Evening star., 1960-11-10

WIlS1 n TcpOTCeT asked IL Tile
answer was not obvious, Mr..
Salinger said, I'D say the
answer was very obvious"
The 43-year-old President
elect spent most Of yesterday
and today relaxing with his
family here after staging one
Of the most intensive cam
paigns for the White House in
American history.
It was not until well into tile
afternoon yesterday that Mr..
Kennedy, the first Roman
Catholic and the youngest~man
ever elected President, was able
to make the customary victory
and unity speech-the vote in
Tuesdays election was so close.
Along with most Americans,
he was sure he had won long
before that. But the etiquette
Of presidential elections calls
for the winner to wait until his
opponent comedies the election
before he makes his victory
talk.
Surrounded by Family
Standing proudly with all the
adult members of his immedi-
ate family-his wife, Jacque-
line, his parents. two brothers
and three sisters-Mr. Kennedy
spoke to the country via tele-
vision from the flag-and-bunt-
ing draped Massachusetts, arm
ory here, set up as q press
room.
1t was the first time his
father, Joseph P. Kennedy, for
mer Ambassador to Great
Britain and controversial figure
of the Roosevelt admins
tration, had appeared in pub
lie with his White House-bound
son since before the Democratic
convention in Los Angeles last
July.
The President-elect appealed
for the help Of all Americans
ITO move this country safely
through the 1960s." He strove
to heal campaign wounds
quickly.
He was gracious toward Vice
President Nixon, congratulate
ing the man he beat for the
presidency ION a fine race"
And he seemed to bend over
backwards to be nice to Pres
ident Eisenhower, who had sent
him a terse congratulatory
telegram.
Challenging Years
The President-elect uttered a
brief message for all Americans.
He said:
ITO all Americans I say that
the next four years are going
to be difficult and challenging
years for us all.
"The election may have
been a close one. but I think
that there is general agree
ment by all our citizens that
a supreme national effort will
be needed in the years ahead
to move this country safely
through the 1960s.
"I ask your help in this
effort. And I can assure you
that every degree of mind and
spirit that I possess will be
devoted to the long range in
terests of the United States
and to the cause of freedom
around Cne world.
80 now my wife and I pre-
pare for a new administration
and for a new baby"
The Kennedy baby, due in
about three weeks, is expected
to be born in a New York
hospital.
Answering a few questions
after his statement, the Presi-
dent-elect made it clear he
expects to make his home here
his summer White House.
His brother, Robert, gave the
first Kennedy post-mortem
analysis of the election cam
paign to reporters who ques-
toned him as the family group
left the temporary press room
for the drive back to their
nearby homes.
Part Of Victory
Asked to what he thought
Senator Kennedy owed his VIC
tory, Robert Kennedy said he
thought organization and the
: Democratic registration drive
made lot of difference" and
that "his personal campaign
+ ing attracted a lot of people. )
i But, as many people have
: been speculating for weeks, ht