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3sS Son Antonio fXPfttSSNIWS Sundoy, July 14, 1968 Pogt 94 Where Do Liberals Turn Now? Losing THE COCK rarrf President Hubert Humphrey, and talk ts warming up of Connally as his vice presidential ruimingraate. "When (Richard) Nixon and Humphrey are Jammed down the collective throats of both parties, where are the (Kelson) Rockefeller, (Eugene) McCarthy, and holdfast Kennedy supporters going?" Pena asks. PENA SUGGESTS alternatives, without recommending them. He concedes, in fact, that none of the alternatives offered are feasible. A fourth party (George Wallace's The American Party has an arm lock on third party status) isn't acceptable to either Rockefeller or McCarthy, he avers, and insistence on one man, one vote rule application would mean a lengthy court fight The liberal commissioner notes, the Id Rooseveltian coalition is seriously fragmented, replaced in part by black and white poor, young college militants, and independent By JAMES McCRORY In Pker the winners crack Jokes and the lasers cry deal But in politics, the winners make Valhallaa italemenls and the losers cry for a new deck But even a new deck may not extricate the dissident liberals from the dilemma in which they find themselves, SYMBOLIC OF THE problem of the local liberal outriders is County Com.

Albert Pena, chairman of one of the contesting delegations which failed to win a seat at the Texas State Democratic Convention asd a supporter of the ll 1 Kermedy his bid for the presidential nomination. Pena has made tentative plans to go to the Vaii02fLDmocratic invention in Chicago Aug. 26 29, but the very tentativeness of those plans is Indicative of the malaise which has gripped the dissenters to the state convention endorsement of Gov. John Connally as Texas favorite son. That endorsement, of course, is seen as a prelude to releasing the delegation to Vice poll giving Humphrey and Nixon the nod.

"Can they now expect or tmand party loyalty from "the rank and file? dont think so. Asserting the convention system and the two party system are in Jeopardy, Pena charges lust for conttol and convention bos sism has generated racism, and that minority groups are not represented. NOTING and racism have fostered the freedom Tarty, composed of blacks, in Mississippi, Pena warned bossism and rao ism could generate the tame movement in Texas, "In the Texas Democratic Party, the same thing might happen where Mexican Americans and blacks are excluded through the use of the unit rule, Pena warns. "Mexican Americans and blacks in Texas have no voice in the Texas delegation controlled by Gov. John Connally.

They are given token representation." The mere presence of "Mexican faces and names' on the delegation, he said, does not constitute representation. THIS IS THE NEW politics espoused by Kennedy, McCarthy, and Rockefeller, Pena asserts and they could elect the next president or "go fishing." It was back In 1961 when "going fishing leaped into prominence on the Texas political scene. Liberal Democrat5, faced with a choice between ultra conservative Democratic Sen. William Blakley and Republican John Tower, elected to go fishing instead of voting and Tower won the ejection. But Humphrey certainly Is no Blakley, and even his bitterest liberal critics would concede that The issue in Chicago, Pena says.

Is an open convention. "DO THE PEOPLE select their nominees or do the party bosses do this in a back room behind closed Pena asks. Well, history should provide the answer to that "Obviously, the party bosses call the shots, Pena notes, putting hit faith in the There seem to be a good chance that Sen. Eugene McCarthy will bring his anO Democratic establishment campaign to Saa Antonio toward the end of July, but local poltticos aren't likely to really start playing for keeps until Aug. 10.

That is the tentative date for a giant ''old fashioned bar becue. rally and get together being planned by U.S. Rep. Henry Gonzalez and the guest of honor, it is hoped, will be none other than Vice President Hubert It Humphrey. Realistic organizers of local liberal cam v'l palps have for some time been certain that I flU tl HKH will become the Democratic presidential 11 1 nominee dunng the last week of August ll They are equaOy sure that Richard Nixon wifl be the GOP nominee and that rebellious Ttr J2f I Mexican American activists will find Mxon Just about as hard to sell to Spanish speaking Potp 1 SUBURSAft HJMClMLlTUS KPOftTlNft imwiTutcs IN excess OF FO THl 1H 7 1 968 FISCAl YEAR, SOI mmmmmmmm voters in 1968 as he was in I960.

