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THE RECORD, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972 P- asi Aorets ftwtjuo Freav, 158 Rirtr Srr. Hacv Second Osis Pnum Ma tn o-ice. H. J-1 year, 133 4 Bergen slate cautious on challenges Chess organizers say match will begin Sunday 1 Democratic headquarters last night to hear reports from Englewood Mayor 'Walter S. Taylor, a member of the credentials committee, and Elizabeth Wenk of Rutherford, a member of the rules committee.

Committee reports Both committees and the platform committee on which no Bergen delegate sat, met in Washington last week. Most serious problems, however, will be settled by votes of the full i in Miami Beach. Most of the discussion last night concerned the challenges to the California delegation, committed to McGovern, and the portion of the Illinois delegation from Chicago, uncommitted and led by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. By TIIOMAS G.

DONLAX Sti'T Writer Bergen County's delegates to the Democratic National Convention, all committed to the presidential aspirations of Sen. George S. McGovern, are adoping a wait-and-see attitude on the crucial issue of credentials challenges. Almost the first order of business as convention opens Sunday will be discussing and voting on the rights of various state delegations to be seated. Although in many disputes one side is more favorable or, in fact, committed to McGovern, the Bergen delegates said last night they need more time to study the report of the credentials committee and they don't want to foreclose their options or McGovern's.

Most of the 13 delegates and six alternates met at county High court may hear credentials cases lowing two previous postponements. He promised strict rule enforcement in the future. The 24 game series between Fischer and Spassky had been scheduled to start Sunday. But Fischer stayed In New York, holding out for more money, and Euwt postponed the start of the match until Tuesday. Fischer arrived that day, but the Russians objected to his conduct, and Euwe delayed the start until today.

Fischer apologized yesterday for delaying the start of the match, but the Russians demanded apologies in writing. Then they demanded that Fischer forfeit the first game. The American's apology, read by a spokesman at a news conference, said: "We are sorry the world championship was delayed. The problems causing the delays were not with world champion Spassky, whom I respect as a man and admire as a player. "If Grandmaster Spassky or the Soviet people were inconvenienced or discomfited, I am indeed unhappy, for I had not the slightest intention of this occurring." Euwe voices regrets Later, Yefim Geller a Soviet grandmaster acting as Spassky's second told another news conference that th Russians wanted Euwe to condemn Fischer's conduct and accept blame for violating the federation's rules.

He said Spassky would go home if the demands were not met. Euwe condemned Fischer, conceded he himself had broken the rules, and added: "I apologize." Asked if the Russians were satisfied, Geller said they wanted it all in writing. Euwe took a pen from his pocket, said, "I can write it now," and began drafting a letter. some evidently were more willing to accept a compromise than others, though none would be pinned to a position in advance. The feeling, especially among the three delegates who are veterans of the 19C8 convention Ms.

Wenk, I. Richard Lapidus of.Teaneck. and Martin DeYourseney of Ridgefield Park was that the Illinois delegation has been a flagrant offender, and not by accident, and should be punished. Jim Ronton, the former baseball player, now a sports announcer, said McGovern should not deal ith Daley because it would tarnish his honest image. Others, however, suggested that total ejection of the Daley delegation would be too harsh, and too destructive to the party.

It had become a hallmark of the party regulars that they were willing to destroy the party to stop McGovern, they said. Review needed The discussion stopped abruptly hen Barbara Werber, chairman of the county delegation, said members had not had enough time to review the i i of the credentials committee and ought not to commit themselves in advance. Discussions of the rules and platform reports, generally more to the liking of the McGovern liberals a far briefer. Thetcouuty delegation heard from representatives of the United Farm Workes Organizing Committee and agreed to present a resolution to the state delegation calling for support of the UFW lettuce boycott, an item already included in the draft platform. The delegates agreed to support the boycott, but left one committee request to the discretion of each individual.

It had asked that delegates shout "Boycott lettuce" whenever they have a chance on the convention floor. From Page A-l the American challenger was one of the chief conditions posed by the Russians before Spassky would sit down at the chess board with Fischer. Fischer told Spassky: "I have offended you and your country, the Soviet Union, where chess has a prestigious position," i The temperamental American also apologized to Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, the Icelanders, "the thousands of fans around the world, and especially to the millions of fans and the many friends I have in the United States." However, Fischer brushed aside a demand from the Soviet Chess Federation that he forfeit the first match because of his tardy arrival. He said this "would place me at a tremendous handicap," and he didn't believe the "world's champion desires such an advantage in order to play me." "I know you to be a sportsman and a gentleman, and I am looking forward to some exciting chess games with you," Fischer concluded.

