Evening star., 1960-11-06

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old-fashioned. fiery political
speeches in a final effort to tilt
the State into the Kennedy col
umn Tuesday.
"The majority Jack Ken
nedy receives here NAV w"ll
determine the difference bn-
tween victory and defeat in
Virginia." he declared.
TITS been a hard. uphill fight
In Virginia. The religious issue
is still q rd-hurter. The situ-
alton has improved lot, but
it still looks very close"
Speaking to cheering, re-
sponsive crowds at nearby
shopping centers. Gov. Almond
exhorted Virginians to organize
% march to the polls that will
raise beacon Of hope to other
beleaguered areas"
Although the Governor re-
fused to predict who would win
in Virginia he said as a result
Of conversations with Senator
Kennedy and on the basis Of
all other information available,
he now Is certain the Demo-
cratic ticket will sweep the
Nation.
II am concerned lest Vir-
ginia stick out like q sore
thumb" he said.
Gov. Almond alluded several
times to the refusal Of Vir-
ginia's Senator Byrd to indorse
the Democratic candidates. He
exhorted Northern Virginians
to follow his own leadership
and that Of theiy own legisla-
tive representative representa-
tives.
Noting that Vice President
Nixon has called Senator Ken
nedy bare faced liar, he said:
Anyone who saw Poor
Richard on the first television
debate wouldn't call him bare
faced. In order to give a boost
to the tagging farmers, he had
his face covered with -four"
He asserted that If Senator
Kennedy returned Mr.. Nixon's
charge Of liar. 1T would be
an oversimplification of the
truth
At a noontime luncheon, Gov.
Almond several times brought
some $50 cheering Democrats
to their feet with his colorful
display Of classical Southern
oratory.
Derides Castro
| Denouncing Republican fall
ureS in foreign policy, he
derided Fidel Castro as a me
anderthal, chicken -pickin' whis-
kered Communist. and a man
who Is mad and might at any
moment provoke an incident
which could toss the world into
war"
Through gritted teeth, he
described angrily the jostling
OF Mrs. Lyndon Johnson "by
rufflans led by a Republican
candidate for Congress-" in a
Dallas hotel Friday.
I If I'd been there, I'd beaten
the devil out Of half of them" /"
he told his audience which
yelled approval.
/ AS he finished the luncheon
speech in which he constantly
referred to the Vice President
as Poor Richard" the Gov
ernor was greeted with shouts
OF Almond for Senator" Gov
Almond promptly emphasized
he is not a candidate for the
Senate and stressed that he
came to Northern Virginia only
to collect votes. for the present
Democratic ticket.
Heckled by Teen-Agers
The Governor himself was
subjected to some Republican
heckling as he left Arlington
Towers. Some 20 teen-agers
chanted Byrd, Yes; Almond,
No." A group of well-dressed
matrons retaliated by forming
their own chorus line and
shouting back at the teen
ayers, "Kaul for Congress"
In his constant appeal for
support for Senator Kennedy
and Democratic Congressional
Candidate Ralph Kaul. the
Governor said of the Senator
II know him, I respect him,
I trust him because he tells
you the truth"
State Senator Charles r
Fenwick. Tenth District Demo-
cratic Chairman. said after the
/ tour yesterday that Senator
Kennedy is so interested in how
Northern Virginia votes that he
has asked to be called per-
sonally at his home Tuesday
night as soon as election results
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