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The South's Outstanding College Daily

Tuesday Evening, Oct.

1, 1908

UNIVERSITY

OF KENTUCKY,

LEXINGTON

Vol. LX, No. 25

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All U.S. Bombing

President Hubert H. Humphrey
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-V- ice
says if elected president he would stop the bombing of North
Vietnam as an "acceptable risk" for peace if Hanoi shows willingness to restore the demilitarized zone.
In his first paid nationwide
television
broadcast
Monday al," and added, "nor would I
night, and speaking from Salt escalate the level of violence in
Lake City before flying here, either North or South Vietnam.
the Democratic
presidential We must seek to
candidate said:
He based his stance on a
"As president, I would stop bombing halt by citing the Demthe bombing of the North as an ocratic platform which says the
acceptable risk for peace because next president should take reaI believe it could lead to sucsonable risks to find peace in
cess in the negotiations and a Vietnam
shorter war. This would be the
On the other major points, the
best protection for our troops." vice president said:
The vice president placed a
"The ultimate key to an
qualification on his proposed honorable solution must be free
bombing halt, saying that be- elections in South Vietnam,"
fore taking action he would with the Viet Cong and other
"place key importance on evi- dissident groups allowed to pardence direct or indirect, by deed ticipate if "they were willing to
or work of Communist willing- abide by peaceful processes."
ness to restore the demilitarized
"I would propose once more
zone between North and South an immediate cease-fir- e
with
Vietnam."
the United Nations or other inHumphrey added that "If the ternational supervision and sugovernment of North Vietnam pervised withdrawal of all forwere to show bad faith, I would eign forces from South Vietnam.
reserve the right to resume the
"I would sit down with the
leaders of South Vietnam to set
bombing."
There was no immediate re- a specific timetable by which
sponse to Humphrey's speech American forces could be sysfrom Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, tematically reduced while South
a fellow Minnesota Democrat Vietnamese forces took over more
who was the vice president's and more of the burden." He
principal rival at the Democrat- said he thought this would be
ic convention in Chicago.
possible next year.
But Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
Humphrey said he would apwhose late brother, Robert, was ply the lesson of Vietnam, as he
another Humphrey rival for Dem- put it, and, with a set of fresh
ocratic nomination, sent a con- advisers, review "other comgratulatory telegram. He wired mitments made in other times"
to determine which should be
Humphrey:
"To all who look for peace in retained in the national interest.
Saying he did not condemn
Vietnam, you have given great
and hope. To all any past commitment, he went
encouragement
who seek new and more con- on:
"But I do say, if I am presistructive directions in American
foreign policy in the nuclear age, dent, I owe it to this nation to
you have taken a position of bring our men and resources in
Vietnam back to America where
distinct leadership.
"You are the only candidate we need them so badly, and to
for president who has offered be sure we put first things first
the American people proposals in the future."
Humphrey said the views of
for ending the war in Vietone of his election opponents,
nam
third-part- y
candidate George C.
Aides to the vice president Wallace, "indicate that he would
made a point of emphasizing
sharply escalate the war." And
that, "We have made no effort," he said that the record of the Reto inform President Johnson in
publican candidate, Richard M.
advance of the contents of the Nixon, shows that since 1954
vice president's speech.
"he has taken a line on VietThe vice president said at the nam policy which I believe could
outset that "peace would not be lead to greater escalation of the
served by weakness or withdraw war."

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Ulmer To Resign In June
As Pol Sci Chairman
Sidney Ulmer will resign as chairman of the Political
Department a position he has held since he came to
UK six years ago effective June 30, 19G9.
Dr. Ulmer said "timing" was the main reason for his resignation
next June. A department chairman may serve for only eight years
Dr.
Science

chairmanship.
concurrently or work in a revolving four-yeAfter Ms resignation, he will lecture for six to eight weeks
at the University of Buffalo. Then he will take a semester or
year sabbatical leave to do analytical work on a study for the
Social Science Research Council.
Dr. Ulmer said he will use the sabbatical time to finish the
period longitudinal study of
analysis and writing of a
Supreme Court Judicial behavior.
The question of timing, he said, was in the best interest of
the department since then a new chairman would be cltosen who
"wouldn't be looking over my shoulder."
The new chairman will be diosen sometime before next June
selection committee clwsen by the Dean of Arts
by a three-ma- n
and Sciences.
Dr. Ulmer says he will return after his sabbatical, be it a
semester or a y ear, and spend "at least another year at UK."
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What's it all about? Is this some freak circus or are they monkeys
scratching for salt? Spin the bottle? Or the reenactment of the Battle
of Chicago? Your guess is as good as mine. The truth about this
sordid scene is on page three, but I'm not looking. Are you?

