THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1968Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was nominated for President on the first

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1968Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was nominated for President on the first ballot by the Democratic National Convention early this morning after a day of bandwagon shifts to his candidacy, a disavowal of a draft movement by Edward M. Kennedy, and a night of turmoil in convention hall. Mr. Humphrey received a total of 1,761 votes. Senator Eugene J. McCarthy got 601. and Senator George McGovern got 146. IPage 1, Columns 1-8.1 After a climactic floor crash between Administration supporters and critics, a deeply divided convention adopted a White House-dictated Vietnam plank supporting Administration policy by a vote of 1,567 to 1,0414. National Guardsmen and the police used clubs, rifle butts, tear gas and Chemicat Mace as they battled young protesters in downtown Chicago. About 100 persons were injured and at least 178 were arrested in the violent climax to the week-long demonstrations against the convention. The clashes between demonstrators and the police in Chicago’s streets were viewed as deeply hurting the Democratic party, politically. The convention presented to a vast nationwide audience a picture of division, olf old-fashioned city bossism. of events out of control and of a party unable even to govern itself or maintain order. The main hope for a Democratic victory in November was seen as a cease-fire in Vietnam in the next two months or some other major development. Senator Eugene J. McCarthy indicated he would not campaign for Mr. Humphrey if the Vice President was the Democratic candidate because of his “total defense" of the Administration’s Vietnam policy. Soviet commentators in Moscow warned that the reform leaders of Czechoslovakia were on a short leash under the vigilant eyes of the Kremlin, which had doubts they could or would cope with what was viewed as a counterrevolutionary threat.North Vietnam, at the 19th negotiating session in Paris, scorned the Democratic party’s platform plank on Vietnam as a renewal of unacceptable demands for reciprocity and an indication that the Humphrey forces Intended to “continue neo-colonialist policies.” Federal enforcement officials are beginning to shift some of their concern from the South to Northern cities as school integration in the South is expected to increase steadily, if not spectacularly.  -- source link

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