Mon . Jun . e 26, 1972 POLITICS W i th two weeks still to go till the start of tire Democratic National Convention - a black caucus today ,,. Washington . Its members t>ledgiNg to George McGover11 nearly oNe hundred additional delegates . Wlrere111'011 the Senator from South Dakota aNnouNced that Ire l,ad it all ••.,•d 11/) . "There is 110 questioN" said lte - "that tire ,.e., additions are enough to r,ut us over 011 tire first ballot ,,. Miami." MCGovern also sayiNg: "Wliat is most sig,alfica,el I• that this is anotlrer major stel' in u11iliNg all Ame,.lca,ea ,,. the political process . " AddlN . g tlrat tire commilme11I lie mall•• to blacks - is the same commitment he makes "to Mexica11 Americans, Indians a•d all otlier ml•orily groups;" to••• tliat oNe and all a,.e fai,.ly ,.ep,.ese11ted - and NOi just 11,e power elite . " Mc Go v e r,. 's c la Im to a s u r e ., I" - ., as q u i ell l y cliallen : ged, however, by Hubert Humf>h . rey a11d S111,.ley POLITICS - 2 Chisholm. Both sa y ing the promised delegates simply not deli v erable . Insisting, in short that it's not over yet . Indeed , a later recount by McGovern's headquarters disclosing a ni,mber of duplications : and it now tuf'n out we are told - he still needs at least seventeen more votes . ST LOU ,.S follow politics On lhe Republican side - Vice President Spiro Agnew was /ravelling toda)' lo SI. Lords; where lie called GPorge McGovern - lhe last of the Henrj WaHaceites." This a reference to the fact Iha/ McGovern once helped to n•minate Progressive party presidential candidc,te Henry A. Wallace. ~ Ykf> r:111t4 . said ~ Agnew - d.e " ~ McGovern still adhe'1'es to many of Wallace's views. l1 7 H . ITE HOUSE The l Vllite Ho11se - an execut i v e order t oday cleari11g the wa ~v for 1111lim ited meat imports ; at least - tl1rou . gh tl1e 1·emainder of Nineteen Seventy Two.;¾ a,1other attempt - l o l,alf spiraling meat costs. Tl1e ...., President also sayin~ ,1,1 in an .... acco mp a"J-1 statement: "I intend t o monitor this situatio,i closel:,." Adding: "I want lo assure ever, , American house•lfe - that this administration is firmly determined to prevent unjustified....,. ,, . t-- i'1creases in the coscl of food. " WESTMORELAND The While House again - a cl,anging of the gr,ard; willi Pres · ident Nixon pa y in . g his final respects · -- lo the nation's lop soldier, General ~ William Westmoreland; along /he wa)', presenting /he "' retiring Army Chief of Staff -- his fourth distinguished Service Medal. The President felling Westmoreland: "The nation had to have a strong man, a decent man, a good ..,. man 1 ,-, as Chief of Staff,, anti you •ere that right man. - In the right Job - at the right time." NADER •a•,1• Nader strikes agai,i ! The famed consumer advocate - anno11ncing loda}' the start of a comprehensive st11d3 , of Congress. ll's purpose - no/ political= said lie: but rather lo spotUght the acti v ities of Congressmen - boll, individually a,ad collectively. "Focusing on their professional Uves - /heir talents and /heir deficiencies - how respo,asive - t11ey are." Nader also saying: "We wan/ to dispel some myths" suclt as /he notion lhal Cortgressmert ~ are "lazy." Indeed, , .. ,.ost congressmen "•ork qNlte hard." said Nader. "Bui what lltey work at artd about" - said he - "that's what is sometimes q"estionable." HARRISBURG r , Al /loo+ lricken Harrisburg, Pennsylvania i,i th e wake of Hr,rricane Agnes - a tragic air crash toda) • ,.-rkilling fo11r. These inc lr,ding the pilot an . d two news men fro · m WCA U TV in PhiladelplJle: also, my CBS colleague - Del Va~~~a.,.i a!!!;~ a great loss. PER U f,i Ill e rolli,ig hills of f,idiana - south o f Peru - fo11nd : more than half a million in cash. T 1, e ,., -•••;~~ m on e _,, I a k e ,z by tlrn l 1l i - jacker - "'hen he para c htt .' ed from . an A me rican Airlines jet liner /his past N1eekend. A local farmer findhtg it all ht a field - still inside an American airlines mall bag. Bu.t N1hat happened to the hi-Jackerf••••••P -- .... 