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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1968
Page
6
Kennedy and McCarthy backers foresee a tight Oregon primary as labor groups push for a Johnson vote. Kennedy seeks wide support among minorities while McCarthy touts momentum. both campaigns anticipate a razor thin result with California looming.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey marked his 57th birthday in Minneapolis with a gala at a hotel. About 2000 attendees at 1000 per couple raised roughly 1.0 million in round numbers for his campaign coffers as reporters observed a short cake-cutting and singing.
Newsweek reports Hubert Humphrey has consolidated support, needing 321 delegate votes to clinch at the Democratic National Convention. Kennedy leads in leaning delegates, with McCarthy also supported, while 349 remain uncommitted. If Humphrey holds he's strong in Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan and possibly Illinois.
Mary McCarthy said her father Eugene McCarthy faces an emotional, ill informed vote and would switch to Robert F. Kennedy at the convention rather than Humphrey. She defended McCarthy’s record on race and poverty, cited his consistency over 20 years, and urged focus on Oregon’s upcoming primary impact on California. A 50-boat Alamitos Bay parade led by Miss McCarthy featured stars Leonard Nimoy and Whitney Blake.
The Sunday Times reports a UK poll showing Robert F. Kennedy leading with 55 percent if Britons could vote in the U S presidential race. Second place goes to Richard Nixon at 13 percent, followed by Eugene McCarthy 10 percent and Johnson 9 percent.
Frederick E. Nolting Jr. charges Senator Robert F. Kennedy with concealing the Kennedy administration's role in Vietnam. In a Fortune letter, Nolting says the overthrow of the Diem regime made U S involvement inevitable and cites a fatal error by the Kennedy era.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon says Gov. Tom McCall’s vow to back the Oregon primary winner gives him added assurance he will secure the GOP presidential nomination. McCall pledged to honor the state law binding delegates to the primary winner in a letter supporting Nelson Rockefeller.
Willmar Minnesota report states that Humphrey was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention on Sunday, heading a solid slate of pro-Humphrey delegates from his home district.
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