Friday, April it. I763 Chairmen Canvassed SCARLET AND BLACK GRINNELL CONVENTION WRAPPED IiP By RUSS ELLIOTT 5&3 Staff Writer Monday, in a random poll< tug of titty students by the 5&3. Senator Eugene McCarthy (D.4Minn.) and Governor Nelson Rockefeller (IL—NY.) emerged as the probable nom- lnees from their respective inock presidential conventions. Students were asked: “If you could register for a presidential primary, with which party would you register?” at per- cent replied Democratic, 26 percent Republican, and in per. cent independent or undecided. when asked: “If you could vote tor President, whom would you vote for?” McCarthy polled 54 percent, Kennedy 12 percent, Johnson 2 percent, Rockeieller polled l2 percent. Nixon 10 percent; lit percent were undecided. to two other 5&3 polls, over iltiy state delegation chairmen were asked to predict whom their delegation would vote tor. The poll oi Republicans sh o w e d Rockefeller leading with 15 states and 470 delegate voies. His closest rival was Nlton with three states and 62 delegate votes. followed by Hatfield With one state and three delegate votes. Three states and All delegate votes were uncommitted. In the Democratic poll, Mc- rai-thy leads with 16 states and 888 delegate votes, iollowed by ltennedy with three states and 222 delegate votes, Wallace with one state and 32 delegate votes, and 13 states and 500 delegate votes uncommitted. CANDIDATES CHANCES — THE REPUBLICANS We asked each campaign i 3 Republican Mock Convention WEDNESDAY. APRIL I7 Altemoon. Final Session, P FRIDAY. 0:00 p.m., Darby Gymnasium opening session organ Music Welcome and acknowledgeinenti, C. 2dwln Gilmour, Director, Program in pr Remarks by Tcmpornry presiding oitlccr, Michael J. pill. '00 Report or Credentiaii committed Repon oi Rules Committee Report or committee on permanent etganlznilon introduction or Keynote Speaker: Hon. Jack wiirren, Chairman, Republlcun St Keynote Address: Hon, John H. Cnafee. Governor at Rhode island Convention Recess 0:30 pm, Darby Gymuos Platform Session I. Hon. John Kyl. 01!. Representative, Fourth District oi lowa. l-lon. Kenneth Benda, State Senator, Twenlyvtttlrd District of Iowa, parliamentarian Remarks at Presldlng oill Report or pistidrm Committee Debate and balloting on Foreign Policy" Debate and balloting on platictni plank on “The Urbin Crisis" Convention Recess SATURDAY. APRIL 20 3:30 a.n1., Darby Gymnasium plattorm session it. Michael pror. C. Edivin Gilmour, Department at political Science, parliamentarian Debate nmi balloting on remaining planks oi platioiiu Adoption or the plotiorm Convention Recess 1:30 pm, Darby Gymuas Nominating Scssion. l-ioli, Max Milo Mills, State Senator. Twenty-Iourth Senatorial Plot. William S. Vanderpc Theatre, parliamentarian Rcrnarks by presiding oiilcur PresIdentlaI Nomlnhtions presidential Balloting Vice presidential Nontlnatlbno Vlcc presidential Balloting , Convention Adjournment chairman to look into the future and predict how his candidate will I10 in convention. Here are a icw comments from Repub- lican chairmen: Jon R o y a l, Rawson sopho. more, on Rockefeller. “I I‘hlnk that Rockefeller will come out of Convention around the third ballot. Nixon forces 1 don't think are that strong. Other candidateswill be trying to make strong showings early so that they might have a chance [or the VicerPreSidentrial nomr inalion. Fred Hutson, man, on Nixon: “Grinnell does not abound with Students (or Nixon, Yet his small cdnlmgency is der voted and determined. “If he \vlns, it Will be on the third or fourth ballot. ”A lot OI kinds haven’t given him a Chance. His most imr portant concern iS the urban crisis, and in Vietnam his de- sire is lot peace.” Richard White, Cowles fresh» man, on Reagan: “I‘m really not sure how things will go. i doubt very much oi getting the presiden. tlal nomination, but I’m hop- ing [or the vice-presidential.” “Hopefully, it it’s a close race, I would be able to comer enough delegates and hold out. I need support." Joann Sydow, Mears senior. oil Hatfield: “We‘re getting a lot of pen« pie on the first ballot—just to show his strength. Then we want to get him on the ticket BS vice-Presidential nomineet" “His opponent will be Percy —Percy has a lot at big-state Clark {resh- South Loungo lhtlorm Committee APRIL l9 ncilcal political EduCntlm ate Centffl committee at law: ium presiding ccr platiorm plaulr on “Vietnam and 1, pin, presiding ium District of Iowa, Presiding oi, Department or Speech and QWWQMMWMWWW delegation leaders backing him. It could be close." Frank Thomas, Cowles fresh- man, on Percy: “He is today one of the most important young llgui‘es on the political scene. War" and to rid Americans DI “prejudice and starvation." CANDIDATES CHANCES —- THE DEMOCRATS Here are a few comments Irom the Democratic chairmen: Jim llarmg, w est Norris and the Mach Political Con- ventions, will dellver the open- ing address to the Mock Delno~ cratic Convention. Later in the program the keynote speaker, Hon. Richard a. listener, mayor or Gary, will address the Convention. The first Negro mayor in Indiana’s history, Hatchei‘ is presently in his first year of office. He was elected to the City Council in '63, and led the ligllL for one oi the best. open 00' cupancy laws in the nation. The passage oi that law has resulted in integrated public housmg in Galy. GOVERNOR John Chaiee, oi Rhoda island, and Mnyor Rich- ard Hatcher, oi Gary, lndiana, will be the keynote speakers at campus Republican and Democratic conventions. Ireshmall, on Kennedy: “Kennedy is the only white American who can claim a pile sitlon of leadership as well