Evening star., 1960-07-08
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Green Reported Proddine Lawrence
To Indorse Kennedy Before Mondoy
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obliged to rely mostly on the
statements and of the record.
condolences of campaign man
ayers, will get a chance to con-
front the candidates them
selves.
Senator johnson, first to ar
rive, is due this afternoon. To-
morrow, Senators Kennedy and
Symington and Mr.. Stevenson,
still not officially a candidate,
will make their appearances.
On his way to Los Angeles,
Senator johnson said in San
Francisco that Senator Ken
nedy had 'lost more votes in
the last week than he picked
up in the handful of contested
primaries he entered" the
Associated Press reported.
II suspect that the delegates
are a little tired of having their
minds made up for them in the
headlines" Senator johnson
said. This is one bandwagon
that is going in reverse"
Earlier, in Chicago, Senator
johnson criticized victory state
ments from the Kennedy camp
and asked:
"Is this convention open or
has the outcome been deter
mined somewhere in a back
room with the results only now
being announced to the dele
gates?"
After he had read a state
ment raising the question Of
whether next weeks nominat-
ing sessions had been deter
mined in advance, he was asked
whether he thought the con-
vention is still open. And he
replied that he thought it was,
according to the AP.
Other pre-convention devel-
opmentS in the last "a hours
were:
l. johnson supporters joined
other informed sources here in
discounting the likelihood of a
Kennedy johnson ticket.
2. The movement to change
convention rules to prevent the
States from switching their
their votes at the end of a roll
call appeared to have ended.
Recurring reports that Sena-
tor johnson might take second
place found little support here,
either from his friends or from
Kennedy supporters.
House Speaker Rayburn, who
is probably closer to Senator !,
johnson than anyone else, said /,
he does not believe the Senate T,
majority leader ever thought of
. being Vice President, even .,
though his press conference re- D
marks in Washington Tuesday q
were viewed as leaving the door q
open. " =
"WOrking Democrat" r,
Mr.. Rayburn said what SEN 81
ator johnson meant was that
''he is a working Democrat" c.
and was not going to say he =
would not accept a nomination. 81
The Speaker pointed out that y
there is no chance for the Re- y
publicans to take control of the 3
Senate this year and he would 2
expect Senator johnson to feel VI
that his present job as major
ity floor leader, with the right
to vote, holds more potential =,
than becoming the Senate's u
presiding officer, with the priv a.
ilege of voting only to break a Sc
tie. p
Gov. Almond of Virginia also o,
threw cold water on the idea ol
Of Senator johnson settling for W
second place. He said Senator u
johnson is a determined, able "
candidate for President, and
don't think there is any back q
ing up from that" Ia
A source close to Kennedy n
headquarters indicated that if y :
the Massachusetts, Senator wins !
the presidential nomination, his II
running mate is likely to be a VI
Governor or Senator from the y
Midwest or Far West. "
Among those who may be
considered are Gov. Freeman -
or Senator Humphrey of Min D .
nesota, Senator jackson of "a
Washington, Gov. Docking of ~ y.
Kansas and Gov. Loveless of " ~
Iowa. ~ y.
Won't Press Change
On the dying rules change "
issue, Representative Charles c.
Brown of Missouri, Symington 4,
campaign manager. who had 3,
been the most active advo- II
cate Of a change, said yester- II
day he has decided not to press m
the matter.
Mr.. Brown said he still be-
lieves any State wishing to
switch to another candidate III
should wait until the next roll Il
call. But, in view of word from Il
Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida, CT
the manent convention In
chairman, that he will an ts
nounce a new method for Or
derly recognition of delegates Sc
seeking to switch their votes, p
Mr.. Brown said he is willing to W
try the Collins procedure. IL
One of yesterdays many press
conferences was held by former "
Gov. Averell Hartman of New IN
York, who came out for Senator W
Kennedy some time ago. He pre- III
dicted that the New Englander HI
would be nominated on the Sec S.
ond ballot.
And from Senator Monroney d
Of Oklahoma, speaking for the tr
Stevenson supporters, came a p'
stout denial that anyone has &C
this ball game won. pt
The Oklahoman estimated fo
that Senator Kennedy will not OF