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...choose Illinois Senator Adlai Stevenson as his running mate. New York Mayor Abraham Beame wants Carter to spell out what he would do as President for financially hard-pressed cities. To make it clear that they are not yet backing Carter, House Speaker Carl Albert and Senator Hubert Humphrey pointedly showed up at a coffee-and-doughnuts session in Washington for California Governor Jerry Brown. Said Humphrey: "[Brown adds] an exciting new dimension. It would be presumptuous to say that Carter has the nomination locked...
United Effort. Despite Humphrey's showing of the flag for Brown, he agreed in a phone conversation with Carter that party unity is of paramount importance. According to Carter staffers, Humphrey is thinking of endorsing Carter at some time after the last primaries on June 8. As Manhattan Borough President Percy...
...Carter sent all Democratic Senators copies of his position papers and other statements on issues. He will make his pitch in person to Democratic House and Senate leaders in Washington this week. He also plans to court the leaders of the AFL-CIO. Its president, George Meany, would prefer Humphrey, but is described by associates as resigned to a Carter nomination. In contrast, United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock endorsed Carter last week...
...increased influence on Democratic Party policy. That task has been made considerably more difficult by the fact that, at an unexpectedly early date, Georgia's Jimmy Carter is virtually the only Democratic candidate left with whom to strike a bargain. Many blacks who had counted on Hubert Humphrey to serve as a rallying point were left stunned by his refusal to join the race. California Congressman Ron Dellums said: "We should have been asking questions a year ago, before we got to the point where we ran out of alternatives...
...conference drew up a "survival agenda" of demands. Among them: passage and quick federal action on the Humphrey-Hawkins "full employment" bill, a national health-care program, strong enforcement of affirmative-action programs for black employment, a guaranteed national income plan, more money for impoverished areas...