as respect among the Negro pop- ulaiion of this country.” “Kennedy has proved hinl~ self to be a leader and an initiator in progressive legis- lation. . t I believe he can and will win." Phil Bertentttal, North Younk- or senior, on McCarthy: "I think we'll Win. But I'm not sure of it at all.” “I think we've lost support in the last couple of weeks. If we work hard, we'll will." Andrea Dungy. Haines Soph- omore, on Dick Gregory: “I'm very iatalistic. I just got the buttons last week, but before we can really work, we need printed materials that simply haven't come yet.” Tom Greenfield, North Youn- kcr sophomore and Chairman of the Mock Democratic Corl- vention, on President Johnson: “Johnson’s withdrawal had a peculiar client on the Grinnell campus. Although he was only a minor Candidate, with little chance oi getting any signifi— cant support at Grinnell, his withdrawal seemed to bring the long silent Grinnell Kennedy [action out of its hibernation." ”All. of a Sudden the RFK people saw victory—definitely at Chicago and maybe at Grin~ nelll" “The McCarthy campaign is directed by a small group oi students who have come to call themselves “the Grinilell Polit- lcal Machine.” “Unless the Kennedy camp can throw them on balance, it's McCarthy for President." Thursday evening. April ‘18, Professor C. Edwin GllmDuri Director of the Programl'ot Practical Political Education Opposed by the entire City machine, including the leaders oi his own party, he went on in '67 to defeat the incumbent mayor and a well-known buS< inessmaii to gain the Demo- cratic mayoral nomination. Friday night at the Republi- can Mock Convention, Hon. John H. Chafee, Governor OI Rhode Island, will deliver the keynote speech. Chafee is presently chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association and the Republican coordinating Committee. First serving as a Repre- sentative to the General Assem- bly of Rhode Island in '56. Chaise was elected Governor in '62 by a 398 vote margin. Ill ’64 Chalice, a Republican, was elected to a second term by capturing 61 percent of tho vote, while President Johnson was sweeping the state with 81 percent, his highest percent- age for any state. Also during the Conventions the Platform statements will be read, amended, and finally approved. Reasoning that ”you can't legislate respect,” the Repub- licans call tor the repeal oi the law that iorbids burning or otherwise tlesecratlng the American Flag. They propose ways to improve the plight ol the American lndian and gnar- antee migrant workers.a uni— form minimum wage. The Democrats seek a gilars aliteed minimum income for all people, while they ilatly “dew nouuce“ the South African gov- ernment for apartheid. On Vietnam the Republicans call for “an Immediate cease- tire and unconditional negotia. tlons," while the Democrats say “the United States should ar- range immediately with the National Liberation Front lfor its takeover of the South Viet- namese government." Page Seven TIME’S MOGK PRIMARY By PHIL SEMAS Collegiate Press Service In any election year there all always numerous mock primar- ies and elections on collegc campuses. In 1968 these llldivIdunI Iocol primaries will be pushed into the background by Choice ‘68, a national primary to be held April 24 on more than 1,000 college campuses. The organizers oi the on. mary say they already have 1,100 schools with four-anda half million students signed up to participate, including almost all of the large schools. They hope to have at least 1,500, which would give them a potenv tial electorate of tive-and-arhall million. That would make it the second largest pnmary in the nation (after California’s). Some have predicted that they will get close to 2,000 schools, which would be nearly every college in the country. Choice '65 is the idea of Bob Harris, a former Michigan Stain University student body presi- dent. It occurred to him last summer that, instead of a hap- hazard group ot local primaries, college students ought to veto at the same time in one nation- al primary. He then started going to various companies to see if ho could get money to finance tho program. The first place he went was Time magazine main. ly “because i could get in to See the publisherr" Time Put)— lisher James shepley decided In about IO minutes that it will a good idea, so Time sent Barrio to so campuses to talk to stu. dents and see if the idea will ieasible. FUNDED HY TIME Atter that trip, Time decided it could be done and gave Har- ris $100,000 for the project “an a public service." He picked it student leaders to make policy Ind determine the billoti But being funded by Tim il a problem for Choice ’68. Time’s editorial treatment oi students, education, and Vietnam has not exactly made it credible to many college students and semi DI that lack of credibility may rub off on Choice ’68. But Harris says Time ha: given him and his board of dis rectors complete control over policy. “They do exercise qua]. ity control over how things are written and so forth," he says, “but they let us decide on bash: approaches and policies." Harris also points out that there has been no coverage pl Choice ’68 in Time, except in Shepley's “publisher's letter" on the table-ofrcontents page. The project wasn’t announced in Time and neither will [ha results of the election be all- nouilcei‘l there. Harris is trying to set up I "30 or fibminute television Sp5« cial” to announce the results. The student body president! and college editors who malts up the board were skeptical oi Time when they first met last October, but they say that they CHOICE— (Continued on Page 15)‘