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CHARLES BARTLETT Conflict Democrats Attempt to Stop Somebody With Nobody (ftljp Sfliillj ifml (Srilutnp Published Afternoons ond Sundoy Mornings in The Tribune Building, Colfax Ave. at Lofoyette'Blvd South Bend, Ind 46626 A Century of Service, 1872-1972 THE SOUTH BEND WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Established Morch 9, 1872 THE SOUTH BEND DAILY TRIBUNE, Established May 28, 1873 Franklin D. Schurz Jr Editor and Publisher Franklin D. Schurz Sr. President THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1972 Editorial Ik Limiting the First Amendment ambiguous, all the signs say that he has no real taste for the presidential race in 1972 and cannot be considered a fall-back possibility So the "stop McGovern movement is an exercise in futility, an angry, irrational gesture by men who do not like the feel of power slipping from their hands.

The ambush in the Credentials Committee was initiated by Stanley Breg-man, a D.C. lawyer with close Humphrey affiliations, and the appeal of the idea quickly spread in diverse directions THE PARTICIPATION of George Meanys mafia was inevitable. As Alexander Barkan of the AFL-CIO explained, "George simply doesnt like McGovern and labor's strenuous role in the credentials fight gave substance to the assertion that there are some in the labor movement who would rather destroy the Democratic Party than let McGovern take control Of it. But everyone is getting hurt The AFL-CIO is risking a dramatic enlargement of its credibility problem with the rank-and-file. Humphrey looks like a bitter-ender.

The machinations have left Muskie less Lin-colnesque than before. And certainly McGovern has been hurt. He and his team made several mistakes. They saw trouble on the Platform Committee so they stacked that, leaving themselves vulnerable on the Credentials Committee with a series of accommodations. Then they over-reacted to their defeat and issued statements which fed the allegations that they are arrogant, rule-or-ruin political amateurs.

Now. they are gripped by a dont get mad-get even spirit which promises tumult at the convention and fresh problems in the campaign. Copyright 1972 WASHINGTON -The stop McGovern movement is blossoming as the most futile form of political hari-kiri, the effort to beat somebody with nobody. Like Keystone cops piling into their patrol car, the party regulars are throwing themselves into this final fling against the preachers son from South Dakota and his wily band. The regulars may hurt, even maim McGoverns election chances but they cannot deny him the nomination unless they produce a candi-date stronger than anyone in sight.

Hubert Humphrey has the virtue of being candid about what he is up to and he may be accurate in claiming that McGovern, if he had lost the California primary, would have raised the same bitter challenge. But Humphrey has acquired so much egg on his face and so many enemies in McGoverns camp that it be- comes impractical to consider -him an alternative choice. EDMUND MUSKIES closest, most loyal followers have tried for many days to persuade him to put his aspirations in mothballs but he keeps insisting that he wants to play a non-divisive role in Miami. "The moment will come when I can be useful," he is saying and his friends fear he will damage his dignity with a last, desperate reach for a prize which has totally eluded him. The only viable substitute for McGovern at this point is Edward Kennedy.

He is the only replacement who can nurse a reasonable hope of appeasing the South Dakotans young activists. Some of the latter suspect he is angling for the nomination because he has done so little to help McGovern against the coalition that is prying, at his delegate strength. But while his actions in regard to the top spot often seem Overshadowed by its decision banning the death penalty was a Supreme Court ruling that newsmen have no constitutional right to maintain 'confidential news sources. Increasingly, there has been recognition that newsmen do require such a right if the existence of a free press, guaranteed by the First Amendment, is to continue. Seventeen states, including Indiana and Michigan, have given specific recognition t6 the confidentiality of news sources.

The narrowness of the Supreme Court decision, 5 to 4, indicates that the justices were sharply divided on the point. In a dissent, Justice Potter Stewart, said the ruling invites state and federal authorities to undermine the historic independence of the press by attempting to annex the journalistic profession as an investigative arm of government. The right that newsmen have claimed to confidence is not an unlimited one. If a newsman witnesses a crime being committed, few would say he should be exempt from an obligation to answer grand jury subpoenas and supply information. The protection newsmen do need to do their job well was summed up by John Shanahan, president of the New York Reporters who said, Our sources would dry up if they believed they would be exposed and subjected to harassment or possible criminal action Such protection is necessary to maintain the role of the press as the watchdog of society." In the cases before the high court, one newsman refused to give information about illegal drugs and the hippie community and two newsmen refused to give information about the Black Panther Party- Newsmen would have difficulty in banging such underground activities to light if the information they received could not be held in confidence.

