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BAILY BISPATCH 94th YEAR No. 292 30 PAGES 1vw Saclleni MOLING, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, JULY 11, VP 2 Ten Cents Mayor Daley Loses Bare Knuckles Political Fight MIAMI BEACH UPI I -Chicago Mayor Hit-hard J. Daley lost a bare-knuckles political fight today, but nobody, not even his vanquishers, was ready to count him out as a continuing force in the Democratic-party. Daley insisted on remaining aloof from the in-fighting of the past several months, rejected all appeals for compromise, and decided to carry his light for convention delegate scats to the convention floor. He lost a rarity indeed.

In fact lie lost twice. A compromise move from backers of Sen. George S. McGovern to seat both the Daley bloc and its challengers on a vote-sharing basis failed. 1,483 to 1,411.

Then the convention again rejected seating the Daley delegates. 1.486.05 to 1,371.55. It was Daley, in his home base of Chicago, who dominated the convention, the bloodi less flaws in judging the mood of the people and the party, and the power a bunch of polili-cal novices were able to muster. Daley's biggest miscalculation appeared to be the manner in which he carried on the credentials fight. It rankled even some delegates who might otherwise have been in his corner.

When the Singer group filed challenges to the Daley delegation, Daley's men fought back with stall tactics and verbal broadsides. When the insurgents held meetings in Chicago to choose an alternative delegation, fistfights erupted between Singer people and the Daley men who infiltrated in large numbers. I'sed LegiJ Maneuvers A battery of DaJey-organiza-tion lawyers, meanwhile, carried a separate fight through the courts in Chicago and in Washington using every legal maneuver they could to beat est and most rowdy ever held. And it is the same man who will have no active part in the 1972 convention, although he will certainly wield tremendous influence on whether the nominee carries Illinois in November. Wanted A Compromise Even though the Chicago insurgents and McGovern both wanted a compromise to Daley happy, the memory of the Chicago mayor's role in 1063 apparently was too fresh for the new-breed convention delegates to forget.

Daley became mayor and head of the Chicago political machine in 1956 after rising through ward ranks by e-dents solidly established by the machine boss mayors before him. But if the losing fight to a 31-year-old lawyer and Chicago alderman, William Singer, didn't knock Daley out of the political power circles, it revealed count the insurgents or at least delay them. Their lobbying efforts were never as smooth or as urgent as that carried on by the Singer leople, who appeared to be everywhere during credentials proceedings in Washington and then in Miami Beach when the various delegations held their caucuses. The Daley men also were heavy-handed at times, (Turn To Page 3) Hubert Out A OF Muskie 1 a (A i I 1 McGovern In jj MIAMI BEACH The action of the Democratic National Convention in unseating the delegation led by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley will mean that Sen.

Adlai E. Stevenson III. will be "seriously considered" as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, a member of the Illinois delegation told The Daily Dispatch today. Mrs. Rosaline Zukerman, Rock Island, a delegate from the 19th Congressional District, said that talk among Illinois delegates, both those favoring Sen.

George McGovern and those supporting Sen. Edmund Muskie, is that Stevenson now has a very good chance of being selected as the running mate for the Democratic Presidential nominee, expected to be McGovern. She outlined the thinking of the Illinois delegates this way: The unseating of the Daley delegation will weaken the Democratic effort in the fall campaign in Cook County and, in fact. throughout the whole state. To offset this the Democratic nominee for President, in order to carry the vote in populous Cook County and make a strong showing in downstatc Illinois for the Democrats, may very likely choose Stevenson as the vice presidential candidate.

The belief among the Illinois delegation is that selection of Stevenson as the vice presidential nominee would mollify Cook County Democrats and spark a big Democratic vote in Cook County and throughout the state. The convention vote on the Daley delegation did not come until about 3:30 this morning, and after 22 hours on the go, a snafu over credentials and party caucuses, the 19th District delegation finally got to bed about 5 a.m. The vote on the challenge to the downstate delegation came just before and was separate (Turn To Page 3) MIAMI BEACH, Flu. ll'PI) Hubert II. Humphrey abandoned his 12-year-old quest for the presidency with a tearful smile today, assuring (Jeorge S.

