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Show Major Policy Address Gov. Rockefeller Speaks Today B.D?IT11.Leo jor policy address to shiHpnt Mw v, : By Darrell Leo Staff Writer On the presidential campaign trail, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-N.Y.) will speak on the Univer- sity campus today on the Union lawn at 2 p.m. j The Governor will deliver a ma- I i or policy address to students, said Steve Martindale, Rockefeller 'campaigner. 'cam-paigner. According to Bill Stoddard, Mock Convention's Rockefeller campaign manager, Gov. RockefeUer will speak on youth. Gov. Rockefeller, who threw his hat in for the Republican presidential presiden-tial nomination in late April, will arrive at the old Salt Lake Airport Air-port at 1 p.m. According to Martindale, "There will be buses leaving Ballif Hall and the Naval Science Building at noon to transport students to greet Rocky at the Airport. We want everyone ev-eryone to come to give the Governor Gover-nor a fine Utah reception." National Coverage The address will receive national . coverage. ABC, NBC and CBS will be covering the event as will be 35-40 reporters of major national news magazines such as Time, U.S. News. A motion picture company will also be making a film of today's to-day's Rockefeller activities. A press conference is scheduled for 1 to 1:15 p.m. At 1:15 p.m. a procession to the University campus cam-pus will leave the airport. From 1 to 2 p.m. the Heart and Soul Band will play on the Union lawn. Gov. Rockefeller will then deliver his speech and respond to questions. Prior to his campus address the governor will meet with party lead ers and then with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leaders Nathan Tanner, Harold B. Lee and Joseph Fielding Smith. According to Martindale, the Utahnas, Heart and Soul Band, the Ute pep band will be featured at the Rockefeller Rally sponsored by Artists and Speakers. Holding the New York governorship governor-ship for a third term, Gov. Rockefeller Rocke-feller has worked on the drafting of the United Nations Charter, reorganized re-organized the government bureaus, served as undersecretary of the Department of Health, Education . and Welfare, been appointed special spe-cial assistant to the president. A Decided Underdog He entered the New York gubernatorial guber-natorial race a decided underdog, according to Martindale. When he bucked the biggest Democratic tide in years, during the 1958 election, Rockefeller scored a landslide vote with a plurality of 500,000 votes. Recently, Rockefeller scored a surprising primary victory in Massachusetts. Mas-sachusetts. Concerning the war in Vietnam, Gov. Rockefeller called for a dif ferent approach in strategy keyed for security for the population rather ra-ther than control of territory. He wanted to reverse the "Americanization" "Americani-zation" of both the war and the pacification effort. He favored a peace settlement that would accommodate ac-commodate "in South Vietnam's political life any group that seeks its objectives through the political process rather than by wrecking it by force or subversion." Adjust Attitudes He contends the U.S. policy in Vietnam was the failure to adjust old attitudes to new realities. Gov. Rockefeller commented on the state of the country, "There is a new mood on the part of the country now. Before President Johnson withdrew, the situation seemed to be frozen. Then the whole political situation loosened up. People wanted to hear about problems." He continued concerning his late announcement of candidacy, "I think it was right to stay out as I did. But after circumstances changed as they did, I think it was right to go in and become active." I! rr rn , LIU ..,. j Presidential aspirant, Gov. Nelson A. RockefeUer (R-N.Y.) will de-I de-I liver a major policy speech on the Union lawn at 2 p.m. |