ELECTION IN U.S.

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33034, 29 September 1972, Page 9

ELECTION IN U.S.

Support for McGovern

(N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright)

NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The “New York Times” has announced its support for the Democratic Presidential candidate, Senator George McGovern.

“We believe that he can restore a sense of purpose to the American people . . . and a sense of integrity in their government,” it says in a leading article. “In these respects, it seems to us, the Presidency of Richard M. Nixon has largely failed. “Nixon has failed to carry out his explicit pledge to end the Vietnam conflict . . . and in appointments in such ultrasensitive areas of government as the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court • . • the pursuit of excellence has been subordinated to pursuit of the next election. “This Administration,” the newspaper goes on to say, “appears to be without basic philosophy, without deeplyheld values, an Admiinstration whose guiding principle is expediency, and whose over-riding purpose is to remain in office.

“. . . While this newspaper does not necessarily accept his (Senator McGovern’s) programme in every detail as he has thus far outlined it, or as the Democratic platform has structured it, we are convinced that the direction of American policy in the next four years would be in safer hands under a Mc-Govern-Shriver administration than under the present regime.”