Of course, this appraisal holds good only if the Democrats are keping in strp as they campaign in Mexican American areas come October and November. mi: 1968; MAN I EL (MANNY) SANC to control liquor problems and HEZ, GOP nominee for state Is asking for a reopening of treasurer, prepartng to kick the probe into the Texas Ll off his campaign Sept I quor Control Board it's the articulate shrimp trawler enough to make a good Demo fleet operator, who holds a cratic office hnlw tak tn And that Is what makes the Humphrey visit in early August an event that may illuminate what lies ahead. It's no secret by now that County Com. Albert Pena has some cutting things about the highest echelons of the Democratic national administration. He has bluntly suggested that the Mexican American vote can bv no means be taken for granted by the Democrats this year.

II II I 1 feotH Cltyt A. Hfts I I IV. I When he introduced Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller at the national Lulac convention two weeks ago, Pena even managed to leave the impression that he would be happy to take Rocky in exchange for certain prominent Democrats. But, as one of the county's most experienced Pena watchers has pointed out, Albert has not Set carried his criticism of the administration eyond the point of no return.

Veteran observers suspect the main purpose of the fiery commissioner's rebellious remarks to gain further recognition of the problems of zi ji Hamphrey Peaa Gonxalet nyi UMv. Cty T. Hills C. MIIH 0. fk.

I. Hgtj. L. I I 7 It I Mexican Americans by those in the Democratic leadership who can do something about them. The Importance of Pena's stance lies In the fact that while Henry has been the leader whose speeches caf turn en the most enthusiasm among Mexican Americans, it has been the Pena organization which has been the guts of th Democratic precinct machinery during elec The fact that Gonzalez and Pena have become involved in a public feud has thus trig Humphrey as his chief wrangler of votes in the gered a host of questions.

After all, Gonzales has ben chosen by Mexican American areas of the Southwest. In addition, Gonzalez was the major supporter of Democratic Chairman Perry Smith in his bitter campaign victory over John Alaniz, who was supported by Pena. I i ii I. 11 "IT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SU6UIWAJI HJHICIPALITUS KWTINfi sc mmiim unotn sso.ooo for the; m7 1968 FISCAl, YEAR. 191: 195i 009 4C in 1968: CI3 J.

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WwJcnU hjf, 10 13 14 12 8 Hut Incorporttetf tt oum drink CONNIE GARCIA, smallest deputy sheriff in the world, receiving an honorary decree in from the yrt unbuUt University of San Antonio from the Bexar delegation she was politic enough to get one for her boss, Sheriff BILL HAL'CK AirjMrt Delay City officials greatly concerned with the delays in completion of projects at International Airport two contractors on different Jobs are both dragging their feet and Aviation Dir. TOM RAF FETY says the city is losing $500 a day in rental because work isn't finished City Public Information Officer DICK BALMOS has been named editor of the city's new magazine which is to be issued on a monthly basis he will be assisted in the project by ROSS CLEM who recently resigned as manager of the Tower of the Americas hopefully the first installment will be circulated in August Parks Dir. BOB FRAZER should be named "Optimist of the Year' he stated last that Brackenndge Golf public by early October at the latest if he succeeds, it will mean more work will be done in the next two months than has been completed in the past eight Members of the Library Board will begin selecting a BLV ov "us Wation deadline PL MLS? uiviv uave ut ui quiries bhMUN wui leave Sept 1 The city has regained one of Its previous secretaries SHARON KNIPPA. who was former City Mgr. JACK SHELLEY'S secretary, went to work last week in the new convention bureau under AL TRIPP she worked for Lone Star Brewery for the past two years make Henry m.

Democratic campaign for Humph organization fit in? That is the In effect, this would sjoem the man to see about the local rey this year. Where will Pena and his major question to be answered. to 5AV si 9 SEE Suburbs Pinched bachelor's degree in econom ics, is boning up on the state financial picture, and could give longtime Treasurer JESSE JAMES a run for his money he's particularly in inrreasinr thi interested in increasing the state take from depositories of state funds that perform no actual service for the state Didn't RAY WARD, Bexar chairman of WALLACE'S The American Party, try to fire secretary ROBERT C. MOORE? and didn't that result in the creation of Texans for WALLACE to ac tivitate the WALLACE effort in San Antonio? LARRY VAX HORN is chairman of the new Youth For WALLACE organization he's holding a meeting at 426 Grecnhaven Dr. at 30 p.m.