Grand Jury Indicts Two Officials
For Bribery; Raps Judge, Media
LEXINCTON,

Ky.(AP)-T- he

Fayette County Grand Jury returned bribery indictments Monday against a county commissioner and the chairman of the
Planning and ZonCity-Coun-

ing Commission.
David G Lagrew, the planning board chairman, was accused of agreeing to take two
bribes one this year and one
last year and Commissioner J.
Carl Hanks was named in one
bribery count.
The charge against Hanks, a
member of the county's Fiscal
Court, said he "by false pretenses or statement, with intent
to commit a fraud, obtained from
Donald Bates the sum of approximately $1,000."
Bates testified at a court of
inquiry session held here in July
that he had given Hanks money
allegedly to buy planning commission votes to influence a zone
change for property Bates was
developing.
The Grand Jury, in its final
report, also rapped County Judge
Joe Johnson for his accusations
Atty.
against Commonwealth's
Donald P. Moloney.
Jury Statement
And, in somewhat guarded
statements, the jury:
Said some cases presented to
it seemed "to us to be frivolous
and an attempt to 'get at' or
'get even with' a person." It
said no indictments were returned in these cases.
Criticized local news media,
saying "The public is not getting
all the news with respect to the
various activities of all the public offices, agencies, courts and
governmental matters."
The jury said it found that
the essential work of the planning and zoning commission had
been carried out faithfully, adding that the actual zoning process is a minor part of the board's
work.
"Nevertheless, we have been
shocked and angered by the apparent amount and extent of corruption and influence peddling
which has occurred recently in
zone change matters and cases,"
the Jury said.
Operation Changes
The jury suggested a number of changes in the board's
operations, including a larger

board and higher pay for its
members, and said it hopes they
will be adopted immediately.
"No one of the . . . recommendations, or all of them, are

going to make a dishonest person honest or a corrupt person
incorruptible, but, hopefully
those which are adopted will
make it more difficult and more
dangerous to act corruptly and
less likely that the conditions
encouraging corruption can exist amongst us," the jury said.
Lagrew was accused by the
jury of agreeing "to take a bribe,
to wit: an option to purchase a
piece of property at a substantially undervalued price in return
for voting in favor of, and securing from other members of
the commission, to this jury unknown, their vote in favor of
a zone change.

This, the jury said, occurred
in May of this year.
Lagrew also was charged with
agreeing last year "to take a
bribe, to wit: four acres of land
at an undervalued price" for his
vote in a commission hearing.

The investigation of planning

and zoning operations here began July 24 when Judge Johnson
convened a court of inquiry into
alleged irregularities.
One witness in that court,
Thomas W. Freeman, testified
Lagrew had sought a bribe in
return for a zone change. Freeman said he placed a tape recorder in his car, then pretended
to accept the proposition.
Johnson's court of inquiry was
held in public session for a time,
but was forced into private session by an order of Circuit Court,
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Grape Workers Urge
Nationwide Boycott
DELANO, Calif.

(CPS)-"- In

In 1968, farm workers remain

the souls of the people, the grapes excluded from this act. To overof wrath are filling and growing come this handicap and win the
heavy, growing heavy for the benefits enjoyed by other workersminimum wage, collective
vintage."
So runs the final sentence in bargaining, fringe benefits the
a chapter of John Steinbeck's farm workers of Delano, Cali"The Grapes of Wrath." What fornia voted to go on strike for
was true almost 40 years ago union recognition three years ago
is still true this month as a strike this month.
farm workers
by California
spreads into a nationwide grape
boycott.
Farm workers in the U.S. are
still forced to lead lives geared
not to advancement but to bare
survival. A California grape worker does not have to face the dilemma of whether to buy loafers or
for his children-- he
must worry about having enough
money to get shoes of any kind
for the members of his family.
At present, many grape workers earn less titan $1,800 a year.
Even if a worker were able to
work 40 hours a week every week
of the year, he could only earn
$2,386 annually approximately
one-hathe average wage for all
Californians.
In the llXiO's, America's workers won the right to organize
and bargain collectively through
the National Labor Relations Act.
hush-puppi-

Attempts To Unionize
Since the turn of the century,
attempts had been made to unionize the farm workers in California,
but all of them had failed. This
time, however, under the leadership of Cesar Chavez, director
of the United Farm Workers,
farm workers have succeeded in
winning collective bargaining
agreements for the first time in
history. Several major wine companies in California have signed
agreements with their workers.
But the strike is now in its
43rd month, and the workers are
still out. Some victories have
been won, but the goal of total
union recognition is still far in
the future.
In an effort to put additional
on growers during
pressure
September the peak of thegrac
harvest and to win t 't ion wide

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