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THE GOLD BUG OCTOBER 25, 1968 PAGE 3 '&S'''ENr WHO? The Liberal , Humanist Tradition Walter Lippmann: Nixon's the One by Jerry Hopple Hubert H. Humphrey Richard M. Nixon by Walter Lippmann Theodore White, in The Making as was a Democrat elected to the to "normalcy." Unfortunately, In the weeks that have passed will for a time prevail over the of the President: 1964, said that Senate from South Dakota by a few Nixon may rieglect urgent problems since the Democratic Convention liberal alternatlvesofpermisslve_ . one of the most fundamental (and hundred votestn mea, amannamed as well. It Is true that pouttcans In Chicago, it has become pain- and largesse and environ- most subtle) distinctions between George McGovern. McCarthy and can mature and change. But has fully clear that the Democratic ness Improvement. The liberal mental the Republican and Democratic McGovern can talk about their lib- Nixon changed? Well, he no longer Party is too disorganized to run era has lasted for some 40 years, parties was that Republicans em- eralism and its comparison to goes witch hunting and he hasn't the country. No doubt It is theore- and if It has now provoked a reac- phasized principles while Demo- Humphrey's less liberal positron, vtctousty smeared or slandered an tlcally possible, though It is high- tion, It must be that it Is not now crats stressed humanitarianism. but history tells a different story. opponent since his Senate race in ly Improbable, that Hubert Hump- working sufficiently well to com- Thus, we have the Eisenhower What about Wallace and Nixon? 1!J50. Basically, however, Nixon hrey can do what Harry Truman mand general support. Leaders of preoccupation with balanced bud- Wallace believes in the prtncrpre hasn't really Changed. The cliches did In 1948. But It is getting late the party In pow-er have in some gets (fiscal responsibility is Ihs that complex issues can be easily and the program are still substan- even for that. considerable measure run out principle) and the contrasting solved by merely denying that they Hally the same. Nixon never gave Should he win by some fluke or Ideas. of Democratic concern with Medi- are complex. Respond to urban a damn about the young, the poor, miracle, there is still no doubt C";re (human need is the moti vat- unrest and pouucat dissent, he minority groups, or workers and he that he would go to the White House Ing factor). This distinction could says, by using the nightstick ap- still doesn't. In fact, Nixon's ap- as a minority President, opposed Inanyevent,thecountrylsturn_ perhaps be more accurately ap- proach. But Wallace's greatest pr-each represents the smugness, by a great, heterogeneous majority Ing to the conservatives and this piled to liberals and conserva- danger doesn't stem from his ten- arrogance and complacency that constsung of Republicans, Wall- means that Nixon and Agnew will tlveslngeneral.lnanycase,the dency to oversimplify and blur foreigners as sociate wl th the Re- acettes and disaffected Democrats. almost certainly be elected. I re- presidential contest in 1968 pre- complex Issues. The greatest publican party. II seemstomeclearthattheDemo_ gard the selection of Gov. Agnew Sllnts a strikingly lucid example threat posed by Wallace is the As for VietNam, Nixon ancwat , crattc PartytodayisunabJetoolfer as a serious mistakewhlch could of this difference in philosophy. fact that he is a demagogue, an lace have both espoused hawkish the country the genuine prospect have tragic consequences. But all The decision that the voters will agitator who has no principles. positions. Nixon has been more of a coherent government. things ccnstcered-cme dtamtagra , make at the polls shortly will Wallace doesn't offer solutions; he ambiguous andwauaca more tent- tion of the Democratic Party alter Indicate their immediate chotce , appeals to emotions and to people ccse, but the fact isthatHumphrey . It is generally agreed that there the colossal mistakes oflhe John- but the Issue of principles ver- with grievances. AvoteforWaliace is the least hawkish of the three. is a movement, probably of land- son Admlnlstrat\on--Idonotshrink sus humanitarianism will Inevil- Is a vote against bussing, wel- Humphrey was willing to com- slide proportions, away from the from the prospect of Nixon as Pre- ably reappear in Juture contests. fare, loud-mouthed college punks, promise with the McCarthy-Mc- liberalism of the past 40 years and sldent, He Is very much better- man It Is this tssuev-exprs ssad most leftist agitators and Subversives Govern forces, and the main toward, relatively speaking, a more today than he was ten years ago, succinctly In the issue of law and and a multitude cr otner complaints stumbling blockwas semantics, not conservative posture at home and and I have lived too long myself order achieved through some rorm and problem.-;.Asfor concrete pro- ans-trreconcuabte difference. abroad. This is not surprising and to think that men are what they of repression as opposed to law posers, Wallace has few. Out with The stakes are too tugn to stt ttns it is not Initselfdeplorable.ltdoes are forever and ever. and order which results from soc. the undercurrent of conservative election out, and the choice is clear. not mean that all the good things lal progressv-wutch should be reaction in the country, he doesn't Furthermore, a vote (or Humphrey that have been accomplished will There are no easy and there are paramount. Even Vietnam, a sub. need them. Is not a vote for th_eleast of three be repealed and undone. no quick solutions for the discont- ject that has received little worth- The Ill! new Richard M. Nixon evils. It's a vote for the best of But it does mean that the virtues ent that will have to be dealt with, while discussion in this