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Evening star., 1960-07-05
Truman Was Clear
On Johnson Support

@. You think that he is act
ing with others like Senator
johnson?
A. Well. I think he is act
ing in support of Senator
Johnson. He made that very
clear on Saturday. Senator
johnson welcomed his state
ment on Saturday. but don t
think any one man is going to
determine who shall be the
nominee of the Democratic
Party. Any candidate who de-
sires to secure broad support
before the convention could
have done so by running in the
primaries. That is why pri-
maries were set up and not
one President of the United
States in this century has been
elected who did not at first win
at least one primary.
@. There have been all sorts
Of reports about how many
Evening star., 1960-07-05

A. Well, I didn't read that in
the inference. I will be glad to
answer the question if you are
asking me. I will say that, of
course, we did not. Is there any
evidence that we have?
@. Sir, he said, and I am
quoting; THE Democratic
Party must never be allowed to
become the party of privilege
where men of modest means or
no means at all cannot rise to
service"
A. The two major candidates
that Mr.. Truman indorsed are
both men of means. Mr.. Tru-
man, himself, supported a can
didate who was fully qualified
in every way in 1856, who was
a man Of means. Mr.. Truman
was raised to the Vice President
by President Roosevelt who was
also a man Of means.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
Hopes for Trumon's
Support if Nominated

To me. an open convention
means one rejecting the free
will of delegates freely elected
in contested primaries and
State conventions. But based on
my observation of him in 1852,
1856 and last Saturday, Mr..
Truman regards an open con-
vention as one which studies
all the candidates - reviews
their records - and then takes
his advice.
Nevertheless, ! share his hope
that our convention will con-
slider all prospective nominees
including all those he named
and some he did not name. And
hope that Mr.. Truman will
attend Ethe convention - and
should / be the nominee, I
hope he will support me in
the fall.
Third, Mr.. Truman accused
my supporters Of using improp-
er pressure" on the delegates.
Not one concrete example has
ever been named - I do not
want any votes that have been
pressured - and the facts of
the matter are that my votes
come from the primaries -
where I entered all that were
open - and from rank-and-
file Democratic voters who vot-
ed for me in their State con-
ventions and caucauses.
The prospective candidates
Mr.. Truman named could have
entered those primaries. Some
of them were travelling widely
all year - and supporting my
primary opponents - but not
one of them entered one pri-
mary on his own.
The other candidates also
had the same opportunity as
I to present their record and
views to the individual dele
gates and State conventions.
Many Of them have already
been properly sized up" as
Mr.. Truman recommended -
and they have their own back
ers who are not, I am told,
without influence and the op-
portunity to pressure dele
gates.
Evening star., 1960-07-05

1.-THE tollotDing is the tert
5 statement yesterday in reply
. Trumdr's criticism:
other leaders stretching all the
way back to Napoleon and
Alexander the Great.
To exclude from position Of
trust and command all those
below the age Of A would have
kept Jefferson from writing
the Declaration Of Independ-
ence, Washington from COM
manding the Continental Army,
Madison from fathering the
Constitution. Hamilton from
serving as Secretary Of the
Treasure, Clay from being
elected Speaker of the House,
and Christopher Columbus
from even discovering Amer
ica.
But I do not believe the
American people are willing to
impose any such test. For this
is still a young country, found
ed by young men, and still
young in heart, youthful in
spirit, and blessed with new
young leaders in both parties.
in both houses of Congress,
an d in Governors chairs
throughout the country.
The strength and health and
vigor of these young men is
equally needed in the White
House. For, during my lifetime
alone. four out of our seven
presidents have suffered ma
jor health setbacks that i'm
paired, at least temporarily,
their exercise of executive lead
ership. Older men may always
be appointed to the cabinet
their wise counsel of experience
will always be invaluable-but
then, if i'll health cuts short ,
their work. others may replace
them. But a President is elect
ed for four or possibly eight |
years-and the voters deserve
to know that his vigor and
strength will remain at the
helm.
So if, in the coming weeks,
both parties in their respective
conventions should nominate
candidates still in their 40S
(and Mr.. Nixon and I, as a
matter of fact, entered the
Congress together), the coun-
try will, I am confident. be
ready for that choice. We have |
had six previous Presidents in
their forties and many presi-
Dental candidates - some, in |
fact, in their thirties.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
Johnson Seen as
Main Competitor

