New names were thrown around and rejected: Fred Harris, LaDonna Harris, Gene McCarthy (unpopular and divisive), Phil Hart (too sick), George McGovern (bad memories), Gary Hart (probably wouldn’t do it), Dick Clark, Jack Gilligan (who? “That’s where I would be if I wasn’t here,” he said. ), Senator Abourezk (in transit), Warren Beatty, Frank Church (said no, but wanted to meet Fritz anyway). He looked pained. Now they came to see how far this gutsy kid was gonna get. Louise Ransom went into the hall to practice her speech. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. “And tonight,” he said, “I have the proud distinction of nominating Fritz Efaw for vice-president of the United States.” He looked down at Fritz and smiled. The government awarded him a Bronze Star with a "V" (denoting valor) and the Purple Heart for his service, courage, and injuries. Two speeches were actually needed: one in support of the Bleicher minority report (tone: I risked a hell of a lot to come here, now I want to speak) and one on the issue (tone: moral indignation; an intensive educational tract by a draft dodger on one of the most complex issues around). The GI movement had extended to England because of the large number of American flyers who were stationed there after their first tour in Vietnam. Fritz’s lawyer, Jon Marsh, sat nervously reading over his notes. Grandmothers introduced their grandchildren; NBC filmed his registering at the Statler Hilton; people lined up to shake his hand and welcome him home. “These people’s sons look like hippies,” he explained. After the show, Fritz walked out of the studio and into the limousine. Fritz had been the flowered centerpiece to their liberalism; he was the clean-cut, rent-a-draft-dodger patsy — but now he was carrying them all on his newly bought coattails. The meeting was attended by Harold Ickes, the son of Roosevelt’s secretary of the interior. Now Louise held her glass high in the air and waited for Fritz’s mother to look up. He had never dreamed it would be like this. Fritz walked into the backyard and flopped into an armchair. That afternoon Harold Ickes had missed some of the rules discussions for which he’d worked for months, in order to get the Democratic Committee to put George Wallace’s wheelchair platform up on the podium for Ron Kovic. “Where’s Fritz Efaw!” demanded the commentator. The platform plank on amnesty called for a pardon for “all those who suffer legal or financial jeopardy as a result of peaceful opposition to the war” and for a case-by-case consideration of each Vietnam-era deserter. The film won two Academy Awards and several Golden Globe Awards, but, most importantly, it shone a Hollywood-bright light on Kovic's activist causes and anti-war message. The film is, as Stone said, Kovic's "confession," and as "close to a Capra film as I'm going to get." Fritz Elaw’s unconventional campaign for the Vice-Presidency. His exposure to European politics made it easy for him to pick up the gist of rules issues that many of the members of the study committees had been discussing for two years. “I’ve got to look like they’d like their sons to look.” At the end of the hearings, everyone came up to shake his hand. He was to be the fourth nominee — right after Mondale. But he was there: not only was he there, but he was one of the most important people at the convention. By this time, Fritz was not only relaxed but confident. Various people who had helped us sought each other out on the floor and shook hands. The delegates looked down and many of them cried. Mary McGrory interviewed him after the meeting and wrote a column in favor of the Bleicher minority report. While Fritz paced his room in London, Harold Ickes took up the fight in Washington. Over time, Kovic understood that war wasn't all about heroism, and that America did not truly respect its soldiers' sacrifices. Coverwall, Democrats. He eventually became president of the organization. One was Lee Novick, Abzug’s administrative assistant, and the other was Mim Kelber, Bella’s right-hand person. By two o’clock on Friday afternoon, the 9th of July, Fritz Efaw was struggling with his fame. Then they assumed he’d never get certified and accredited. It was late afternoon when 12 people finally piled into a VW camper and left for East Meadow, Long Island. He reread a note which Julian Bond, the Georgia state senator, had sent to him, that explained how and why he had put his name in nomination in 1968. As a result of the terrible guilt he carried from the previously mentioned incidents, he purposely had exposed himself to enemy fire. Don’t let them construe your words like that.”, “Fritz,” another said, “you sounded like you were running for office out there. Fritz has had his day — this is our business. He had just written a book about the KGB and showed us some fake female nipples with tiny transmitters in them. “I hope you did,” Kovic said. In March his flat was firebombed by a right-wing British group because it was above a black community bookshop in South London. The Democrats Abroad were very unhappy about it, especially in light of Pennsylvania governor Milton Shapp’s willingness to second Fritz’s nomination. For seven years he’d asked the London press to come to his marches and meetings, as he stood with other exiles and friends outside the American Embassy. Suddenly, two huge floodlights burst into the room followed by a mobile ABC camera. No government will ever teach me to hate another human being. This fell far short of the amnesty council’s expectations. Marsh had obtained personal assurances from assistant U.S. attorney Thomas Maher that Fritz would not need to report to Oklahoma until after the Democratic Convention, but an AP story about Fritz that had appeared on July 5th in the Oklahoma City papers had infuriated the Oklahoma authorities. And you can’t let them crawl under their chairs. Fritz put his arm around Myrna Loy and looked ill with joy. As we were leaving the party, Fritz ran into Ron Kovic, a disabled former Marine sergeant who had been conspicuously active in Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He did it again and they started to clap, then they cheered, then they stood up. It's also Stone's story, no matter how much he wants to deny that personal connection. They kicked him out and humiliated his girlfriend to the point of hysterical tears.
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