campaign seeks to be a war-ren Harding fig- three candidates inthcfield,and and ideals which conser-vatives and we would be hiding our heads anyway, Is overshadowed by this ure, a president who willreturn us he's best by a wide margin. cherish--particularly discipline in the sand If we refused to admit baste question. and authority and self-reliance __ that the country may demand and Should we continue and stren- A Return To Sane Government necessity may dictate the repres- gthen social welfare measures and sion of uncontrollable violence. massive aid programs for urban slum dwellers and rural poor? Hu- George C. Wallace My view is that It will be In all bert H.Humphreysaysemphatical. ways better if the conservatives ly that we snouto. Nonetheless, are in power Should these neces- Humphrey has been the target of American Independent party have made a lot of solemn pled- suicide. sities arise. It would be adlsaster, venomous attacks from the New candidate George C. Wallace is ges to restore our lost prestige,' I think, If a manlikeHumphreyhad Left and the new black leaders. sick and tired of the kind of gov- but both have also been members On the Issue of law and order, to do what is against the whole It Is almost incomprehensible that ernment that the two major par- of two administrations responsible Wallace has been equally crear tn grain of his nature. It would be an- a man of Humphrey's liberal con- ties have been giving the country, for this loss of prestige and re- his stand. A free society can not other example of Johnson adopting vlctlons would be subjected to such and he wants to do somenung atout spect. Such pledges seem rather tolerate anar-chy and lawlessness. Goldwater's war policy in Vietnam. abuse from (believe itornot!)fel_ it. A vote for wattaca Is much more incongruous in light of this fact. It is the function of any state to It Is better than Nixon should have low liberals. In the minds of young than an expression of discontent or guarantee and enforce order, for the full authority if the repression white leftists and ycung black mijt-, disgust; it's an indictment of our George Wallace is committed the welfare of all. When people should become necessary in order resisting tants, however, HIDI and Mayor present two party system. Both the 10 a policy of resolutely whenever are paralyzing cities or ,destrCiy- to restore peace and tranquility Communist aggression Daley merge and become one. Republicans and the Democrats necessar-y.Hs tnsre , ing property, the government is In the land. ~ Humphrey, they aasert ar rogantly, have failed to govern the countr-y and wber-ever back away from til! obligated to respond swiftly and It will be bette r al so that tne di s-. fore doesn't Is old and worn out. Such reasoning effectively, and Wallace says it's Issue of VietNam and he refuses decisively. You don't coddle law- organized Democrats should be on is of course obviously Inane. 'For time for a change--not from one to straddle any fences. Wallace's breakers who are trying to destroy the Sidelines reforming their pro- the past twenty years, Humphrey party to another, but a more basic position on VietNam is firm and a SOciety. The only effective way grams and their viewsandoffering .. has done more for the cause of change that involves the outright clear; stay there and defeat the to control disorder is to impose opposition to extremism and be liberalism than any other person in rejection of our present party sys- order by force. All societies must this country. When Eugene McCar- tem. enemy. An event like the Soviet somehow resolve this question of making themselves ready for the reaction Invasion inevitable against de- of Czechoslovakia reac- thy was first elected to the Senate George Wallace wants to change monstrates that bridge building how to provide order. In atotali- tion. The Democrats can unite only in 1958, HubertHumphreyhadbeen the course our foreign policy has tarian society, secret police and when they are In opposition, and a liberal leader for over a decade. taken under two decades ofDemo- is futile: "peaceful coexistence" other repressive agencies of gov- only when enough time has passed In the 1940's Humphrey had suc- cratfc and Republican rule. And to the Communists means tolaunch ernment stifle all dissent. In a to retire the older men who have ceeded in ridding the Minnesota he contemptuously dismisses the an attack only when advantageous. free SOCiety, it is just as vital to made the Johnsoll disaster and Farmer-_Labor partyo1Commun- empty promises made by the two There can be no lasting detente maintain order. But the question nominated Humphrey. Isis (tell Spiro about that one) and other candidates, Humphrey and with the CommUnists, because the of when to impose order is a vital then forged aliberalalUancewhtch Nixon, both of whom have played two systems are inherentlyincon_ question in a democratiC society. I think Nixon's whole future will ad- overcame the powerfUl Minnesota roles In the foreign policy deci- flIct. To let the Communists of the An equilibrium between order and be staked on getting a cease-fire vance beyond the periphery Republican partY,usuallydomtnant sion making processes of recent Communist bloc, beyond the for- freedom must be reached. Thus, and a sell-respecting withdrawal in state politics since the state had, years. Wallace finds it hard to ward defense line stretching from In the United States liberty isguar- of our land forces. That is the entered the Union In 1858. In fact, believe that either of his oppon- Greece and Turkey to Southeast anteed by a constitutional document best I am able to hope for. But I McCarthywaSaHumphreyprotege, ents can do anything to restore Asia and South Korea, would be but at the same time there is a see nothing better in Humphrey. limit. 'necessary