Earner, Euwe had met other demands the Russians made on him and suggested that the start of the match be delayed further. Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, said he had not penalized Fischer for his late arrival in Iceland because the American challenger is living in another world, in Euwe's words. He said that Spassky, the Russian world champion, was very upset and that he would like to give the Soviet master another week before the first game. Euwe also admitted that he had violated the rules in al Daley and his followers, he said. 'We mustered our strength by getting with others who shared our concern over the corruption that existed in the selecting of the Daley delegates," he said.

Alter the two big battles, he added, the committee meetings calmed down, and most other challenges, such as those against the Hudson and Essex delegations from New Jersey, were settled by compromise seating a few extra women here, a young person there, splitting votes, and so forth. No commitments But the questions of the California and Chicago delegations still are a thorny problem, even for the McGovern delegates of Bergen County. In discussing the i s. suffered at a campaign rally. Humphrey said if no one wins on the first ballot, he will stay in the race for several ballots.

He said he would reassess his situation whenever his delegate strength a to peak out, probably not until a fourth ballot. He said it was possible that three-quarters Wallace's delegates could sw itch to Humphrey by a late ballot. The appeals court based its intervention in California on the conclusion that the party had ignored its own rules to the point where constitutional due process guarantees were violated. California law awarded all the delegates to the winner. "The Democratic party did not merely interpret one of its rules in essence, it acted in defiance of its own rules as interpreted in the call for the 1972 convention by establishing retroactively an entirely new and unannounced standard of conduct," said the court's majority opinion.

In dissent, Judge Charles Fahy found the committee decision not inconsistent with the reform movement within the party. He said the committee distributed the delegates according to the popular will. From Page A-l Humphrey conceded that it would be "quite a hassle" if the convention i the court, but said he felt it has the right to do so. At his home in Waverly, Humphrey noted that he is not a lawyer, but said, "It's my judgment that the convention is the judge of its own membership." In Sacramento, Humphrey's top California advisers said they will oppose a convention floor fight over McGovern's disputed delegates if the federal courts rule they should be seated. The decisions on these two delegations could provide the margin by hich McGovern will or will not be nomiated on the first ballot.

Taylor said the McGovern delegates to the credentials committee were taken off guard by the rigor of the challenge to the California delegation. Challengers asserted that the winner-take-all primary system disfranchised all who did not vote for the winner of a plurality. Guidelines studied From an attitude of searching for compromise and unity within the party's new reform guidelines, the McGovern delegates coalesced to a stronger bloc after McGovern was stripped of 151 California delegates, Taylor said. In that spirit, they rallied to unseat nee, and possibly Sen. Edmund S.

Muskie of Maine, but not Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota. Humphrey once said flatly he couldn't accept Wallace as a vice presidential running mate, but dropped that stance after losing the California primary to McGovern. He has encouraged fellow Democrats to make Wallace welcome at the convention. If McGovern is the nominee, Humphrey said, the question is would Wallace come out for Nixon? "After my visit with him, I think it's less likely," Humphrey said.

Humphrey visited Wallace last week in the Maryland hospital where Wallace is recuperating from gunshot wounds of a sellout to the symbol of old politics, aides agree. A political generation gap that makes it almost impossible for Daley's old-fashioned politicians and McGovern's young soldiers to understand each other. As Daley sees it, McGovern's votes threw him out and McGovern must make the deal that puts the mayor back into the convention. McGovern's lieutenants insist they could not control their Credentials Committee delegates after Daley voted against them on California and may not be able to control them at Miami. "You try to convince some of those Chicago politicians of that," said one participant in the credentials fights.

"The way they look at it, if you cant control your people, what's the point of talking to vou. McGovern has just got to bite the bullet." 20,000 SWEATERS AT FACTORY PRICES 'IHT-IOWI MILL STORE Depot Squort, Park Ridge, N.J. 'til Fri. 'til 9 Open Doily david Victory now, defeat in fall? Porch and Patfio Furniture SHop SAVE 5 25 tr, I I 1 1 tin S'iff Photo Dtn Olivor champion Kenneth Began, 12, of Para mus has won the Class A championship in the Atlantic Opea Chess Tournament. It's the highest amateur class in U.S.

