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...headquarters swarmed with them, boys and girls in jeans and sneakers, cranking the mimeographs, telephoning voters. In the nonprimary states, the McGovern zealots had the advantage of understanding the new reform rules and how to use them. They organized early, often stunned the regulars by their success at precinct caucuses and state conventions. In Iowa, for example, McGovern's brilliant young aides Rick Stearns and Gene Pokorny crisscrossed the state in 1970 to establish an organization, starting with only a list of 15 people who had contributed to the McGovern campaign. By last January, 2,000 volunteers were working...
...real worry over the Black Bloc, however, is that it will hold out from either camp. Humphrey released his black delegates to Chisholm at the Black Caucus yesterday morning, a reflection of the pressure being applied by black leaders hoping to create a powerful lobby on the Convention floor...
...predominant feeling was that the South Carolins challenge--the first on the schedule, brought by the National Women's Caucus--would be an early, and perhaps decisive, indicator of McGovern's strength throughout the challenges...
Until last night, little was happening on the surface, Campaigning was limited. Candidates and their entourages worked mostly to collect stray delegates by phone or in person, and candidates appeared only before groups which represented sizeable blocks of delegate vote such as the Black Caucus, the National Welfare Rights Organization, or state caucuses...
...M.I.T. Graduate Student Christopher Arterton, 29, went to work for the National Youth Caucus and embraced the McGovern cause. Originally, he was recruiting other young people to run for delegate, but then decided to run himself. "This is a very pivotal year in American politics," says Arterton. "It's very important that we do have a pronounced choice put forward to the electorate in November...