cleveland, New York, in
a close race; though Blaine re
ceived just 23,737 less popular
votes than Cleveland, the Demo
crat carried enough states to
give him 219 electorial votes to
Blaine’s 183.
The Cleveland-Blaine campai
gn was one of the “dirtiest” ever
held in the country; being mar
ked by vinifications. It was char
ged that Cleveland was the fa
ther of an illigimate child; and
that Blaine had, while a mem
ber of Congress "sold his vote”
several times.
Historians credit a charge that
Citveland was the candidate of
the party of "Rum, Roamanism,
and Rebellion’ backfired and
resulted in the Democrat being
elected. Tammany Hall which
Cleveland had denounced chan
ged almost overnight and threw
its support to the Democratic
nominee, and Cleveland carried
New York.
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There are three other times
When a President was denied
nomination. In 1844 John Ty
ler, the first Vice-President to
become President; when Will
iam Henry Harrison, died a mon
th after taking office, was denied
the nomination by the Whig par
ty. The Whigs running Henry
Clay of Kentucky who lost the
election to James K. Polk (De
mocrat) 170 to 105 electoral vot
es.
Once again, in 1852 another
Whig, elected vice-president, be
came President when President
Zachery Taylor died. He was
Millard Fillmore. When the
Whigs chose their ticket in 1852
they nominated Gen. Wingfield
Scott, who was defeated in the
election by Franklin Pierce, De
mocrat. But Pierce was denied
renomination, in 1852; James
Buchanan being nominated in
his place. Buchanan Was elect
ed; but after one term was de
feated in the Democratic con
vention of 1960. The party was
badly split and finally there were
two Democratic nominees, Step
hen A. Douglas, who was label
ed "Democrat” and John C. Br
eckenridge, who carried the
"National Democratic” banner.
Abraham Lincoln was elected.
Alexander Pope must have had
In mind at least two Americans
who were to figure in national
politics when he wrote “Hope
springs eternal in the human br
east”.
The best examples of this
"hope” of which we are familiar
are in the politcial history of
Henry Clay and William Jennlng
Bryan.
In 1824, Clay ran fourth In the
presidental election. There were
no political parties then. In 1832
he was nominated by the Nation
al Republicans, again he lost. In
36 and 40 though he tried for the
nomination he did not get it, but
in 1844 he ran as a Whig and
took another beating. Clay is best
remembered by his statement
"I’d rather be right than Presi
dent.”
William Jennings Bryan was
like Clay three times a candi
date. Running as a Democrat
he was defeated In 1896, 1900,
and 1908. He tried for the nomi
nation in 1904 but the party no
minated Alton Parker.
Defector Says Cong
Tipped On Air Raids
BF THOMAS CHEATHAM
SAIGON (UPI)—A former
Viet Cong officer said today
that a Communist intelligence
network tips off guerrillas in
Vietnam 24 hours ahead of raids
by American 852 bombers,
giving the approximate time
and place.
A U.S. military spokesman
said the defector’s statement
was “unlikely to be true.”
The former Communist intel
ligence officer said the informa
tion was collected by agents
operating outside Vietnam then
distributed by battlefield units
by the central intelligence office
in Hanoi.
South Georgia
Farmers Protest
By Shooting Pigs
QUITMAN, Ga. (UPI) —A
group of south Georgia farmers
planned today to lead 400 to 500
hogs into a ditch, shoot them,
and bury them in a protest of
faltering meat prices.
L. T. Batts, a member of the
National Farmers Organization,
said about 150 members agreed
at a Monday night meeting to
follow the destruction procedure
already carried out in three
Midwestern states.
“We have to use tactics like
this to bring this problem to the
attention of the consumers,”
said Batts. “We want to feed
our people, but we’re going
broke and we have to have a
fair price. We’re tired of hav
ing to produce it and having to
give it away.”
Batts said the protest would
continue across the nation "un
til the grocery stores get empty
if the people who buy our stuff
are not willing to pay a fair
price.”
He said some of the NFO
members thought "we ought to
give the meat away, and that
does seem like the American
way to do it,” but the slaughter
was voted more effective.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
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and warmer tonight. Wednesday
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Self Portrait
Hedy White of Griffin will be one of the contestants in the “Miss Georgia” con
test to be held in Columbus, Ga., this year. The winner there will represent the state
in the Miss America contest. Miss White was chosen “Miss Middle Georgia” at a
pageant held at Hawkinsville. Her talent was painting and music. Here she dis
plays one of the paintings she entered in the competition. It is a “self portrait.”
