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;CO 60'1 8 197 - 0 , . - -- 4 I * .national nominating,convention a Irw days a f t c r tlw closc of thc Dcriio- . cratic National Convantion in mid-Jiily. Thc Pcnplcs P a r t y has nomi- natqd Dr;' Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and pcacc activist as a stand-in Presidcntial candidate and Julian Hobson, a Eornicr Washington, D. C. Schbol Board offiFial for vice pres.idcnt, pending a conventien decision. At a r e c e n t news conference pr. Spock siirpriscd s o m e r e p o r l e r s by taking. somc of the' following positibns that arc ;ssentially undistinguisk- * B able from those of George C.'Wallacc of Alabama?- - . .. b 1. He favors maintenance of neighborhood schools'undcr the control of local citizens, attended b y whatever r a c i a l balance ' .of pupils haBen to live irr the immediate area. .. . 2. altheugh hc would not p e r m i t any discrimination in housing or e mplo.yme n t. He is opposed to integratitib the phblic schools by busing, 3. He, is unimpresscd with thc argument that hc might hclp defeat the m'ajor party candidate. b * I Among the Spock policy positions that h r docs not prcsrimably share with Governor.Wallic6 a r e : withdrawal of American troops from a l l o v c r s e a s bascrs, frec! medical care for all A m e r i c a n s , industrial production bascd on worker decisions and a ban 011 discriimination apainst honioscxuals. him its pr.ovisiona1 nomince so that it would bC-fEee' to switch to Eugciic J . McCaKthy if the Minnesotan is not chosen a t tho Dcmocratic Convention. . Dr. Spock has denibd that tlw Penpics P a r t y had niatlc - -, ., x.. /, 7 ; e ! 7 - \ \ ,.,,, $( p ..f- -p!']/ ' t . .. +):I .. , j / I ,2 " . SOURCE: Government and News Media RELIABILITY: Probably T r u e " ,. - - b 3 . . .