Monday Poetess CLOTILDE NAGEL Wt'EST bursting forth with a poem in support of WALLACE for president Housing Law It will be Interesting to see If the city's new open housing law receives the same fate of the local civil rights ordinance that law exceeded the federal ruling in scope also and Una hoin tn tha sitv twvtlrs now for three years only nrnh pm i. no onft has ever used it and the Legal Department doesn't know to this day how it will stand up in the courts Assistant Finance Dir. CARL WHITE the butt of manv jokes last week WHITE, who is In charge of reported for work with his arrn in a sling because of a shoulder dislocation he denied that the council had been twisting his arm and said he injured it when he slipped and fell while trying to jump over a fence Don't look for the city to pass any anti noise ordinance in the Kelly AFB area or anywhere else for that matter City Atty. HOW ARD WALKER says une quivocably it is illegal Kelly had requested such a law to protect it against potential vocal property owners who might not like the future deafening jet noise around the installation the City Council, which was to have passed the measure, is now trying to let the move slip into oblivion. Report Due Progress of the City Public Service Board in the field of equal employment should be on display soon under guidelines set by the City Council, the utility is to report in writing on its employment each 90 days the first report was due last Thursday but didn't arrive undoubtedly it will be forwarded to city officials this week rnntrarv tn nublished re Bond Issue Planned Next Year Mayor W.W.

MeALI.ISTER says he is against any possible city bond election this year hizzoner wants a bond program compiled and refined for submission sometime In 19 but says with the national elections set for November, there's no way for the city to present a successful bond issue to citizens previously such an election was contemplated for late September or early October. City Councilman PETE TORRES and GILBERT GON ZALEZ moving out of the legal quarters they occupied mui dune iM'fJ, PUD Al.t4 and JOHNNY ALANIZ in the Tower Life Building to a ground floor office in the 300 block of Brooklyn Avenue AiiIi JoluiMin' Although State Rep. JAKE JOHNSON and the Conservation Society share the same goal of blocking the present routing of the North Ex pressway, a number of the ladies are less than enthusias uc supporters or JOHNSON, they believe JAKE hurts their cause almost as much as he helps, if not more Medical School Dean F. CARTER ANN ILL has the sole say so on which docs and dentists practice at the new teaching hospital, the Green Hospitat and the Southton Sanatorium while the hospital district's board of managers makes appointments to the medical dental staff of the district, tt is only on recommendation of the dean Not that there's any rush, but shouldn't it be about time for the City Council committee studying whether the city will purchase the Villita Parking Garage from ILB. ZACHRY to make i irnwS been over a month now in deliberation and there are wany who want the issue set UwI onc3 ana County Target And Mayor McALLLSTER is on one of his anti county kicks again he said at a meeting last week that he wants Commissioners Court to start paying its full Way for iniintw liKru connco fmnnan ust a token amoun the issue hal bSS bounced VtU! fnnh this is the first time for its appearance recently A move is being considered by the city for recruitment of garbage divison workers from South Texas Public Works Dir.

SAM GRAN AT A says more men are needed and they can't be found locally reason for more men being needed is the amount of absenteeism recently by the regular crew members Llty finance Uipdnint.ni. 4 A A officials are 5. Place an0fA San Antonio Conservation Society's anniversary cake nav some orowrtv taxes be fuLrw and Jul 3L there wibe 25 candles7. 7 the $28,575.85 of delinquent taxes include some payments due as far back as 1943 I) I IJ0 Paner ULl xxlu A ul1 Has INCH' hdltor GREENVILLE. Tex.

AP) Dan Bus, editor of the Green vme Herald Banner for the past vear, is moving to the edi torshfp of the Pel Rio News Herald. The Herald Banner said Bus WOuld be replaced as editor by Dan Cobb, managing editor since June 1967. The changes are effective Sunday. suburban municipal performance. The seven are police protection; fire protection; street maintenance; recreation; garbage disposal; water supply, and sewage disposal.