@. Who is your strongest
competitor at the convention
today?
A. I think Senator Johnson
has the most potential votes.
@. Do you still believe that
Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Syming-
ton, and I believe Mr.. Steven
son, cannot win the election
If they were nominated?
A. Oh, I think they can win
the election. I think any Demo-
crat who is selected by the con-
vention will win the election in
November.
@. Do you expect to have the
united support of the Southern
Democratic leadership?
A. Well, I think the Southern
delegates are supporting Sena-
tor johnson to this convention.
@. But do you expect to pick
up that support, or would this
go by the wayside? Would you
accept the support.
A. I will be glad to accept the
support Of anyone who wishes
to support me.
Q. Do you expect to win on
the first ballot, and do you ex-
pect both California and Penn
sylvania to go with you on that
ballot?
A. No, I have never set a
ballot number, and I think it
would be very unwise if I did.
California will caucus, I believe,
on Sunday, next Sunday;
Pennsylvania on Monday, and
you will have the answers to
both those questions at that
time.
@. Senator Kennedy, is there
any possibility that the recent
avalanche Of objection to your
youth could be a submerged
anti-Catholic sentiment that
found a more socially accept
able way of being heard?
A. I am sure that is not so.
@. AS far as you know, have
any votes been pressured?
A. No. they haven't. Mr.. Tru-
man did not name any.
@. Senator, Mr.. Truman has
always regarded himself as a
loyal Democrat. He has always
said that he would support the
party ticket. Do you feel that
in the event of your nomina-
tion, after what he said last
Saturday, that he still can sup
port you, and how important is
this support?
Evening star., 1960-07-05

VI OONUSCf OOfSt = , nChkCuy
to former President Harry S
Last Saturday, one of our
most dedicated and courageous
Presidents gave the Nation his
views on the Forthcoming Dem
ocratic National Convention.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Truman's re-
marks we're directed at me, /
am taking this opportunity to
respond to his statement.
First, Mr.. Truman suggested
that I step aside as a preSi-
Dental candidate IN 1860. In
response, let me say: do not
intend to step aside at any
ones request. / was the only
candidate to risk my chances
in all the primaries-the only
one to visit every State. have
encountered and survived every
kind of hazard and opposition
and do not inetnd to with
draw my name now. on the
eve of the convention.
Secondly, Mr.. Truman as
serted that the convention
would be controlled" or pre-
arranged" In response, let me
say: To the extent that ! have.
anything to do with it, it will
be an open convention - as
every convention or our broad
ly-based party is open-even
though our candidate has been
selected on the first ballot in
every single convention but one
since 1882 s(includ'ng the l948
convention which nominated
Mr.. Truman)
Evening star., 1960-07-05
Thinks Language
Will Be Clearer

A. I think times have changed
since 1856. I think the language
will be different. I think it will
be clearer. more precise and it
will affirm more strongly the
right of every American to
have an equal opportunity to
develop his talents.
@. Can you be more precise,
sir? Are you thinking in terms
of Federal legislation or fed
eral machinery?
A. Federal legislation has
supported civil rights.
@. Senator, will you go into
the South to make a speech in
Little Rock or in Mississippi
or in New Orleans, which will
speak out firmly for deSegrega-
ton in the school systems?
A. Well now, I am on tele-
vision. I have been covered by
the press for many months. I
think my views are we'll known.
l will campaign everywhere I
think it is wise in order to Sc
cure support in order to beat
Mr.. Nixon in November.
@. Do you agree with Presi-
dent Truman in not mentionA
ing Adlai Stevenson as one of
the 10 men that the conven-
ton should consider?
A. I think they should con-
slider Gov. Stevenson. I nomi-
mated him and I supported him
when I was chairman of the
Massachusetts, delegates.
@. Senator, do you think that
President Truman, former
President Truman's declaration
the other day is gonig to hurt
your chances, if you are the
nominee, of being elected in
November?
A. No, I don't think so at all.
I think we might as well have
all these fights right now and
settle this question as to
whether leadership, the leader
ship coming up is going to lead
the Democratic party. I think
this is a good time to settle it.
before the convention. But aft
er the convention we can go to
the people with a united party
behind us.
@. Do you think Mr.. Truman
is involved in any kind of a
stop Kennedy" movement or
conspiracy?
A. Not a conspiracy, but I
think he made it very open
that he was attempting to stop
me, which is his privilege, but
he has done it in 1856. I don't
object to it at all.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
World Changes, Old
Ways Won't Do

