Evening star., 1960-10-13
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decided the controversy over
Quemoy and Matsu is the best
available weapon with which
to club his opponent into de-
feat.
Though he discussed such
varied subjects as avlatloi.
policy, the Connally reserva-
ton to the World Court,
appointment of a Negro to the
cabinet and Federal aid to
parochial schools, the heartiest
crowd response came whenever
Mr.. Nixon assailed Senator
Kennedy's proposal to exclude
the offshore islands from the
defense line in the Formosa
Straits.
Parade and Fireworks
Thousands gathered at
Knott's Berry Farm-a former
roadside stand that has become
one of the Los Angeles areas
biggest restaurants and amuse-
ment parks-to welcome the
Vice President. A torchlight
parade and a display of fire
works provided the sparkle for
one of the most colorful rallies
of the whole campaign.
II see a tide running" Mr..
Nixon told the crowd, which
included a delegation from
Yorba Linda, where he was
born. Were going to carry
this State"
Early in his televised address,
the Vice President referred to
Senator Kennedy's charge, made
in New York yesterday. that he
was trigger happy" to risk war
over Quemoy and MatSu.
We'll, now, let's look at his
tory just a moment, since he
has brought it up" Mr.. Nixon
said. I'm the last so years, I'll
suggest that he name one Re-
publican President who led this
country into war, and I can
name three Democratic Presi-
dents who have done So"
Charges Appeasement
His reference apparently was
to Woodrow Wilson, Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Harry s..
Truman.
AS soon as the cheers at this
sally had died, Mr.. Nixon
added: "The question, of course,
is not which is the war party
and which is the peace party.
All Of us, Democrats and Re-
publicans, want peace"
But, he said, he and Henry
Cabot Lodge know Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchev for the die
tator he is, and would never be
guilty Of the fuzzy minded or
wooly headed" view that a die
tator's ambitions can be satis-
fed by piecemeal concessions.
For the first time, he linked
the surrender of Quemoy and
Matsu, not just to the policies
that he said led to the Korean
war, but to the appeasement of
Hitler before World War II, as
part Of "the lesson of history
he (Senator Kennedy forgets."
you remember Hitler?" he
asked. 1--WE tried to buy him
of. First, they gave him Dam
zig. Then they gave him other
parts of Europe. But every
time they gave him something
he asked for more and more
and more, until at last it was
war, and the worst war in his
tory"
Strikes Responsive Chord
Eleven years later he said,
Secretary Of State Acheson
Indicated Korea was outside
the defense zone of the United
States. They (the Com
munists) marched in and 3d.
600 American boys paid the
price of this folly diplomatical-
ly."
All of this, Mr.. Nixon de-
clared, was part of the policy
of retreat and defeat" of pre-
viouS Democratic administra-
tionS. We're not going to go
back to it, as Senator Kennedy
has asked"
Wherever he went yesterday,
the Republican nominee found
evidence that's assault on the
Kennedy position was striking
a responsive chord.
A sign in the crowd of 5000
persons at a picnic in Long
Beach said "Quemoy and MatSu
-Kennedy's Munich"
The hand-lettered banner
was made by Phillip Dale, a
freshman student at Long
Beach City College, who told
reporters he was shocked by
what Senator Kennedy said,
and I think a lot Of other
people were, too."
In an audience that was
largely made up of older per-
sons, Mr.. Nixon drew faint
applause when he defended his
program of Federally supported