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Boothe Leads State Drive

Kennedy Supporters Rally Here

By Stefan Lopatkiewicz
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

"Let us be part of a twentieth
century revolution in America. . .
a revolution under the law which
will mean as much to the future
as that Revolution meant which
was commencing just 200 years
ago." With these words, Armistead
L. Boothe, the new chairman
of the Virginia Kennedy-for-President
drive, called to the
students of the University to join
in supporting Senator Robert F.
Kennedy's race for the presidential
nomination.

Mr. Boothe spoke to an audience
of 324 which met in Gilmer
Hall auditorium on Wednesday
afternoon for the Kennedy
Kick-Off Rally held there. Joining
the Alexandria lawyer in addressing
the rally was Barrett
Prettyman, a Washington attorney
who served as a special
assistant to Mr. Kennedy when he
was Attorney General.

McCarthyites Challenge

"We're happy to see Bobby's
boys making some noise at his
old Alma Mater," commented
Roy A. Schotland, University law
professor and the Virginia coordinator
for the McCarthy for
President effort, when asked
about the Wednesday kick-off
rally.

He went on to declare, "I
invite my colleague, Mason Willrich,
or any other member of the
University community, to join
me in debate in Cabell Hall in
order to give the Charlottesville
and University communities a
better idea of the respective
qualifications of Senator McCarthy
and Senator Kennedy for
the presidency." Mr. Willrich,
so University law professor,
a instrumental in starting the
oc Kennedy movement.

Virginia Hospitality

Mr. Schotland said he hoped
the debate could be held before
the April 24 nationwide "Choice
'68" presidential poll of college
students, which is being conducted
by Time Magazine.

"We owe it to Senator Kennedy
to show what Virginia hospitality
really means," said Mr. Boothe a
graduate of the University and
former Rhodes Scholar.

Mr. Boothe observed that when
he was approached by Senator
Edward M. Kennedy to head his
brother's campaign in Virginia,
"it took me nearly ten minutes
to say yes." He went on to announce
that Arthur Arundel, a
Fairfax County newspaper publisher
and radio station owner,
will serve as state campaign manager
for Kennedy. E. Gerald
Tremblay, a Charlottesville attorney,
will become state campaign
director, and Mr. Willrich
will function as coordinator of
colleges and universities in the
state drive.

Noting that Mr. Kennedy owns
residence in Virginia, Mr. Boothe
quipped that the campaign must
be expanded into a "true grass-roots
movement" which will
transform the candidate from a
"senator from New York into
the president from Virginia."