McCarthy Shifts Focus From War to Change in 1968 Race
The New York primary shows Eugene McCarthy and Paul O Dwyer tapping the peace issue and unsettling party leaders. It questions Hubert Humphrey’s past, his Johnson administration ties, and whether he can offer real change or merely nuanced shifts.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times News Service
Washington
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
New York
Humphrey
McCarthy
Johnson
Vietnam
Paul O’dwyer
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Reagan Attack Links Warren Decision To Faith In System
Gov. Ronald Reagan said Chief Justice Earl Warren should not resign before a new president is chosen and argued Johnson should let his successor select the chief justice. He warned that abortion of the plan could trigger violence and urged enforcing the law at Resurrection City to avoid a repeat of 1932’s Bonus Army incident.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Washington
Ronald Reagan
California
Earl Warren
Johnson
White House
Reagan
Resurrection City
Warren
Supreme Court
Nixon
Tyes
Ralph Abernathy
Poor People’s Campaign
Abernathy
Poor People
Congress
Republican Party
Observer Dead Cars And Old Politicians
Russell Baker surveys political questions from a panel of experts on the 1968 Democratic nomination. It covers Humphrey versus McCarthy, Johnson's record, and the role of professionals, with satirical analogies to Edsel and Hupmobile to explain voter behavior and strategic outcomes.
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McCarthy
Humphrey
New York
Democratic Party
Ford Motor Co
Repubicans
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
Chicago
The Peter Principle and Hierarchy Explained
A humorous yet pointed essay by Lawrence J. Peter introduces hierarchiology and the Peter Principle. It argues that in every hierarchy individuals rise to their level of incompetence, illustrated with the fictitious Hierarchy Paper Processors, Inc. and examples of growing misfit promotions from One to Ten. The piece notes this escalation is universal and enduring despite modern hiring techniques.
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America
University of Southern California
International Bust Machines Corp
Lawrence J. Peter
World Book Science Service
George Washington
Peter
Washington
Hierarchy Paper Processors, Inc
HPP
World of Commerce
Messrs
Five
Four
Three
Eight
Nine
Ten
Chou En-lai
Foreign Affairs, Defense, Finance
Industry
Chou
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Ing Youny
National Press Club
Mayor Daley
Ted Sorensen
Bert Humphrey
Charles de Gaulle
Colombey-les-Deux
Eglises
Phan van Ty
Dong Nai
Saigon
Russell Baker
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