1t is true. Of course. that al
most all of the major world
leaders today - on both sides
of the iron Curtain - are
men past the age of IS. 1t is
true that the world today is
largely in the hands Of men
whose education was completed
before the whole coure of in
ternational events was altered
by two world wars. But who
is to say how successful they
have been in improving the
fate Of the world? And who is
to replace these men as the
passage of time removes from
the scene those born in the
10th century?
The world is changing. The
old ways will not do. The bal
ance OF power is shifting -
there are new and more terri
Bile weapons - new and un-
certain nations - new pres
sures Of population and auto
nation that we're never con-
sidered before. And in many
OF these new countries, I have
noticed - particularly in AZ
rica and Asia - they are elect
ing young men to leadership
= men who are not bound by
the traditions Of the past -
men who are not blinded by
the old slogans and delusions
and suspicious.
1t is time for a new gen.
Grafton of leadership, to cope
with new problems and new
opportunities. For there is a
new world to be won-a world
OF peace and goodwill, a world
OF hope and abundance. And I
want America to lead the way
to that new world.
Mr.. Truman asks me if I
think I am ready. And I am
reminded that 100 years ago.
Abraham Lincoln - not vet
President, and under fire from
the veteran politicians-wrote
these words:
Il see the storm coming, and
/ know that his hand is in it.
II he has a place and work
for me, I believe that I am
ready"
Today I say to you-in all
humility-that if the people of
this Nation select me to be
their President. I believe that
I am ready.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
No Butler Comment
OF Support

Q. Do you think that any
ambassador should speak the
language of the country to
which he is sent?
A. That would be most help
ful and I hope all ambassadors
will be chosen based on their
skill and their ability to rep
resent the United States with
the country involved.
@. Senator Lyndon johnson
has described Paul Butler as
your avowed supporter and a
man who has not consulted
other candidates in setting I'D
the convention. What comment
do you have?
A. I don't think Mr.. Butler
has been a avowed supporter
Of mine. I don't think he has
ever made a declaration that
he is supporting me for the
nomination. I have not been
consulted to date on the ar
ranging of this convention
The three key positions of the
convention are filled first by
Gov. Collins (Florida) who is
the chairman of the conven-
ton, who is one of the 10 men
whom Truman suggested for
the presidency. The second is
Congressman Bowles (Con-
necticut), who is chairman of
the committee on the platform,
and he was among the 10
whom President Truman in
dorsed; and the third - he
could have been on the list of
10-was Gov. H. Loveless, who
is chairman of the rules COM
mittee. of Iowa. These are the
three key positions. 1t seems
to me the character of the
Evening star., 1960-07-05
Explains Statement
On Stevenson

@. Stevenson is on my mind.
Did you promise Gov. Steven
son, or did you say something
to the effect that Gov. Steven
son might be Secretary of
State if you become President? +?
A. Well, when I was asked ]
stated that at that time it was
my judgment that whoever
was elected President from the
Democratic Party would ask
Gov. Stevenson to serve as Sec
retary of State.
@. Does that mean that YOU
are actually considering him
as your Secretary of State?
A. My statement, I think, is
quite clear.
Q. Senator Kennedy, Harlem
is flooded with a number of
reports that the Rev. Martin
Luther King is about to an
nounce his support of your
candidacy. Have you any COM
ment on that?
A. No. I have seen Mr.. King,
Rev. King, but I am sure that
ne is not going to take a part
in indorsing a candidate in
either party.
@. With all this talk Of youth
and age, do you think there is
any difference between the Re-
publican and Democratic par
ties in terms of outlook and
control, and in terms of youth
and ageP
A. Well, I believe that the
Democratic Party Is the oldest
party, but I believe-in the
world-that is active today
but I think it is also the young
est party in connection with
vitality. willingness to recog-
nize change in revolutionary
times. I have never felt those
qualities in the Republican
Party were particularly noted.
@. Do you feel that the Re-
publican Party is controlled by
the old men?
A. I wouldn't make that
Characterization. I think they
are controlled by men who be-
lieve that the past is right.
@. Senator, in making your
second point, you point out that
Mr.. Truman was nominated on
the first ballot. Do you mean to
imply, sir. that probably the
same charge of a rigged con-
could have been made
at that time in 1948, if some
body had thought of it?
A. No, I didn't. Thank you
very much.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
No One in Mind
On Health Question