McGovern a clear shot at the Democratic nomination but offering him no help in the campaign. A short time later. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, the early assassination attempt, Charles front runner ho stumbled I Snider, said that "if they don't fatally in the primaries, an- come up with a platform nounced that ho also was against busing, there is no throwing in the towel, signaling reason for us the Democrats) the collapse of the stop- to run in Busing is McGovern coalition.

only issue where 75 per cent The AFL-CIO. which had of the people agree." masterminded intensive but Wallace's appearance at the futile efforts to stall the South Convention Hall in the Dakota senator, turned in. where he won his biggest desperation to Sen. Henry M. primary triumph four months Jackson of Washington, who ago was another dramatic announced he was staying in moment in a convention that 1 the race to the bitter end.

has seen McGovern's forces in After his smashing opening almost compkw command, 'night convention victory on the Humphrey, who congratulated California delegate dispute, the McGovern by telephone before i South Dakota senator spent the dawn Tuesday on his California jday in his Doral Hotel victory, made his withdrawal penthouse suite working on his 1 announcement shortly after con- Relaxing in bis hotel suite, presidential candidate Sen. George S. McGovern watches TV as Chairman Lawrence O'Brien opens the 1972 Democratic National Convention. (UPI) Case City ensk oses acceptance speech for Wednes- ferring with his campaign direc-day night. tor.

Jack Chestnut. With his party deeply split The 61-year-old former vice over his impending nomination. I president and unsuccessful 19G8 microphone of the radio transmitter in the car was open, meaning that their conversation was heard at the police station and by other police cars. They discussed various subjects, including candidates for mayor of the city at that time. While Rogenski 's microphone was on, it interfered with attorney should have been made a party to the suit as well as the City of Moline; that the city failed to show that Rogenski was neglectful or inattentive to his duties during the period of about one hour during which the microphone in his squad car was on; that the city failed to show that continuance Rogenski on the police force would be detrimental to the finding by Rock Island County Circuit Judge George 0.

He'ncl that the Board ot Fire and Police Commissioners improperly dismissed Rogenski as the result of an "open mike'' incident on April 10. 1969. Among the major points made by the appelate court are: that the police department rules, in effect at the time, were "vague and overbroad;" that the city discipline or efficiency of the department; that certain of the police department rules in effect at the time violated the free speech guarantee of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The long legal battle had its start on the night of April 10. 1969 when Rogenski and Mrs.

Martha VanPouckc were in a police squad car talking. The OTTAWA The Third District Appellate Court today ruled against the City of Moline in its appeal against a Circuit Court decision that said the city's Board of Fire and Police Commissioners erred in dismissing Capt. Steven Rogenski from the Moline Police Department- The appeals court went down the line in upholding every McGovern for the first time nominee said he ould not qualified his previous promise 'permit his name to be placed in to order a total U.S. withdrawal 'nomination for the presidency (from Indochina within three Wednesday night and that he months of his election. was "now releasing my dele- In a statement accepting an 10 vutt' as wish endorsement from Families for! v01ce quavering.

Hum-Immediate Release. McGovern Pnre said ho had "a u.m,M good battle. the rules of (Turn To Page 3) Vie 4,500 "residual force" in Southeast the Same" and 1,1 a uof I Asia until all American priso- friendship" as a member of the Ws of war are released. Democratic family. although "I am fully confident Humphrey a no mention that there would be no such of McGovern by name, and 'need." offered no endorsement in any i Gov.

George C. Wallace way. as his eyes brimmed with meanwhile made plans to 'ears and he managed to smile That's Slimmer Out There, Folks Hit ii nan appear in a wheelchair on the with obvious difficulty. Democratic convention floor Certain of his own strength, Tuesday night to demand McGovern turned aside Ed-person a 1 1 that delegates mund S. Muskie's final offer of amend the pro-McGovern party: a backroom compromise at the amend tne pro-Mcoo SAIGON (UPI) An estimat-j airborne troops, landed by U.S.

ed 4.500 South Vietnamese helicopters, punched into the rorner of the citv in! marines ana parauoopers ai-i iatform to include a strong summit Mondav and instead iarVpA pmhaftlpH On.mrf Tri fight plank against busing. masterminded the floor rifv fnHav from thre, sWp, heavy Communist resisUincc me campaign manager lor i pusiwig uacn lino uie ciiy victim nf rmvprnmfn rviratrnnnpru uiro U1C UtirdlNZeO MlllIU 01 an tTuro To Page 3) sniithprn pripp anrf SMPirur a surprise assault behind Commu- forctd 10 Mnda' Just nist lines. iouts)do 1 10 temporarily in North Vietna- Military spokesmen said the I mese control. For a long time, many Quad -Citians doubted, and secretly hoped, that it would not come, but Nature won out, and the Mississippi Valley summer has arrived as we all know it and hate it. The weather is hot and sticky, Quad Citians are hot and sticky, air conditioners arc 'struggling, and only the corn is happy in this natural hothouse.

"No cooling is expected," said the weatherman at the U.S. Weather Service at Quad City Airport. He explained that the heat and humidity are the effects of a high pressure system, loaded with Gulf moisture, that just mass is also the cause of the haze which has prevailed Monday and today. Monday's high reached 92 with a low of 73 Monday night. Relative humidity at 6 p.m.

