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Coalition Formed

University supporters of Hubert
Humphrey have formed a broadly
based coalition of faculty and
students to assist the Vice
President's Virginia campaign. The
coalition includes the University
Young Democrats, students and
faculty for Humphrey, supportors
of Senetor's Kennedy and
McCarthy and Republicans and
independents. The Humphrey
coalition will hold an initial
meeting tomorrow in conjunction
with the University Young
Democrats. The mmeting will be at
7:30 in the Newcomb Hall Informal
Lounge. All interested persons in
the community are invited to
participate.

The Coalition's Chairman, law
professor John Norton Moore said
yesterday that the group would
begin immediately to initiate a
number of projects to strengthen
Humphrey's position at the
University and in the Charlottesville
area. These will include fund raising
activity and a variety of special
programs, including rallies and
panel discussions, to acquaint the
University and the Charlottesville
community with the Vice
President's accomplishments and
campaign platform.

Mr. Moore empasized that there
were crucial policy differences-domestic
and foreign-between the
Vice President and his two
opponents which would be
discussed in full at a series of panel
discussions before election day. Mr.
Moore was quite optomistic about
Humphrey's chances in the area
particularly in view of the support
the Vice President is receiving from
individuals who formerly supported
Senators McCarthy and Kennedy.
Moore said that one of the initial
objectives of the Coalition would
be to gain the support of those
Kennedy and McCarthy supporters
who still felt alienated as a result of
the Chicago convention.

Other members of the
Coalition's Executive Committee
include Jim Roebuck, the President
of the University Young
Democrats, Regina McGrenery and
Lester Moore, third year law
students, Craig Raddick, who will
chair the undergraduate program
and Richard Gildrie and Robert L'
Burke, two graduate students who
were active in the University
McCarthy for President movement.
Mr. Burke, stressed the importance
of former McCarthy supporters
becoming involved for the Vice
President.

"A number of us went all over
the Northeast and Middle West for
Gene McCarthy and we'd certainly
do it again. But it is totally illogical
for a McCarthy supporter to argue
that there is no difference between
Nixon and Humphrey. Hubert
Humphrey is a fine candidate and
someone we should support
enthusiastically. Look at s record
and current position on civil rights,
education, urban problems and
social welfare. Nixon has never
been committed to any of these
programs and he isn't now. He's
simply trying to fudge his way
through to election without a
program. It will be tragic irony if
the only thing we reap from all our
efforts for Senator McCarthy is
Richard Nixon for four years and
maybe eight."