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Show Ccrtcp Of Georgia: A f'ovj Candidate? One of the many Democratic Democra-tic presidential candidates from which little has been heard is former Georgia Govemer Jimmy Carter. IN RECENT weeks and months, however, Carter's campaign has impressed some political pros-and some members of the press. As a Governor who left office of-fice with a surplus, and who reduced the number of state agencies sensationally, he has a good claim to economic and management competence. AS AN Annapolis graduate and former naval officer (submarine skipper), he is qualified in the military field, (he says the Pentagon wastes more money than any other federal agency.) Carter's promise to vastly reduce the number of federal agencies, his favorable image among both races (he's supported sup-ported by many prominent blacks in Atlanta such as Martin Luther King, Sr., the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, etc.), his support from farmers (of which he is one), and his religious fervor all add to his potential. CARTER, OF course, is up against an anti-south prejudice among national Democrats which has barred every southern candidate from the party's presidential nominated after becoming President, but that's traditional tradi-tional for serving chief executives. Woodrow Wilson, born in the South, came for New Jersey, Jer-sey, where he had been Governor, when nominated.) CARTER believes the race issue is no longer a big one in the South and that a southern candidate can now win the Democratic Party nomination, nomina-tion, somewhat like a Catholic broke through in 1928 and 1960. (Ironically, most Al Smith's electoral college support sup-port came from the South in 1928 and Joihn Kennedy won by carrying the key southern states.) |