@. You made a statement in
your opening speech on the
health Of the past Presidents.
Do you-did you, when you
raised the health question,
have any other candidate in
mind?
A. No. I didn't, just history.
@. In Life Magazines special
issue on politics, have you read
it?
A. Yes, I have.
@. There is an .ad here on
the first page that it cost $751;
000-entitled There were no
ghost writer's at the Alamo
have you read that?
A. Yes.
@. Would you say that is a
veiled plug for Senator john
son of Texas?
A. No I did not read that
into it.
@. On the question of cam
paign expenditures, would you
care to state how much you
have spent?
A. I have made a report on
each Of those States as to the
amount of money expended, and
it is a matter of public record.
AS to the administrative ex-
penseS of our headquarters, l
believe that it is less than at
least two Of the major candi-
dates. Now, Brookings Insti-
tute said President Eisenhower
spent $2.5 million in his pre-
convention campaign in 1852,
and Gov. Stevenson spent So
in 1856. I would say
that we spent a third of that.
@. President Truman the
other day, on Saturday, re-
ferred to a conversation in In
dependence in which he said
he asked you to step aside, or
to throw aside consider
ations of personal ambition.
Does this mean that he has
asked you previously to step out
of the race for the presidential
nomination?
A. No, the last conversation
to which he referred in Inde-
pendence was less precise than
that. He said we must all join
together to secure the best man.
I did not feel that on that oc-
casion he was asking me to step
aside.
@. On Saturday Mr.. Truman
gave special attention to Gov.
Robert B. Meyner, who is a
favorite son. Have you or has
any one of your members of
your family discussed the pos
of Gov. Meyner being
named to an ambassadorship?
A. No, they have not, nor
have I discussed it with anyone
in the United States in the
campaign. If I am nominated
by the Democratic Party, it will
be without a commitment for
any individual in Government.
Evening star., 1960-07-05

delegates you have on the first
ballot. Would you like to COM
ment on that; how many dele
gates you think you have?
A. No, I think there are a
number Of figures so it is Diff
flcult.
@. Do you expect to win by
the second ballot?
A. I don't think it will be a
prolonged convention.
@. 1t will be a short conven-
ton?
A. I don't think it will be a
prolonged one.
@. You have taken painstak-
ing efforts to comment on
youth and people of relatively
young age who have achieved
great positions. Do you expect
most of your opposition to harp
on your youthful looks?
A. I think they will harp on
a good number of things, but
I think the question of age will
come into it. 1t came into it
last Saturday, but don't OBJ
ject. I think I answered it quite
fully why I believe that this is
still a young country. I sit next
to Senator Green on the for
eign Relations Committee, who
was IL years of age at the
time of Clusters Last Stand.
The average age of those who
wrote the Declaration of In
dependence was certainly in
the late 'thirties, or early
'forties, and I think that we
are, if we are going to present
an image to the world today
as a young country-and Mr..
Nixon and I, as I said, have
been in the Congress the same
period Of time, and he is four
years older than I am: it seems
to me what really is the ques-
ton is not the age of the can
didate but the candidates abil-
ity to lead his country through
a most difficult time.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
High School Editors
Attend Gu Institute

High school newspaper edi-
tors from as far away as Flor
ida and Colorado are attending
Catholic University's 18th An
nual Journalism Institute here.
Among the l25 students en-
rolled in the course which lasts
until July % are At pupils
from Is local high schools.
The university also has a
high school drama lab under
way.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
History Has Defied
45-Yeor STANDARD

And If we are to establish a
so-called maturity test which
finds men 43 years of age or
younger unfit for leadership
a test, by the way, not met by
all those listed by Mr.. Truman
and not in keeping with the
constitutional test of age 35-
then history has repeatedly
violated this principle; in the
lives Of President Theodore
Roosevelt, Prime Minister Will
liam Pitt, and a whole host OF
Evening star., 1960-07-05

men involved. I think. is a
suficent answer to any charge
Of rigging or of a prearranged
convention.
@. Do you have reason TO
believe that Mr.. Stevenson or
Senator Humphrey will support
you in the convention?
A. No, I do not.
Q. Gov. Stevenson-I am
sorry.
A. I am complimented.
Evening star., 1960-07-05