7hat 's still the question. The F B I reporth1g~~ "- ,-.r - no trace. VIET TRI In the air war in Vie/11am - a massive V S air strike against the l'iel Tri power plan/ abor,/ lwenly-five miles north111es/ of Hanoi. American ~ jets hilling /he pla,,, - ,oith laser guided "smart A - !!._ombs." Relurnirig Pilots laler saying it's geaerating capacity ,oas "effectively destroyed." Adding tlsat large parts of the North Vietnamese capital have since been blacked out. ,· To the south - seven marine and air force fighter squadrons have no,o been transferred from 11,at huge American baae at Da,ellng. They'll be s ta Ii oned henceforth - in neigltboring Tlraila•d. TI, i S - 111 e ar e / 0 l d - be Ca NS e Of CU t b a Ck S in V S ground troops In the Danang area - which seriously "e n d a n g e r e d t he s e cur it y of ti, e b a s e • " But more than that - we hear - it •ill also help i,e meeting lite President's latest ,oithd · ra111al schedule. SUPREME COURT From lite U S Supreme Court - a 10ho , le raft of decisio,is today; including one, in effect, 11plrolding /he right of /he _!!rmy 'Y lo practice sur v eillance over civilians; and anot i!. er - upholding llte rigltt of a 10ilness to refuse lo lesHfy ~ 10laere /he qr,es/lons asked may be based on illegal IDire- lapping. But the case that drelD . . the most ~ vigoror,s w dissent --1\one dealing with obscenities the High Court over-turning, by a vole of sh· lo three - three convictions for tlae use of four letter ,oords as a result of ,ohich - the follolDlng from Chief Justice Warren Be~ger. "It is barely a century" - said he - "since men uaJ1aar snn ,,. parts of this cou,atry carried guns c · onstantly - because /he la10 did not afford Protection.." And "the 11Jords used in tlrese cases" SUPREME COURT - 2 Ile continued - "If di.reeled toward s1tch an armed civilian - could well have led to death or serious bodil} ' injury." The Chief Justice asserttng tllat today's verdict - is ~iot, therefore, "an advance'" liumo,s liberty" but rather - "a return to the la• of tlie "" jungle." Addh1g that "this permlssive,sess - If .. continued - •Ill tend furtlier . to erode public confidence in the la•;" 1111tliout which - said he - there can be no liberty. MEXICO CITY Starting today al Mexico City - the Lions wilt International Annual Conventio~ ,,M1,re t11a,r forty lhor,sand Lions roar i , '! in from all over the .,_. globe. So many in fact - that thousands are . . getting ~~ railroaded by the governme,tt. AMexican railroad ~~~ officials )\ collecting hundreds of slee 'J ing carsla providing tr tea temporary accommodoHo,as -- for those unable to find 1iobel sJ,ace. Incidentally, tl,e rents paid by t1ie Lions - aff"H.u .s only about half of •hat it cost to S.!!_ I _ up ~ roll hag - ~~~~. slumber )•ardA But the rest, and a U ti' le bit more -....c'.l expected to come from ba , r cars and dinh1g caf'B. Assuming, of course - the'y do,a'I get side-lf'aclted. ~ ~ Q. ~~ )';11,<,lJ~ ~ NEW YORK On lhe New York political front - exit Bella, enter Jane. Former society s ~ a u "' Pickens Langley - a Republ . ican - launclelng today h . er campaign for e lecHon to Co · ngress. Site's r,.,.,.1,,g from New York's so-called "Silk Stocltl,ag" District, approprla tel y enougli. A nnounctng at tl1e o · Nt set - she's "not concerned •ltll the battle of tl1e sexes, only the balance of tl&e sexes." Jane Pickens Langley also listing leerself - as a "J>alnt er, s Inger, motlter, •lfe, and volN•te er. " But ••Nr telling voters: "Call me •ltatever yo• •a,al to - I'll al•ays a,as•er."