Monday was 68 per cent. The high today is to be in the mid 90s with a low tonight in the low 70s and an expected relative humidity of 65 per cent. In other words, more of the same. There is a 50 per cent chance today and a 30 per cent chance tonight and Wednesday for a thunder storm to occur, bringing momentary respite and more moisture, and even more humidity in the end. The Illinois Extended Outlook story through Saturday reads Wallace To Be At Convention lasts LISBON (LTD Portuguese urban guerrillas Tuesday bombed and destroyed 13 heavy army trucks and damaged eight more civilian trucks parked in a suburban Lisbon street.

TEL AVIV (LTD A grenade exploded in the central bus station Tuesday, wounding 11 persons, police said. It was the first guerrilla attack in this city in nine months. I MIAMI BEACH (L'PI) Looking stronger than he has George C. Wallace decided since his arrival here. Wallace today to make a personal said he still has hopes of appearance at the Democratic running for president and is not Convention tonight, presumably interested in a vice presidential to argue for platform promises nomination.

that he says the party must! -i navc no master plan, but I jhave to win in November. wam (o stav in Democratic I Thc cr'PPled Alabama gover- the 52.vear.oId met this morning with a number of Democratic gover- won't go away. The stagnant air about the same. 15th Street Excitement Fischer Demands No TV Of Match nors. In nam but I would I i to be his first full news Vatican Fails In Exchange Of POWs ROME (UPI) Secretary of 'to intervene to improve the A pneumatic roller, used in resurfacing 12th Avenue, Moline, went out of control when its brakes failed Monday afternoon and came to a precarious stop at the 15th Street intersection.

Marion Minter, 300 15V2 Rock Island, the driver, escaped unhurt. The problem was how to get the roller back onto the street without tipping over. An endloader accomlished the task by putting the but-kei under the front and letting the machine roll onto the street. (Photo for Dispatch by R. Kent Stewart) dLUM iKT lilt: 1IU11UI1LV Jl lilC conference since arriving at the Deniooratje partv Leuitei ciul vuuvi'ii- REYKJAVIK, Iceland I UPI) cameras, hidden behind cloth-! tion.

Wallace said Monday he The governor and his wife -The $250,000 world champion-: covered scaffolding above the had no plans for running as a matched Monday nights con- shio chess match between staee where the nlnvors will sit third-uartv candidate, even if vention proceedings in the condition of U.S. prisoners of American Bobby Fischer and would distract him." he loses the fight for conces- presidential suite of the Slier- Outside Inside sions in the platform. But he aton Four Ambassadors Hotel. Fischer's Russia's Boris Spassky was still: go today, but Fischer made a urtJiMiem, i opponent, world Wallace told newsmen that llast minute demand to stop State William P. Rogers said today a Vatican attempt to arrange an exchange of prisoners of war in Vietnam has failed.

"They (the Vatican) made several attempts, directly and indirectly, to see if there is some way prisoners could be exchanged," Rogers said. "So has been) to no avail." He did not elaborate on what war in Vietnam and see if there was any chance of gaining their freedom. The secretary saw the Pope for an hour today and heard the Vatican report. Earlier, the secretary conferred for more than two hours with Italian leaders in the first official contact between the Nixon administration and the champion Boris Spassky, said he was ready to play. "Everything is fine with said the popular Russian.

Cramer said earlier that Fischer was "go, go go." on a possible maverick role. despite the lack of use of his And he said the party needs legs he can still run a igorous his support to beat President campaign. Nixon in November. "The only problem 1 have is "1 will say that the Democra- that I am paralysed from the tie party cannot win in waist down." he said. "I can't televising the first of the scheduled 24-game series.

"There will be no TV filming tonight, but we hope some other FORECAST: Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy, hot, humid, chance of rain. Low tcniPht low 70s. High Wednesday I 90s. High Monday 92. Low Monday night 73.

Humidity 61 per cent. Precipitation probability 30 per cent tonight and Wednesday. SuMset 8:37. Sunrise 5:39. Accent On Women 10, 11 Amusements 18 Comics 19 East Moline, Silvis 24 Editorial 4, 5 Markets 20 Neighborhood News 24 Obituaries 12 Sports 22, 23 Television 19 arrangements can be made so they can film later during the The first game was scheduled November without the active run up on the podium like I used match," said Fred Cramer, to start at 5 p.m.

(1 p.m.lsuppart of those who support to and wave, but I can wave vice president of the U. S. EDT). with Fischer the ex- George Wallace," the Alabama when I get up there. I am going Chess Federation.

perts' favorite but Spassky far governor told newsmen at his to learn to wheel this wheelchair Fischer said the television ahead in thc popularity poll. convention headquarters hotel, as fast as I used to walk." 15-day-old coalition government steps had been taken When he saw Pope Paul VI 13 led by Premier Giulio Andrcot- months ago, Rogers asked him ti..

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