NEW YORK July (AP)-The tollo0no is the tert
OF Senator John F. Kennedys statement yesterday in reply
to former President Harry S. Trumdn's criticism
Evening star., 1960-03-27

for seven years with the
with the F. w. Woolworth
Company for seven years.
Mr.. Pannill brought a BIS.
degree from George Wash
ington University with him
to the Peoples Drug organi-
zation. He spent three years
with the Air Force.
Mr.. SeleZnow is a member
of the Board of Trade Of
Washington. the Advertising
Club, and the Norbeck Coun-
try Club, being vice presi-,
dent of the last. He has been
with Grand Union Super
markets for many years. He
was overseas in the South
Pacific area with the Air
Force.
Mr.. Kensinger was four
years with Occupation Forces
in Europe and the Navy. He
is chairman of the 1nde-
pendence Day Committee
and a member Of the Junior
Chamber Of Commerce.
Evening star., 1960-03-27

Store, is second vice presi-
dent.
S. L. Seleznow, vice presi-
dent of the Grand Union
SupermarketS, is association
secretary.
John L. Kensinger, jr.,
manager of the Plaza branch
Of the Citizens Bank Of
Maryland, is treasurer.
During the war Mr.. Rhode
gave four years service to the
Army and is now a member OF
the Reserve. He is affiliated
with the Military Government
Association. Active in civic
affairs, he most recently
headed the Prince Georges
County Cerebral Palsy Asso-
citation campaign. He has
been with Hecht's for IL
.-ears.
Mr.. Wiley has been with
he Murphy Company for 20
years-in various managerial
posts-before that he was
Evening star., 1960-03-27
l.. B. Rhode Head
OF PIozo Merchants

Other officers and their
store connections are:
James L. Wiley, manager
Of the G. C. Murphy Co. unit,
is vice president.
William E. Pannill, man
ager of the Peoples Drug
Evening star., 1960-03-27

The officials of the Prince
Georges Plaza Merchants
Association are a devoted
group of civic leaders headed
by Lawrence B. Rhode, man
ager of the Hecht Company
store in the Plaza.
Evening star., 1960-03-27

These men ore active in the offoirs of the
Prince Georges Piozo Merchants Association.
Mr.. Wershoven represents Eostern Shopping
Centers. Inc. and is Plozo monoser. He is q
sroduote Of New York University, Washington
Squore College and the School of Low.
Evening star., 1960-06-23

Antony utters his famous last
words, Il am dying, Egypt,
dying" at least one spectator
thought Sweden" would have
sounded more to the point of
Miss Chapman's appearance.
Ethel Casey and Krishna
Paul as the Queens ladies have
their telling moments, but it is
the men who dominate Olney's
stage.
Among these are Mr.. Bosco's
vigorous but vacillating An
tony; Chet London's stalwart
Agrippa; Laurence Hugo'S
doughy, doubling Enobarbus;
Joseph Plummer's youthfully
proud Octavius, so concerned
with honor and unsullied Ro-
man manhood; and Gino Con-
forti's bewildered, amusing,
loyal Eros.
Evening star., 1960-06-23

that this was an era Of great
ness and folly, that a Roman
triumvirate capable of ruling
the world was wrecked by a
mercurial Egyptian nymph.
"Nymph" in the broadest
sense of the word.
Her effect to be sure is
one which Shakespeare finds
essentially tragic, but not with
out it's absurdities which give
this spectacle of love and poll
tics its moments of high and
low comedy.
+ &&
The arreSting novelty in the
casting of Olney's Antony and
Cleopatra" is the presence OF
Liza Chapman in the Cleopatra
role.
Miss Chapman is almost
f1agrantly Nordic, light of COM
plexion, lighter of hair. She
acts the part mercurially, viva
ciously, and with violence in its
higher emotional moments but
she remains somehow at odds
with ones impression ot
Shakespeare's serpent of the
Nile"
And, when Philip Bosco, as
Evening star., 1960-06-23
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing
Stage

Stage
Carter Barron Amphitheater
Washington Ballet. $3.50 pm,
Nationality Fair Lady;
$50 pm.
Olney-"Antony and Cleopa-
ira; $50 pm.
Evening star., 1960-06-23

women in the caSt?" I asked
Mr.. Nutting. NO." he replied,
adding. What greater romance
can there be than the love of
millions of men for one man."
Lawrence was killed in a
motorbike accident in 1885. He
died unhappy because he felt
that his promise to the Arabs
had been broken.
=
Jeffrey Hunter, with a few
days of from THE King Of
Kings" in Madrid, took wife
Dusty to Majorca to relax
WAS skin diving and in
trouble" he writes. Game up
for air alongside a yacht
Climbed aboard, to find it was
ErrOl Flynn's Zaca. 1t has a
crew aboard and is for sale