Show Shorter Campaigns Growing sentiment favors f a v 0 r s shorter campaigns to elect U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S Presidents and progress Is slowly being realized In this direction THE REPUBLICAN National Convention will this year open the first week in August and the Democratic National Convention Convention Convention Con Con- will follow three weeks later One reason so many feel Presidential e election lee t Ion campaign campaign campaign cam cam- speech-making speech Is now done on television In the old days campaigns were necessarily necessarily necessarily long because each candidate candidate candidate can can- tried to cover the country country country coun coun- try so that voters In every section could see the can can- TODAY VOTERS have so s o many opportunities to see and andi i hear the candidates on television television television tele tele- vision they are tired of it all by election time In November Republicans will 1111 have almost three months this year to carry their appeal t to o the people p e 0 pie Democrats less for their convention convention convention con con- follows the GOP ses ses- sion slon UNFORTUNATELY chances for televised debates matching the candidates are dim b before ore his death President Kennedy had said he would debate his op opponent op- op on on TV TV as as as Vice President President President Pres Pres- ident Nixon had met him in televised debates in 1960 But President Johnson ref refrained rained r a in e d from such a confrontation In 1964 and is expected to refrain I from it a as ain in 1968 I |