Word: humphrey
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...Humphrey's desperate problems, there are a few signs that Nixon's lead is not unassailable. Nixon him self is losing votes to Wallace. He is particularly concerned because the Alabamian has become his "major competitor" in such Southern "perimeter" states as Kentucky, Virginia and Florida. "I'm getting 95% of the Republican vote," says Nixon, "but I'm not getting enough of the Democratic vote. That's where Wallace is hurting." To avoid building up the Alabamian, Nixon last week rejected a three-way debate among the major candidates. "I still think the best...
...Humphrey aides profess to note a growing sense of disquiet in the nation over Nixon's above-the-battle posture. Moreover, the Vice President's emphasis on the old theme that the Democrats bring prosperity and the Republicans take it away may by paying off; bread and butter is still a tasty dish. Humphrey could find little consolation, however, in the 1948 Truman victory he is trying to emulate. According to a Gallup poll released this week, Humphrey trails Nixon by 15 points, 43 to 28. At roughly the same stage in 1948, a Roper poll showed Truman...
Five months after being named United Nations Ambassador, George Wild-man Ball resigned last week to become Hubert Humphrey's chief foreign-policy adviser. There was immediate speculation that at least part of the reason for his precipitate action was disenchantment with Lyndon Johnson's Viet Nam policies. Not so. As the President said, Ball's resignation "has nothing to do with public policy but does have something to do with domestic politics." Ball is plainly aghast at how badly Humphrey is faring in the presidential race, and if there is anything that can make him live...
Ball, 58, has long been rumored to be Humphrey's first choice for Secretary of State. Once before, in 1966, he resigned from the Johnson Administration. As Under Secretary of State, the department's No. 2 man, he had tired of his losing role as principal opponent to the bombing of North Viet Nam. Eighteen months later, after the President ordered a substantial reduction of the bombing, Ball agreed to return as U.N. ambassador. The high point of his brief tenure-shortest of any U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.-was tongue-lashing the Russians for their Czechoslovakian invasion...
FROM the outset of the presidential campaign, Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon have tiptoed with excruciating care around the issue of the Viet Nam war. Both wished to avoid saying anything that might jeopardize the peace talks in Paris. Conveniently, the negotiations also gave both an excuse to avoid making themselves targets for either hawks or doves...