The confidentiality they require is much like that generally granted to physicians, attorneys and clergymen. The press, like others who lack specific clearance, is denied access to certain government documents and is subject to prosecution under libel laws and other legislation designed to prevent subversion. Its value in a free society is an extension of the rights enjoyed by all of the people, most of whom lack the time and resources to act as a. watchdog. This role is under constant attack and its abrogation usually is one of the first steps taken if a dictator seizes power.

The role of a free press was considered important enough to be included in the First Amendment to the Constitution. The court's unfortunate decision can only be taken as a sign that people in high places in our society, including justices of the Supreme Court, do not truly understand the role of the press. Sirens Used Unnecessarily Checkmate in Reykjavik GEORGE C. TIIOSTESON, M.D.: Auditory Hallucinations Account For Old Musical Tunes in Head Fischer belatedly decided that this was not enough and he wouldnt show lip unless he received an additional 30 per cent of the receipts. Fischers brilliance at the chessboard is undeniable but his good qualities do not include humility.

He is said to want to teach the Russians a little humility, however. Perhaps they need it too. After Fischers arrival, the Russian champion charged the Soviet Un-' ion had been insulted and left the match in doubt. Fischer has done much to revive inter-est in chess, but his money-grabbing attitude is. like that of the professional baseball players who delayed the opening of the season.

Only his greed is being held up for all the world to see. The unfortunate stereotype some foreigners have of American greed is receiving a world forum thanks to the antics of chess genius Bobby Fischer, who agreed to go to Reykjavik, Iceland, and then balked for more money. Now hes there, because a British banker offered to double the prize money. Extortion is the word used by a member of the Icelandic Chess Federation board, the sponsor of what would be the world chess championship, in describing Fischers demands. Fischer, the American chess champion, and Boris Spassky of Russia had agreed to have a guaranteed share of $125,000 with the winner taking five-eights plus 30 per cent each of income from the sale of film and television rights.

CARL T. ROWAN: Voice of the Peoph: Ambulance Indiscriminate use of sirens could become a little like the boy who called wolf. The sirens on emergency vehicles are fine when they are limited to emergency situations. The biggest offenders that I have noticed are not local vehicles but ambulances from towns north of South Bend that come into town on U.S. 31 N.

On more than one occasion, I have seen the ambulance go past full siren and empty to return in a short time with a patient, no siren, excessive speed. Apparently they( picked up patient, who had been dis- nussed or was being transferred from one of the hospitals. One day about a week ago I heard a siren and pulled over at a stoplight in Roseland. The ambulance slowed down a little and proceeded on through a red light. I had a good chance to observe the patient, he was unattended in the back, and looking out of the window smiling.

I could only deduce that he was either enjoying his pam or (since I couldnt see if he was breathing) he had died a happymanin either case, there was no need for hurrying DANNYS W'lFE South Bend More Humane Way In South Bend Friday, a snarling dog menaces persons in the downtown area, and police, although "given the go-ahead to shoot the dog, decide against it because of the danger 6t the bullet striking someone in the crowd. In Indianapolis Thursday, a 13-year-old girl was killed by shotgun pellets when police were called to destroy a vicious dog. The girl was -100 feet away from where the -shotgun was fired. It is fortunate, both for the 'dogs sake and for the persons the. crowd, that no shots were fired by South Bend The question remains, however; isnt there a more THE GIRLS George McGovern Falls Into Enemy Trap By Showing Anger at Delegate Loss Letters of under 200 uiords are most suitable for the Voice of the People.

Requests that 'writers names not be appended to published letters will be respected, but names and addresses must be supplied to Voice of the People. humane way to handle such incidents in the future without even considering lethal weapons? JOHN D. MILLER South Bend f- Cant See Winner The national Democratic Party has drifted from middle-class Amencans and is in the process of committing suicide. They are bad off when they cannot recognize a winner. If the principles for which Wallace stands are ignored in Miami and if he is forced into a walkout, it will be the death of the Democratic Party as we know it.

Be assured that the dispossessed majority will surely get together. RUTH CLINDANIEL -Syracuse Happy at Riley I pm writing in answer to South Sider. I would like to say a few word? about school boundaries. When we first moved to South Bend we bqught our home in the Adams district. A few years ago the boundary between Adams and Riley was changed so that now our son now would have to go to Riley.

All wornes we had were put aside as he has enjoyed it and has received ah education that is as good as any other school. He had to walk a little farther, but that didnt hurt him. We "didnt ask to be changed, but my son has been very happy there. Im sorry South Sider thinks he has worked harder for his home than we have. RILEY PARENT South Bend Number Unimportant As Marshall parents we are very much against the proposal to feed Marshall into Riley.

