The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-25

Il have been elected and l am
going to do my best to nipple
ment my views and meet my
responsibilities" John F.
Kennedy
THOSE WHO HAVE wondered
how the President-elect would
take his narrow margin may con-
clude from the statement above
that he takes it as neither man
date nor modification.
He takes it as a challenge.
In all his family life, upbring-
ing and nature, the competitive
note is strong. Many stories have
been written about it and about
the touch, or tag game the family
and their friends have played for
SO many years at Hyannis, the
fiercely competitive way they 60
about it. the will to win. Poor
JacQueline broke an ankle trying
to keep up when first she be-
came a member of the family
as Jacks wife.
You can guess that to man
like Jack Kennedy the slimness
of his victory will only resolve
him to fight harder for his pro-
gram.
THE ROANOKE TIMES prints
with approval a Wall Street Jour
nal editorial on the constitutional
intent that executive. legislative
and judicial arms should check
and balance each other in a sepa-
ration Of powers, not be smooth
threesome commonly guided.
That was before the party sys-
tenn developed with presump-
tons Of a common executive and
legislative point of view. The
original concept will break loose
under Mr.. Kennedy it seems. He
will challenge and be challenged.
There will be separations and
balances Of power and it will be
good that it is SO.
with so NARROW a margin
OF victory in terms of the pOpu-
lar will writes Editor Orndorff
in the Roanoke paper, 'Mr. Ken
nedy cannot claim a mandate for
carrying out the extraordinarily
radical measures proposed in his
partys platform nor some of the
visionary schemes he has advo-
Gated - Agreeing, Don Ewing
in The Shreveport Times points
to the Republican pickup of
about 20 new seats in the House,
something virtually unheard Of
for a party losing the Presidency
in the same election. But Editor
Ewing adds that the new adj
ministration was elected by
majority in the Senate and some
thing short of that in the House.
1T might try anything says.
Don.
Mr. Kennedy is beginning mild
" but we have his word for it
and his nature-that no matter
how he came to victory. victory
is his, and he means to use il. No
niceties about mandates seem to
engage him. He has the Presi-
dency. A miss is as good as
mile and so is a win.
is 1T UNSPORTING and I'M
American not to accept the ver-
dict of the people" in total
hearth" Not with division so close
and the issue SO unresolved and
vital I'VE may now face one of
the more formidable conflicts of
our history Well-says Editor
Henry Cauthen in The Columbia,
S. c., Record, seeing liberals on
the one hand against the middle
of-the-rOad and the conservatives
on the other And Editor Hol-
land Of The Birmingham News
editorial page agrees. This cleo
ton was not the end Of some
thing. 1t was beginning for
those who want to fight back and
save society in which the maxi
mum concern is preservation Of
the freedoms and self-reliance
upon which we had though the
United States was ever to be
based
THE SOUTH CAN REPORT
progress in the business Of being
appreciated.
1t used to be that no excellence
from these states could expect
approval above the Potomac.
Now it is only the excellence that
may come on occasion from; seq
reeationist elements which has