Of interest is the fa1 that the top five municipal 'big spenders" all provide six of the seven services and two Alamo Heights and Universal City provide all seven. From that high point, the scale of services slowly decreases to China Grove, a city with almost no municipal expenditures or taxes and providing none of the seven services. There are those In Henry B's camp who suggest that it's about time the western portion of Bexar County developed some new leadership. And what better time to work a up than the present? The Aucust rally to be staged by Henry B. as a means to The stoomlng cost of government Isn't limited to the large federal, slate and city structures.

The small suburban municipalities are also feeling the pinch. A Research and Planning Council survey that saw 17 incorporated township? in Una area respond notes that in only two cities have municipal expenses either held the line or dropped at any time since the first survey was conducted in 1961. Seven of the 15 cities reporting municipal expenditures had budgets in excess of $50,000 during the last completed fiscal year, and of the seven, six exceeded the $100,000 mark. Main reasons, for the jump is that most municipalities are providing more services now than ever before. In the survey, the council used seven services as a criteria against which to evaluate thank his supporters and "meet the folks' may well provide wmtvw wu 7 Thi Planning fYitmril 1 ne congressman, oy we way, inuuns pwi un big shindig, probably to be held in the downtown area.

It is probable that the vice president will be on hand fr it, but the show will go on even if HHH can't make the visit. concludes that de 6 per cent of Bexar's population the suburbs will continue to pro of expenditures and a growth and quality of municipal FIRM PREDICTION Beneath the eye bugging budget figures released last week by th Rvr rniintv itrvcnitat District lies a crettv firm orediction The Fair: Winners, of wnat the new teaching hospital at Oak Hills expects in the of ghi These are patients who are fully capable of meeting hospltiU biI1 via Insurance or their own resources, and who have until now been remvng treatment at private institutions. u' Vll IT aW u.Hh nthnr etvit f.irtnrt Aim in new hospital, the actual charge it is expected. I. Burr us una vtia un vurij wi al School, the new hospital wilt be admitting patients who have been referred to members of the medical school faculty for specialized care.

Budget figures dis lose that the hospital district Is expecting to average 50 such patients in the house daily during the year starting Jan. This will amount to possibly 18 to 20 per cent of the volume at the new hospital a conservative estimate for the first year. For budget building purposes, the district has calculated these patients will be billed at the rate of $35 per day the "per patient day cost" now being reflected by hospital operations at the Green. a ith be taken into consideration at will be placed at a higher level, the mands of the living within compares to one of less than $100 on his small, long established restaurant. He and a few other small operators are attempting to negotiate with fair officials on some individual problems that have arisen since HemisFair opened.

In his dual role as concessionaire and underwriter, Hasslocher wears two hats. He is especially sensitive to financial aspects of the fair, since he is more deeply involved than many other participants. He is generous in his praise of HemisFair, ethusiastic about the post fair future of the fairgrounds and candid in his views of errors in the overall operation. THE FAIR IS "beautiful," "best and most compact" of all, "fairly well laid out," "offers the customer the most for his dollar," the big operator contended. But it wasnt properly publicized on the national level in time to gain the full benefits of American tourism, he claimed, so the fair is only now becoming recognized as a national attraction after many Americans have already made other travel plans.

He said HemisFair has been the victim of "a miserable failure in advertising." Early opening of the fair to accommodate Mexico's Olympics scheduled this fall will cause the exposition to close earlier than Hasslocher thinks it should. WITH SAN Antonio's cli duce a spiraling in the number The additional gross income to the district from the "pri Losers mate, he said the fair could run through October and into mid November to good advantage of all concerned, "With a light norther in mid October, people begin to feel better," he said, citing his own experience gained in his local eating establishments. An extended run that would "bail out" the second team of underwriters, too, he theorized. He identified himself as a member of the third set with the final stage risks. It is to the future that Hasslocher looks with great anticipation.

