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...activities of the caucus in the Fainsod debate never approached the feverish pitch of the previous Spring. The liberals met only a few times last year to organize their slate of candidates. The conservatives met once, then circulated a list of their candidates to certain Faculty members and lobbied for their acceptance...
...Buddhist '"Lotus Blossom" candidates, who were tacitly backed by Thich Tri Quang's antigovernment An Quang Pagoda faction, narrowly edged out the progovernment "Sun" slate...
...unknown factor in South Viet Nam's volatile political chemistry, especially since 1966, when they began to boycott the nation's politics. Last week they returned to political life-"to play the democracy game" as one Saigon journalist put it. They came as winners as the Buddhist slate of ten candidates emerged with the largest number of votes in last weekend's nationwide Senate elections...
...outcome did support Thieu's claim that his government had conducted honest elections. The voting was largely peaceful, as 65% of the 6,600,000 eligible voters trooped to the polls. The candidates on the two top tickets, plus the members of the third-place, independent "Lily Flower" slate, will fill 30 vacancies in the 60-member Senate...
...Winner. The leader of the Lotus Blossom slate is Vu Van Mau, 56, a law professor who served as Ngo Dinh Diem's Foreign Minister. "Thieu would like a military victory," says Mau. "But even the U.S. has said many times that there will be no winner or loser in Viet Nam. Therefore we must win peace." After last weekend's triumph, the Buddhists may decide to run pro-peace candidates for the presidency and the lower house next year...