Evening star., 1960-07-22

whom the people will want
to follow, not Just an organ
izer or herder of mem of
undoubted integrity and abil-
ity, a man who has never
m a de self contradicting
statements nor engaged in
Self-cancelling actions, a man
who is a living example of
the multiple rewards accru-
able from an adherence to
fundamental principleS-such
a man is Senator Barry
Goldwater of Arizona.
Donald Webb.
Virginia Beach, Va.
Your editorial Formidable
Candidate" falls just a little
short of a full endorsement
by your paper of the Demo-
cratic candidates. Messrs.
Kennedy and johnson. At
this writing, the Democrats
are the big noise, and some of
us get taken in by the hula
baloo, campaign promises,
and what not.
However, everything is not
sweetness and light even
among the Democrats them
selves. Senator johnson Sc
verely criticized Kennedy's
congressional attendance rec
ord, his lack of experience,
and the vast sums of money
spent to push and bull J.F.K.
to the top. But Kennedy won
in spite of all this. So to
appease L.B.J., Kennedy was
supposed to have picked him
as running mate. But ac-
cording to publisher John S.
Knight, Kennedy had little
to do with the selection. SEN
ator johnson and Speaker
Rayburn simply agreed that
he, Senator johnson, should
be named V.P., and that was
that.
The statement Politics
makes strange bedfellows"
was never more clear or ap-
propriate. After you have a
chance to carefully review
the Republican Party's rec
ord and its 1860 platform, I
hope you'll agree the COP.
serves the American people
best and for a longer time.
Come November and election
time, I am certain most vo-
ters will remember we lived
pretty good the last eight
years.
Herbert Sommers.
y y
After reading David Law
rence's article. mo Easy Vic
tory for Kennedy" I began
to view his dogmatic journal
ism with a rather skeptical
eye. While I have the great
est respect for Vice President
Nixon and while I have not
yet decided for whom I shall
cast my vote, I do fail to see
the innate intellect exhibited
in Vice President Nixon that
I see in Senator John Ken
nedy. Only one example of
the native intelligence of
Senator Kennedy would be
his prize-winning book, and
after all, the great philos-
piers tell us that knowledge
is the supreme goal of life.
OF course, Senator Kennedy
is not as familiar with the
routine experience of govern
ment as Vice President Nixon
is. however, I can see no rea-
son why Mr.. Lawrence would
attempt to imply that Vice
President Nixon is so far
ahead Of Senator Kennedy
in experience, that it would
be vain for Senator Kennedy
to reach that position of ex-
perience.
Let Mr.. Lawrence try to
view politics with an eye of
reality rather than attempt
to live in a world of imagina-
tion and dogmatiSm.
George T. Williamson.
n
Democrats of all regions
and viewpoints should be
able to derive some degree of
satisfaction from the Demo-
cratic Convention of 1860. A
real effort was made to stop
Kennedy, but there was, by
and large, neither the dis
position nor the opportunity
to indulge in the party's
weakness for prolonged and
embittered factional scrap
ping. The ticket is a strong
one: a presidential nominee
young, vigorous, and thor
oughly alert to the trends
and needs of the day, who
commands the respect of
both liberal and moderate
groups; and a vice president
tial nominee qualified to be
a tower of strength to his
leader, both in the campaign