He envisions the per manent fairground structures, the convention center complex and the tower as the nucleus of a downtown recreational area that can be a civic project of lasting value to the city. HE SAID THE mini monorail could be extended from the fair area down into the business district, and "it would pay for itself," in pa tronage by both local and visiting riders. In these residual gains, be sad the city should benefit hugely, also capturing more of the convention business that has gone traditionally to Hou ston, Dallas and New Orleans. From the standpoint of far sighted businessmen like Has slocher, the San Antonio World's Fair can be slow in reaching its potential volume and still prove highly success ful to the region's economy over the span of years and long after the official closing. vate" patients will come to about SI million the first year.

ports TONY Americas uesiaurams ana nu assistant state GOP chairman merous eating establishments and delegate to the national elsewhere in the city. Actually, as the university's local medical school staff grows to its fuU complement and the number of referrals grows, the strict will find its income expanding Smi lume of food business. ALTHOIGH IT is not possible to say with a high degree of certainty, the two concessionaires may be typical of the majority of food vendors on the fairgrounds. There will be some profit taking, but not all operators wUl share in it "Luckily, we have products everybocy Hasslochcr said. His" contracts cover sale rights to such favorite items as hamburgers, fried chicken, steaks, Mexican food and beer.

The big scale operator estimates his holdings are yielding 30 cents from every person who comes through the fair gates, despite the fact that some of his fair stalls are not doing as well as others. THE SLOW ones he identified as being "off the beaten path," and he does not expect them to come in for heavier play unless daily crowds begin to exceed 60,000. Both Hasslocher and Brown are of the opinion that costs levied against concessionaires by fair authorities are excessive. Questioned separately, they each singled out utilites costs as a prime example. Hasslocher said the fault is in short term amortization of utilities installations that should be considered long term projects since many of the fair buildings will remain in use into the indefinite future.

BROWN NOTED a $237 utilities bill on his food stall By E. J. LAYMAN As HemisFair moved beyond the half way mark on the six month course into world's fair history, its concessionaires can see the end in sight and form some tentative conclusions. As In the initial predictions, the fair is destined to spawn some winners, some losers and some border line cases among the many investors in the 1968 adventure. One of the largest investors with 21 contracts covering a wide variety of food products is Jim Hasslochcr, head of Frontier Enterprises, Fair Foods.

Tower of the HASSLOCHER looked to the second half of HemisFair, as and commented, "well come out, we'll make money on it. The volume is coming up and I'm beginning to believe 6 million or more attendance." His investment is in the area of $1.5 million. It contrasts with another city cafe operator, Everett S. Brown, who has a single food stall that features enchiladas. Brown and his partner, Max Stap per, a San Antonio businessman, have about $25,000 tied up in the short term venture.

Said the enchilada specialist, "We'll be lucky to break even, luckier still if we make any money." Brown, too, expects the second half of the fair to produce a heavier vo meant niie. nowevcr. auuiuriut's uuu i vapcvi going empty after the new hospital opens November 23. The new unit, plus the facilities being retained at the Green will provide a total of 459 adult beds, a gain 160 over the present capacity of the system. However, hospital officials feci that there are enough "elective" cases now waiting for hospital accommodations to easily take up the slack afforded by th expansion of facilities THE INSIDE TRACK convention, ana ldihjc GARZA, alternate to the con ltaiMI fA Vtftf flltd flPVOf were; ning to NELSON ROCKEFELLER they're both for RICHARD MAUN for president MRS.

GLENDA HILL, an alternate at large to the national GOP convention, won't be able to attend that RONALD REAGAN meeting with the Texas national convention delegation in Amarillo July 19 conflicts with another wedding it was a wedding in Nixon, Texas, that precluded her attendance when NELSON ROCKEFELLER was wooing the Texas delegation in San Antonio The Texas GOP is leaning heavily on the failure of the legislature to pass legislation I What ever happened to Commissioner's Court's pledge of a $300 minimum wage for county workers? There seem to be dozens of county serfs still working for paychecks that run well under that floor as low as $270 per month, in fact Jesse H. Oppenheimer, whose support of McCarthy and opposition the war is probably the most heated hereabouts, is "cooling Jt" with a fishing trip to Iceland there must be some significance in the fact that the new Republican headquarters in the Gibbs Bldg. is situated immediately above a plaque noting this was site of the old Sam Maverick home..