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VI V 1 VM v i i i U-While the rain pounded dowi in the Upper Coastal Plaini cuigcu iiuiii run mige-t les Wash., to 106 at Needles, s Calif.Briscoe's Caught inSwitchMiddleSPECIAL TO THE EXPRESSM I A M I BEACH—Despite a complex plan to cement support of George Wallace backers and his pledge that he would never cast a nominating vote for George McGovern, Dolph Briscoe went into National Democratic Convention records as voting for McGovern.The convention record—published after the Texas delegation switch—shows 54 votes for McGovern cast by Texans. Briscoe is one of the 54, as is his wife, Janey.The original presidential nominating vote of the Texas delegation—on which the Briscoes backed Wallace —was announced by the chair but apparently was not made a part of the final record. A c t u a 11 y, the switch vote by which 13 Texans! changed from Wallace to McGovern was announced by Briscoe just three minutes after the original.A demand by McGovern sup porters for a delegation poll upset Briscoe's timing strategy. He had planned to announce the first vote, then at a dramatic! moment to seek recognition to tell the convention about the change of the 13 “in the spirit of harmony and fair play.”The poll took so long McGovern had already gone over the top with more* than 1,700 votes before Briscoe was able to announce anything. In order to complete the switch plan before time ran out, he had to make' the second announcement imme-i diately on the heels of the first.A few Wallace supporters were as unhappy with the switch i vote as McGovern delegates hadMMgNlMK -a* *g.,been with the o r i g i n a 1, Both: sides seemed to have calmed! down by Thursday.There was little agreement, if any, with the strategy of the gubernatorial nominee and delegation leader. Nearly all delegates appeared to feel he would have been far better off to cast |a ‘ safe” anti-McGovern vote for! moderate Sen. Henry “Scoop”'! Jackson (as 32 did) and leave it I at that. McGovern delegates1 .didn't expect any more, and;I most Wallaceites didn't either. !Briscoe is greatly concerned with getting Wallace delegates1 to return to the State Democrat-1 ic Convention in September and! help him keep control of the par-i ty apparatus fro m McGovern liberals. He also wants united support of the Wallace group in his own election campaign and pointed out to some that Jackson had no organization in Texas to help himM o s t delegates doubted his gesture and his subsequent change to McGovern accomplished not much of anything except as several put it: “To make him look pretty silly,”Delegates w h o switched to! M (’Govern were Mrs. Jane jBlumberg of Seguin. J.C. Martin of Laredo, Julianan Cowden of I Alvarado, Margaret Furse of Bay City, Ramiro Guerra of Edinburg, Jess Hay of Dallas, Dan-ie Hurd of Harker Heights, Joe Rankin of Ralls, Saul Pullman of Eastland, the Briscoes,I Pete R u n n e 1 s of Orange and A.J, Carubbi of Houston. Thej Briscoes, Runnels and Carubbi: initially voted for Wallace. The; others for Jackson,
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 14, 1972
Page 59
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