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- Ed Clark Wins Presidential Naninat ion

The last month and a half have been a
gloriously hectic one for your 
editor and a number of Okie delegates .
The state and nat ional convent ions have
absorbed a lot of tim and generated a
lot of energy.

The Okla . LP convent ion held at the
Hilton Inn in Tulsa the 14th of July fea-
tured guest speakers Bill and Ed
Clark, both cans to solicit the LP presiu
dential nonination. Craig V. Franklin
Libertarian troubador was on hand to pro-
vide entertaimnent. Other guests cans to
join the festivities fron Arkansas and
Texas. 

The consensus of opinion after the
state convent ion seated to be that both
Clark and Hunscher are very impressive

men and that a choice muld be extranely

difficult . However one issue arose which
pretty clearly polarized the Oklahoma
delegat ion and indeed apparently . the
national convent ion as well . This was

Bill Hunscher's stated intention to enter
the Democratic primary in his hcmeistate of
New Hampshire with the plan of taking a
substantial percentage of the vote away 
iron Jimny Carter. Bill's partisans claimed
that this muld be a large fortune's worth
of publicity. Ed replied that it would be
negat ive publicity .

 

At the net ional convent ion held on
Septthe Bonaventure
Hotel in Los Angeles the Oklahoma delegation
split its' vote four for Clark, tum for
That ratio was reflected in the

ant ire convent ion vot . Ed Clark endorsed
and non acceptance for David Koch of New
York for his vice?presidential running mate .
David Koch has pledged to contribute a half-
million dollars of his own money to the
Presidentian caInpaign for starters .

In conclusion: this elect ion year we have
a good candidate with an excellent relat ion?
ship with the media who has shown that he
can speak directly and well to the hot
issues of this time and a lot of money be?
sides . The other parties are 
in front of God and everybody and they
haven even started nominating yet . No?

body else has anything else to offer but
politics?aseusual.

. . . nvent'
?nithsonian Magazme told me that th?on for

Smithsonian Institution for its'
believes 1980 will be a. 'fmtemhegwge?ai?s

 

 

 

 

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politics.? Not lmowing how or what or
whom they are checking out the various

- potential third parties. We have by far
the best rather the only chance of be-
coming the viable third party. 1980
should see us well advanced and 1984

. could be the year a. third party dedicated
to restoring liberty first beccnxes a ma?

jor third party.

Look around for coverage in Newsweek,
Cmni and other major media over the

next year .

The exact number of people attending.
has not been announced yet but is iniown




Restoring the American Dream by
Robert Ringer has made. the nmnber fcalr
slot on the New York Times Best Seller
.List within only a. few weeks of its'
release. The book's release was pre?
ceded by $400 million advance adver?

- tising by Harper and Row, the largest
ever.

Robert Ringer's two previous backs
Winning Through Int imidat ion and look?
ing Out for Number One both made the
hunter one slot on the best seller list .

My contact at B. Dalton bookstores
reports that Restoring the American
Dream is now the best selling hardback
in . Dalton stores nationwide .

W3 AWARD GIVEN AT FUTURISM SEMINAR

The Pronetheus Award of $2500 in gold
for best Libertarian oriented science-?
fiction work of the year was given to
F. Paul Wilson, author of Wheels Within
Wheels. Tied for second place were 

Anderson's Avatar and The Genesis Madhine
- by James P. "ogan.

 

 

 

 

 

r[he award was presented by Robert Anton
Wilson, co-author of Illuminatos! at the
Libertarian Approaches to Futurism panel .

Also discussed were space industry,
uses of space for national defense and

the current state of life extension
research.



The nomination of David Hock for vice-
president has again raised sane questions
about the influence of the Koch fainily on
the Libertarian mvenent .

Charles Koch, mlti?millionaire head
of Koch Oil Co. to my knowledge supports
the Koch Foundations, the Institute for
?rms Studies, the Cato Institute, In-
quiry Magazine and is a generous contrib?
utor to numerous Libertarian activities.
David Koch has pledged half a. million
dollars just to kick off the presidential

campaign.

There was same resentment at the con?
vent ion at what seened to be the outright
purchase of the nominat ion including the
Oklahcma delegation who sat out the vote .
There is fear among some Libertarians that
the Koch family is in the process of pur?
chasing the Libertarian mvenent itself.
Those who discount these fears are often
tarred with the same brush.

I have no as to grind and no affiliation
whatsoever with any of the Koch interests.
I am not acquainted with either David or
his brother Charles. I think these fears

are largely groundless and have solid rea..

sons based on my seven years experience
as a Libertarian activist.

Experience has shown that a lot
and little mney beats lots of
little aork. By work I mean 
street, inlocking doors, and 313:2:
Lainey is certainly needed for things like
the TV exposure which makes us look 
to the people but nothing beats plaixrie old

0f work

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flat-feet sore knuckled, hoarse-voiced
work. The corollary to this seem ob-
vious, the movenent will always belong
to those who work at spreading it.

Money and labor are what we need.
Money is nice but it is- the. same wherever
it owes from, only you can contribute
that unique blend of talents that no
other human being can.

Dav id Koch noninat ion was opposed
by many, including myself on the grounds
that all he had to offer was honey. He
had previously stated that he was unable
to canmaign actively. In my opinion he
bought the nonination, but what the heck
we held. out for a good price and it looks
like we'll get to have our cake and eat
it too. After all as Gary Greenberg of
New York pointed out in his seconding
speech there is no doubt that the man is
a firmly conmitted Libertarian (half a.
million is not chickenfeed for anybody
who works for a living) and it appears
the fellow is coming to see the necessity
of active campaigning. Mr. Koch, I be?
lieve was shown how much fun it can be
and I think he's hooked. The chance to
honorably enjoy a good fight has always
been one of the great est mot ivat ions of
our second American Revolutionaries .

Good luck, David, you'll love it.

Nota Bene

Again at this convention we failed to
adopt a platform plank concerning the
rights of the Native Americans. The
reason scans to be that the subject is
trenendously complicated and remiires a
great deal more scholarship and research.
My feeling is that we here in the mid-
west, Oklahcna in particular, are in an
ideal posit ion to begin this project and
have it ready two years hence. If any-
body is interested get in touch please.

 

AT BANQUET

$90,000 in". pledges and
contributions was raised
at the Presidential Banquet.
Saturday night. FM canons
of gold and. an canon of 
silver were donated. by various.
delegations and indiwiduals
to be matched by contributions
from the floor. The Oklahoma
delegation also donated an

canon. .
Orson Bean served as; master

of ceremonies. and Robert. Ringer
as keynote speaker.

D.0.-.L.L.s CAUCUS AT CONVENTION

The Dirty Ole Libertarian
Ladies held their founding
meeting at the Tulsa convention.
Attending were charter members
Mary Laurent, Lisa Branch 
Andrea Hetzler and Trina
Reese . Bill Huncher wandered
through on his way to the
Oklahoma Caucus but managed
to esaape.

The D.O.L.L.s showed up at
the L.A. convention with the
official D.O.L.L.s T-shirt
which sold quite well at the
Texas booth in the huekster
room.

 

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