Yes, it is a shame that Riley has no spirit, but why should it be that way? To put the responsibility of pulling the school together is asking a lot of Marshall graduates. If the rest of the student body at Riley has no enthusiasm, how dan 90 Marshall graduates in 1973 and approximately another 90 in 1974 (plus others to come) have any? Before wasting time and energy trying to find more students to fill the school, maybe the efforts should be used to revitalize the students. It is not the number of students, but what is being done with the ones already there that is the issue. MR. AND MRS.

D.J P. South Bend Stones Thrown Recently a Grand Trunk Railroad engine delivered a car from 18th St. to Eddy St. on the old GTW main line." During this 15-minute process the employees on the train were pelted with stones. I requested police protection for these employees, which was granted for a similar move and no stones were thrown.

The police provided "us efficient and ample protection and I feel more secure now. -E. E. CASH Freight Agent South Bend Action Line I've noticed that in several columns of Action Line there were some people who plained when their letter wasnt printed or answered. I have written several letters to Action Line of which one was printed and two others were answered by letters to me.

I simply assumed that the others could not be fit in or perhaps there were other letters that were better or more important than mine. Obviously more than five letters (which is about how many are pnnted in each column) are received. Action Line doesnt owe me or anyone anything so if only one letter were printed or otherwise answered Ihey have done me a service for which I am grateful. PAUL CARAVANO South Bend DEAR DOCTOR: What does one do when one is over 70 and all the time has old time musical tunes going through the head, without any sound of voices? How can a person get relief as soon as possible? S.D. Folks who tell me'of hearing such tunes may or may not take kindly to my answer, but the experts tell us that such people do not really hear tunes." These are called auditory hallucinations.

I dont mean by this that they are totally imaginary. They arent. But they are based on ringing of the is a pretty common condition ringing sounds, buzz--ing, hissing, all sorts of odd ear noises. These noises usually are related to changes occuring in the inner ear, but the sounds can be quite different from person to person. The ringing sounds may have more than one pitch.

When that happens, it is human nature to try pretty much unconsciously to fit the some familiar pattern. Meaning a tune. It would be beyond belief that an accidental combination of ear noises would fall into the tonal pattern of Rock: of Ages" or Yes, We Have No Bananas," or Whatever tune you happen to hear. Another bit of circumstantial evidence is that people who think they hear such tunes invariably hear some tune that is familiar- Ive never heard of anyone hearing brand new music. They just fit the odd sounds into music they already know.

SENIOR FORVM: WASHINGTON Sen. George McGovern surely will rue the day he' let loose that verbose outburst o'! temper after the Democratic Credentials Committee stripped him of 151 California delegates, With his angry threat to bolt the party if the full convention backs the Credentials Committee, McGovern played right into the hands of Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey and others who claim he is surrounded by extremists who want to ruin the Democratic if they cant rule itr (This column was written before a court order returned the delegates to McGovern.) McGoverns angry if-I-dont-win-count-me-out attitude is bound to intensify the stop, McGovern efforts of power- ful forces in the party. Even if, by court ruling or some other means, he gets back those 151 delegates and wins the nomi--nation, he has dealt a severe blow to chances that even a halfway united Democratic Party can push him into the White House.

What to do about it? The i changes in the inner ear are of various kinds. Otosclerosis is a common one, a fusion, or tightening of the tiny bony structures that conduct sound. This causes not only ear noises but impaired hearing, especially in older patients. For that, you need the services of an ear specialist, but treatment by surgery is being carried out successfully even in well-advanced years. Another source of ear noises is impacted ear wax pressing against the eardrum.

Removal of the wax is the answer. High blood pressure, as well as several other possibilities also can incite ear noises. physician ear specialist should determine what problems exist in your case, so that relief can be provided. There is scant chance, frankly, that you can hit on the correct answer yourself without professional guidance. DEAR DOCTOR: I had a baby, and about two months ago my hair began falling out in piles.

Is 'the pill doing it? I stopped the pill, but I am not sure Im not losing more hair than ever. I am only 19 and hate to go bald this young. -Mrs: Such post partum loss of hair" happens every so often, and assuming that no scalp disease is responsible for your hair loss, you probably will find in a few months your hair will be back to nornial. I admit that it is most unnerving to a woman when this happens, but expenence shows that this type of hair loss is temporary. their savings, whether they owe taxes on their pensions, what tax break they can get if they sell their homes after age 65.

In the main they have fi- gured out the answers themselves, and are looking for reassurance. Any one person, a retired employee, could handle matters if he or she had reasonable savvy about retirement. And could always refer the more serious cases to a lawyer or Internal Revenue. Almost every time somebody suggests a project to help retired people, somebody else figures out a scheme to build a bureau to give the help or else set up a "referral agency, to shove the work into 'other agencies. A business executive, who must okay the answer man" project, wouldnt buy either one.

