Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have supported moves throughout my public career to lower the voting age to 18. The 18-year-old vote will continue to be a priority item of a Humphrey-Muskie Administration...
...supporting the call for a bombing halt in spite of Saigon's reaction, Humphrey has shown that, at least, he will not be hampered in his search for peace by Premier Thieu and his military establishment. In his policy speech on Vietnam, the Vice President made no mention of Saigon's approval as a necessary prelude to the bombing halt...
...elected President, Humphrey would be under a continuing obligation to demonstrate his commitment to political compromise as the solution to the war. But on the crucial issue of Thieu's influence on a Vietnam settlement, the contrast between the two candidates cannot be overlooked...
...Humphrey has called for immediate approval of the non-proliferation treaty; he has opposed the costly ABM's system's expansion, and he asserts that the current American nuclear superiority need not be increased to enter meaningful discussions on detente with the Soviets. The Vice-President has abandoned the cold war rhetoric of the fifties...
...candidates--but even on the issue of foreign policy there is a choice. It is impossible to predict what either of the major party nominees will do if elected President. Their response to the bombing halt, however, can only reinforce the belief that the momentum toward peace lies with Humphrey...