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Exulted Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss: "The state of our party is very good?organized, vibrant, forward-looking and hell-bent on victory." Said Douglas Fraser, a liberal United Auto Workers vice president who originally backed Morris Udall for the nomination: "It's a thirst for victory that we have, and we don't want to put that possibility in jeopardy." Added Daley: "We've been fighting too long and losing too long. Now we've got a great candidate...
...loosen Hatch Act restrictions against political activities by Government employees; a similar proposal was passed by the Democratic Congress but vetoed by President Ford. The lack of controversy was less a result of rigid control by the Carter forces than of patient conciliatory efforts by Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss over the past three years and of Carter's own persuasiveness last week. In earnest appearances before restive groups of women, blacks and Latinos, Carter promised each that they would be visibly represented at high levels in his campaign and in the Government he hopes to organize. He pledged...
...television camera platform in the center of the hall that the best seat was in anybody's home; any delegate whose podium view wasn't blocked by the camera platform found it blocked by the restless aisle parade of guards, guests and reporters. Chairman Robert Strauss did everything for TV except drop a handkerchief every few minutes to signal a commercial time...
Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss has persistently worked the theme of party unity. It would doubtless be an underpinning of the keynote addresses by Ohio Senator John Glenn and Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. In his acceptance speech Thursday night, Carter himself intends to look further ahead, stressing reorganization in Washington, openness and responsiveness in Government, competence and trust. He will probably not attempt to coin a New Deal-style slogan or spend much time criticizing the Republicans. Carter and his staff are planning a speech to last only about 20 minutes...
Much of the credit belongs to Carter, whose clear triumph through the primaries has given him a popular legitimacy transcending factions. Another hero is Chairman Strauss, the shrewd and decent Texas lawyer with a gift for keeping horses of different gaits in harness. Three and a half years ago, Strauss took over a party that, in Mr. Dooley's crack, was not on speaking terms with itself. The party's liberal wing distrusted Strauss as a Texan who walked a line to the right of center. But he has proved to be one of the most effective chairmen...