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
Vietnamese news briefing by
Capt. Nguyen Cong Tan, one of
six Communist officers who
recently defected to the Saigon
government.
Vuy Nhu Y, a former North
Vietnamese captain who com
manded the 9th Battalion, said
Georgia Gl
At Ft Benning
Not In Sweden
STOCKHOLM (UPI) — The
Swedish aliens Commission
today granted asylum to eight
more American deserters.
They were all given permis
sion to remain in Sweden
indefinitely "for humanitarian
reasons” a spokesman for the
commission said.
It raised to 28 the number of
American servicemen granted
asylum in Sweden to escape
war service in Vietnam or to
protest U.S. involvement there.
The American Deserters Com
mittee, formed by the Gls in
Sweden, said there are a total
of 52 deserters in this neutral
country.
Twenty-four of them are still
awaiting a ruling by the
commission on their asylum
applications.
However, no application has
been rejected so far although
some of the Gls have had poor
military records.
The eight Americans granted
asylum today were Identified by
the commission as:
Richard Lee Propp, 25, of
Chicago, Hl.; William C. Jones,
20, of St. Louis, Mo.; Parker
Smith, 24, of Glen Ridge, N.J.,
Robert Argento, 23, of Miami,
Fla.; Justin Olson, 21, of
Redding, Calif; Ervin Foster,
25, of Blackshire, Ga.; Robert
Burroughs, 20, of Alexandria,
Va., and John Ashley, 21, also
of Alexandria.
(In Columbus, Ga., an Army
spokesman said Foster had
turned himself in to military
authorities at Ft. Benning
Sunday night. Col. Robert A.
Sullivan, post information offi
cer, said Foster already had
been released from military
custody and was undergoing
normal processing into active
duty. He had been listed as
AWOL since Feb. 20.)
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, March 19,1968
his troops usually got warning
of impending 852 strikes a day
in advance. He said he would
order his troops either to take
refuge in deep trenches or move
them to a safer area.
"We did not know of the
precise timing and location of
the strike zones,” Y said. “But
the information was accurate
enought for us to avoid great
damages and losses.”
He said the alerted area often
included several provinces.
The 852 s are based both in
Sattahip, Thailand, and at
Anderson Air Force Base on
Guam. They often fly 12
missions a day, almost always
in South Vietnam, rarely in the
North.
Questioned, Tan said; "The
intelligence service comes from
Asians abroad ... I cannot
specify exactly where.”
Soviet trawler spy ships
began operating off Guam
shortly after the 852 s opened
their campaign from the Pacific
base in 1964. In Manila, a U.S.
source said the trawlers could
hardly radio Hanoi the destina
tion of the big bombers winging
overhead.
Dr. Fitzhugh
Going Back
To Vietnam
Dr. A. S. Fitzhugh, Griffin pe
diatrician, will leave soon for
South Vietnam where he will
help coordinate a preventive me
dicine program for that disease
ridden nation.
The Griffin doctor is scheduled
to arrive in South Vietnam April
1. It will be his second tour of
duty there as a member of the
American Medical Association
(AMA) team.
He will serve as regional coor
dinator in the immunization pro
gram for South Vietnam civili
ans. His duties may cover all of
South Vietnam.
His tour will last at least a
year, and maybe longer.
"I plan to stay as long as I’m
needed,” Dr. Fitzhugh said.
Dr. Fitzhugh will be employed
by the AMA.
"This program was planned
before the Tet offensive. I don’t
know exactly where we stand
now. Because of the situation
there, some programs have been
curtailed and some eliminated.
I hope this one goes through,”
the Griffin doctor said.
Sen. McCarthy Charges
LBJ Risking Riots By
Wasting Billions In Viet
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BAIRD FAMILY: Kathy with Dr. and Mrs. Baird (back); and Joan Lynn, 8,
Suellen, 6.
Baird Honored
As Man Os Year
Dr. D. M. (Mac) Baird, a
transplanted Kentucky farm boy
who adopted Griffin as his home
town in 1951, today was honored
as Griffin’s Man of the Year for
1967.
