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Eugene Mccarthy — Part 5

115 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Apr 20, 2000 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Eugene Mccarthy · 114 pages OCR'd
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YA supe nen ee wane . wt y By Davia S. Reader and William Chapman Wrashingian Dost Sinff Writers SAN PR, opancsscOIiune 1 —Sens, Eusone rthy and RoBarre, Aennedy join- edina polite one-hour tele- vision Giscussion tonight that illuminate in much more of their areas of Sgreement » Unan the differences between ¢shem. i The eagerly awaited cone frontation ef the uvo Deme- cratic pe resin. eal can- didaies pr ad ucec no re al ehashes ana, in rae wiew of the newsmen who watched, ho ciesr-cut wecsony, man’s dissavoomont sane policies of the Aadminisiration on apha- acims aud an COMO reves American bargain Ng NOs AL the Vicviiway pesee taixs in Paris is too xigid. 7. Mennecy accused MeCar- thy of sdavocoting a “i orced: coalition cover av gon—biut lieCarthy wes Glin suize that the wirrosting US. Govecscnent should not yejech & couliticn regime, 2s Kennedy himisely had said. "Ades a discussion that ranged m Victnam to iiscal poucy io the provlems, of whe ghetto and crime,: man was invited to: is claim to the Presic ikenneey, responding first,’ Ciied his work on problems of pence, ci racial relations and of law enforcement as saey General and chict or Ay, * resiGer, t. Joon ao Ps the... that whas ever statement naoovens i¢ ViOW. ‘Reynolds said we we shawdown with, Me- hy, “Tam going io dedi cate myself to ment of my country and its people.” McCarthy offered his 20 years in Congress—i ing service on what called “every critical mivee? — as an offset to Kennedy's Executive Branch experienee, Then he Terred vo atts pa tonooving ro:e yee "as the first Demecrai re) challenge President Johnson “and the foreign policy of the Administration in this year’s “campaign. . “I think this year I saw ‘what the country needs,” MeCarthy said, “and there is something to be said cor a President who can see in acyance what the count’s needs, especially when iat is in the area of good and justi ce.” Aller the confrontation ronded ang the candidates were Icaving the San Fran- cisco television studio, Me- Carthy described the en. counter as, ‘kind of a no- decision bout With three yeferees and 16-ounce gloves.” Asked ii he wanted a re- match, McCarthy said, “No, we'd get tired of each ‘other.” Kennedy said only that the discussion provided “an’ opportunity to talk «about some things that concerned me.” The three ing Co. correspondents * questioning each candidate in turn. Eaen candidate wes permitted to comment on his opponeni’s answe ABC Correspondent Frank the <sormat qvas worked out during con- sultations with reprosenta- format consisted of tives of both candidates... MecCarthy’s national eam- the beticr-. includ: he. come! helping Negras in the a, “maximum of exchange.” oo ‘tne ABC network carried the show to 183 iclevision Stations and 825 radio sta- tions, Occasionally, McCarthy and Kennedy proke away from tne prescribed format to speak direetly to each ovher, : in one such exchange; "Xennedy complained that a AicCarthy newspaper aéver- ‘edioa direct tisement — which asseréed’ that . he (Kennedy) bore some responsibility for the intervention in Vietnam—- 7 wwes a “distartion, of the record.” 7 MeCarthy said he had ordered the ad canceled. ‘ think you (Kennedy) had _ some reason to be” upset, he said. ‘ The two men also expre te SOQ difloring emphases on Whether housing and be job programs should concentrated on or on moving thei closer to ale paere school and job opportuni- ties at the suburbs. MeCarthy said ‘that grams aimed only at improv- ing “We need to get a distribution Sunday N of tite races throughout ouryey y shotio, result in a apartheid. ihe “pracual society.” face the fact that a lot of these The New Leader ———_______. people are there and we have The Wall Street Journal to do something American Broadcast- } there.” At another point, Kenn iedy People’ s World refused to join McCarthy in Phe | latter's insistenea that FBI pate TEES Lersren: we SRN TE OT. UO) Oo ® Kennedy replied: “I’m all in the ghetto.” But he said that “we have to: for them irector J. Edgar Hoover and cret etary of State Dean Rusk moved irom their posi. tions. -: ao * Kenn nedy si said. he aid not j antro “deal in_personali- = a 2) 3 “ties.” However, he said tWat” | spocns {9 Bf 1 n director, Bisir Clark,” Tuesday's h A ah tee 196 he had preforved_a fare that would have provide. he disagreed so much with Rusk's policies that if he were President, “I doubt very anuch, he (Rus) would want to remain? ef eee ta i an —— ~—— ~ NOT NOT RECORDF 167 JUN 12 168 i ghetiolhe Washinzion } 3 “st Times Herald a The Sunday Star (Washington) The Worker Yhe National Observer yews (New Yorn) ork Post The New York Times favor of moving people out of The Sun (Baltimore) The Washingion Daily News pro-The Evening Star (Washington) poiley Pally News (New Yors) PRO mee
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