Copyright 1172 ruling came hard on the heels of a deal McGovern had made -with three black politicians that a couple of other presidential candidates have described in the same caustic terms used by McGovern to characterize the California deal. FEW THINGS better lllus-. trate the hard, unsentimental nature of bigtime politics than that deal in which Rep. Louis Stokes of Ohio delivered to McGovern eight black delegates who had been pledged initially to the favonte son candidacy of his brother Carl Stokes. Carl Stokes admits unhesi- tantingly that Humphrey was extremely helpful in uncovef-ing money for his 1967 campaign for mayor of Cleveland After Stokes won, achieving national acclaim as a first black chief executive of a major brought him to Washington and gave him a crash course in how to get money out of the federal government.

The truth is that, on Humphreys orders, federal offi- cials literally drafted Clevelands applications for money, the same officials approved the applications, and the same officials shipped off the money to Cleveland. This kind of support, directed by Humphrey, was crucial to the first six months of the mayoralties of both Stokes and Richard. Hatcher in Gary, for neither man had had any experience at getting funds or administering the affairs of a city. YET, LAST WEEK when it appeared that McGovern had the nomination wrapped up, Louis Stokes abandoned Humphrey and pledged the Ohio delegates to McGovern. So McGovern and his key advisers have known a long time that presidential politics is a ruthless game.

It lends itself to plenty of resentment and revenge. But the system is usually pretty hard on the players who declare that if' they dont win, theyll take ball and glove and go home. Copyright 11172 IT IS understandable that McGovem would be angered by the challenge to Californias winner-take-all system. He knows that every candidate knew the rules long before the primary was held. It is not surprising that McGovern would regard the Credentials Committee ruling as corrupt, an incredible, rotten, stinking steal," smelly, rigged, spiteful and all the other adjectives and expletives he threw forth in his moments of furv.

McGoverns outburst tarnished one of the brightest -things about his image the aura of honesty and morality. He knows that if winner-take-all was bad politics in 1968' when Sen. Robert F. Kennedy took the whole California delegation although he beat Sen. Eugene McCarthy by only a small margin.

-it is still-bad -politics in 1972. So he protes-teth a bit too much. THERE IS IRONY in the fact that McGoverns erstwhile ally McCarthy, is one of that politics is a mean, sometimes dirty business. The' Credentials Committee hn. SJUpcr Says AV The office wolf says girls should have their pictures in the paper when they are divorced rather when they are, married.

He figures there would be more interest in whats available than what ispt. Referral Doesnt Help By PAUL HIGHTOWER HUMPHREY HAD just gone on CBSs Face the Na-I tion to charge jhat a "narrow, ideological elite" around McGovern was in dan-4 ger of wrecking the Democrat ic Party when the Credentials 4 Committee began its delibera-1 tions. Pressed as to whom he re-I ferred to, the Minnesota senator likened some of McGov-jems supporters to what I -i call the Dixiecrats, the segre-I gationists, the hard-liners, the White Citizens CouncLLThere wounded cries that suggest he a group that wanted to learfTed-onlyJast Thursday his challengers regarding the California delegation and that McCarthy was smiling his way around Washington after the 151 votes were taken from McGovern, exclaiming that morality in the Democratic Party is at an all-time high." Clearly, one mans smelly cynicism is another mans morality. McGovern is a fine man who manifests the most decent of instincts, but he strains credibility a bit when he gives off YOU HAD A good idea about employers setting up some sort of answer man to give information to retired employees. But youre a little unrealistic.

One man couldnt answer all the questions a whole department would be needed. It would be better to set up two or three people who could refer the retired people to proper agencies to get their answers." H.W.K. OH NO, it wouldnt. That's been the whole (trouble with projects to help retired people setting up "referral bureaus to send the retired people running all over town to get help. They dont have limousines and chauffeurs, you know.

The questions retired people ask are seldom profound ones. They worry about where to put Bad Air and Noise Thereis not a day that goes by that the radio, TV and newspaper do not have something to say about air and noise pollution and how to stop it. We have in this city one of the worst air and noise spots at the comer of Calvert and MichigaiTSts. from a dusty, dirty, oily unpaved service lot. The stench comes from the spilled fuel oil on the ground.

The noise and fumes from the diesel truck-tractors does not allow the people-in the immediate area to have their doors or, windows open as these truck-tractors come and go all hours of the day and night. L.H.G. South Bend 1 have their way; they didnt get it. Now theres another group that is going to have their way; if they dont get it they say they threaten to bolt the party. Asked if that made McGoverns supporters extremists, Humphrey replied: It makes them impractical, and it makes them what I would call people that would either rule or ruin, and I do not believe that the Democratic Party can afford that.

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