Friday, May 12, 1972
Connally Raps Democrats' Reaction
WASHINGTON (UPI) --Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, only Democrat in the cabinet, said Wednesday Senate Democrats had placed "partisan politics above the interest of the nation" in condemning President Nixon's new military moves in Vietnam."Even more shocking was that leading Democratic candidates for President would align themselves with such a position," Connally said.He mentioned no names but left no doubt he was referring to Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey and George S. McGovern, who were among the 29 Democrats who voted Tuesday to oppose Nixon's Vietnam policies.Their reaction "does raise serious doubts in my mind ... about the quality of president that they might make," he said.Asked if he was contemplating a party switch, Connally said, "I certainly have no present intention to do so but the possibility certainly exists that I could do so.""Connally Raps Democrats' Reaction", by (UPI), published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes Friday, May 12, 1972 and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.