McCarthy Supporters Fight Daley at Open Convention Clash
Chicago news reports mounting friction over a closed Democratic National Convention. The Coalition for an Open Convention sues city officials to allow a 100,000 seat rally at Soldiers Field and cites First Amendment rights. Officials say Daley blocks dissent, while security plans and seating allocations for the arena are laid out.
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Chicago
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Chicago Park District
Nearshy Grant Park
McCarthy
Daley
Electrical Workers Union
Democratic National Committees
Criswell
Humphrey
Miami Beach
Democratic Party
John Bailey
Notorious Suite Given to McGovern at Democratic Convention
The report recalls the famed smoke-filled room at the 1920 Democratic National Convention where Warren G. Harding was chosen as a compromise candidate after deadlock. Sen. George S. McGovern, a late entrant, is noted for his role in the modern memory of political deal making.
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George S. McGovern
South Dakotan
Sheraton-Blackstone
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Harry M. Daugherty
Humphrey
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Conrad Hilton
Blackstone
McGovern
mid-Manhattan
Freedom National Bank
Harlem
Dackie Robinson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robinson
Nixon-Agnew
Maddox
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Humphrey Calls Open Convention And Frill Free Plan
Vice President Hubert Humphrey urged a frill free Chicago convention with open debates and pledged that rivals McCarthy and McGovern would back the winner. He outlined a five point action plan, proposing a National Urban Development Bank and a Marshall Plan for cities while stressing greater local initiative and less federal control.
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National Urban Development Bank
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Marshall Pan
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