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 issues of the day. It is my hope that we will have such a discussion at Kansas City and leave the Conference with a renewed dedication to those prin—

ciples that have sustained our Party and our country.”

The Charter Conference Delegates

The delegates to the 1974 Charter Conference will have either run and hays been elected at the local levels or have possessed the political know-how and clout to have been selected at the Congress- ional District or statewide level. In 1976, these same people will have a tremendous advantage in the non-primary states where they will have run previously and learned how to put it together. In the primary states, most - if not all - of these same peOple will be active in their own state primary on behalf of some President- ial candidate. I have always liked and shared you belief that in

a state like Georgia there are 1500-2000 who if committed to a cand- idate and properly utilized can win any election. I think that this analogy can be easily applied to the national level and believe that the Charter Conference delegates represent the same talents, abil-

ities and intensity as do our 2000 Georgia friends.

It is obviously important that we make a favorable impression on the

Conference delegates as a group and as individuals while re-

cruiting as many of them as possible to our cause in a low—key