Relatives and friends along
with members of the Griffin Ex-
12 Days Left
To Get Tags
Twelve days remain for Grif
fin and Spalding citizens to get
their 1968 automobile tags at the
Spalding County Courthouse
without having to pay a penal
ty.
A spokesman for the tag office
this morning said: “There are
quite a few tags yet to be sold.”
The office, operated by Spal
ding County Tax Commission
er Ruby Hill, is open from 9 a.
m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and
from 9 a.m. to noon on Satur
days.
April 1 is the deadline for
purchasing tags without having
to pay a penalty.
Griffin Woman
Suffers Burns
A Griffin woman suffered
burns to her back this morning
when she backed up to a heater
and her clothing caught on fire.
Miss Lena Seagraves, 76, of
217 South 15th street, Griffin,
was admitted to the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
Country Parson
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“A n y disagreement be
tween youth and adults will
not last long — the former
quickly become adults and
the latter cease to be.”
Vol. 96 No. 67
change Club paid tribute to Dr.
Baird at the club’s noon meet
ing. The Exchange Club spon
sors the annual event.
On hand to share the spotlight
with him were his wife, .Mrs.
Allyne Baird, and daughters,
Kathy, Joan Lynn and Suellen.
Dr. O. E. Sell who heads the
Animal Science Department at
the Georgia Experiment Station
reviewed the career of Dr. Ba
ird and mentioned several of
the community service projects
which led to his being chosen
for the honor this year.
Dr. Baird is a member of the
Animal Science Department at
the station.
The Exchange Club’s service
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Annuals Distributed
Annuals were distributed today at Spalding Junior High School. Some of the mem
bers of the staff look over their handiwork. They include (standing) Blake Kelley,
Hugh Henderson, Betty Ann Akins, Maria McLaurin, Lee Russell, Mrs. Henri
Wheeless, faculty advisor; and (seated) Beth Sullins, editor. The “Warrior” pub
lished a picture of the late George Patrick, Jr., superintendent of the Griffin-
Spalding School System, and former principal at Spalding Junior High.
statuette and Book of Golden
Deeds were presented to Dr. Ba
ird during the ceremony.
Also present to honor him
were many of the other men who
have received the Man of t h e
Year honor
Some of the things mentioned
that figured in his selection were
his leadership in the Kiwanis
Club which he served as presi
dent in 1967 and his chairman
ship of the club’s Fair Associa
tion; his work in the United Fund
drive, his work in the First Me
thodist Church where he and his
family are active members; and
his leadership roles in the Moo
se Lodge as well as membership
in the Elks Club.
Asks For
Guaranteed
Income
WASHINGTON (UPD—Sen.
Eugene J. McCarthy charged
today that President Johnson is
risking “more disorder, more
riots” in the nation’s cities by
"wasting” S3O billion a year in
Vietnam while cutting back the
war on poverty.
The presidential peace candi
date called for a guaranteed
annual income for every Ameri
can and said the United States
should spend “as much money
as it takes” for the next 20
years to improve the lot of
every citizen.
McCarthy, in a speech pre
pared for a rally at Howard
University here, said cutbacks
Johnson has made and plans to
make in education, housing and
job training programs "cast an
ominous shadow” over the
report of the presidential
antiriot commission.
"We cannot solve any of our
great problems if we persist in
wasting manpower, money and
moral energy in Vietnam,” the
Minnesota Democrat said. "The
President’s answer seems to be
more disorder, more riots, and
more misery.”
McCarthy Interpreted his
strong showing against Johnson
in the New Hampshire primary
as an indication “America is
not content to wage a costly,
futile war 8,000 miles away—a
war that stems from the
misguided notion that this
country can be a world
policeman.”
“The time, as the President’s
riot commission told us, is short
if we are to prevent more
bloodshed in the nation’s
streets,” McCarthy said, “I
believe this nation can stop
future riots—we have the
potential, the intellect and the
will.”
McCarthy said “vast sums of
money” are needed to insure
that 20 million Americans he
said are living in poverty
"share equally in the good life
of this nation.”
“We must spend as much
money as it takes over the next
five, 10, 15 or 20 years—as long
as it takes—to meet these
needs. We must ensure that
every American has a guaran
teed annual income so that life
itself becomes no longer a
struggle.”