Chess Federation ranking. Kenneth is also New Jersey junior champion. Geller then said the Soviet Chess Federation had told Euwe he should award the first game to Spassky by forfeit, but Euwe said he did not consider the request official. Geller said that he did not think Spassky would accept the award even if Euwe offered it, but that the Russians insisted on it anyway. Then Euwe offered his idea of another postponement.

But he said this would probably require dividing the match, with 12 or 16 games this summer and the rest later in the year. Otherwise, he said, the championship match would conflict with the world chess Olympiad in Yugoslavia in September. Award of the first game to Spassky would give him a 1-0 advantage at the outset, but chess experts said that, in such a long match, Fischer probably would overcome the disadvantage. A player gets one point for winning a game and half a point for a draw. Spassky needs 12 points to retain his title, Fischer 12.5 to take it from him.

The Winner is to get and the loser $168,750, the greatest sums ever paid in chess. The original purse was $125,000, with the winner taking five eighths, and the loser the remainder. But Fischer's holdout brought a $125,000 contribution from London banker and chess enthusiast James D. Slater to double the purse. Each player also will receive $75,000 from television and film rights.

Driver jumps off Tappan Zee A man stopped his car early today on the Tappan Zee Bridge, climbed over a guard rail, and jumped about 140 feet into the Hudson River, an eyewitness told New York State Thruway police. The abandoned car was registered to Thomas Lewis, 27, of Croton, N.Y., who, police said, was missing from his home at 27 Hunter Place. Police said a director from the New York State Thruway Authority witnessed the jump. Police are dragging the river in search of the man. Two men one last week and one this week jumped to their death off the bridge, according to police.

"We've never had a survivor," one officer said. Happy at the pound PLYMOUTH, England (UPI) Randy the collie is perfectly happy living in the dog pound. Manager Ken Taylor has sold Randy 11 times, each time, for $7.80 and 11 times Randy has come back. The last time he took three days to do it and walked 24 miles. vC the courts say something is legal or illegal they prevail.

That's our system. Once the courts take jurisdiction over something they are the final arbiters," said Humphrey's chief California fund raiser and adviser, Beverly Hills attorney Eugene Wyman. Humphrey said he believes Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace would support him for president if he is the Democratic nominee.

"He could be an a ti spokesman for some of us," Humphrey said yesterday. "I believe he could and would give me support." Humphrey also said he thinks Wallace would support Sen Henry M. Jackson of Wah-ington if Jackson is the nomi dicted, "You might see George going to visit Daley and talking to him at Miami Beach. There might be an agreement that would save face for Daley and give us the substance of what we want." Yet the problem has become complicated by elements of human drama and emotion that could frustrate cold political calculations. Among the elements of the tangle are these: The wounded pride of an aging political lion who has been publically humiliated once more by young reformers.

"The TV cameras are on him again. He's going to be 'Dirty Eddie' again," said a former Kennedy administration official, who has dealth with Daley both in the past and in the present situation. Daley has never stopped trying to vindicate himself for the violence scarred 1968 Democratic convention, the source said, and the credentials committee vote is another deep scar. "It's damn near too late, and McGovern himself is the only one who can do it," he said. The internal conflict be-t McGovern's pragmatism and his ties to idealistic reformers.

His advisers are convinced McGovern cannot openly move to dump the Chicago raformers without damaging his own credibility. A compromise, if one is to come, must protect McGovern's flank from charges NEW ADDRESS 400 MAIN HACKENSACK Ash Your Doctor About Scientific Sho Fitting Shoes For The Family From Page A-l Kennedy would step into the increasingly sticky problem. And some knowledgeable Daley-watchers believe only a Kennedy decision to run with McGovern would be inducement enough to molify the mayor. McGovern himself telephoned Daley to urge a compromise last week before the Credentials Committee voted to eject Daley's delegates and seat 59 reformers. McGovern, according to staff sources, concluded Daley was unwilling to compromise.

The stage was set for the Daley delegates' vote against McGovern on the California challenge last Thursday, and, a day later, the McGovern forces' reflex-action support for the Chicago reformers. Since then, Daley and McGovern have had no direct contact, but McGovern has been in touch with one high-level member of the Daley camp and has been considering possible intermediaries for negotiating a compromise. Some McGovern aides are also urging another approach by McGovern himself later. Said one staff adviser, a veteran of past presidential campaigns, "We've got to moderate this thing. We've got much more reason to moderate it than Humphrey or those other people do." Another veteran of McGovern's campaigns pre- skciai PC.

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