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Humphrey Group
Plans Discussion,
Launches Forces

Hubert Humphrey's University
campaign was launched in dramatic
fashion on Wednesday night when
over 100 enthusiastic supporters of
the Vice President turned up for
the first meeting of the newly
formed Faculty and Students for
Humphrey-Muskie.

The Coalition's Chairman, law
professor John Norton Moore,
called the turnout "most
encouraging." and a clear indication
of the growing enthusiasm for the
Vice President's campaign at the
University. A number of projects
were discussed.

Immediate attention is being
given to an open forum which will
be held this evening at 7:30 p.m. in
the chemistry building auditorium.
Guest panelists will include Mr.
Moore, Robert J. Harris, James
Hart Professor of Government and
Foreign Affairs, Edward J.
Kolodziej, Chairman of the
Department of Government and
Foreign Affairs and law professor
Mason Willrich.

Other panelists include John
Milliken, a second year law student,
who was treasurer of Senator
Robert Kennedy's University
campaign and Robert Burke, a
Ph.D. candidate in Government and
former Vice-Chairman of the
University McCarthy for President
campaign.

The forum will discuss why it is
crucial for concerned Americans to
work for the election of the
Humphrey-Muskie ticket. The
panelists have agreed to accept
questions and comments from the
audience and will try to encourage
a genuine dialogue on the
differences between the Humphrey
program and that of his two
opponents. All interested persons at
the University and in the
Charlottesville community are
cordially invited to attend and
participate in the proceedings.

Over the past weekend, a
number of persons from the
Coalition participated in the
Charlottesville voter registration
drive which ended on Saturday, the
final day of registration. It the near
future, the Coalition, in
conjunction with the Charlottesville
Young Democrats, will undertake a
number of diverse projects.

The more important of these
will include extensive fund-raising
and canvassing activities along with
a University rally. Volunteers will
also be solicited to man the
Democratic Headquarters in
Charlottesville.

Mr. Moore stressed the
autonomous nature of the
Humphrey movement at the
University and in the Charlottesville
area. He explained that any activity
the Coalition decided to undertake,
would have to be funded locally
and that all donations to the
campaign would be welcome.

A persistent problem for the
Coalition is the shortage of bumper
stickers, buttons and literature. The
demand is far outstripping the
supply but the Coalition hopes to
have this problem rectified within
the next few weeks. Tables and
booths will be set up at convenient
locations throughout the University
and at the Barracks Road Shopping
Center to distribute literature and
campaign material and to recruit
volunteers for the Humphrey
campaign.