Evening star., 1960-10-07
KENNEDY
Cubo Called Failure
OfG.O. P. Policy

ascribed to the Eisenhower ad-
ministration should be pinned
on the Truman administration.
They also noted that Senator
Kennedy. as member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, had not been as out
spoken about the Cuban prob
lem in recent years as he was
last night.
Senator Kennedy outlined
this overall course of action
he said a new administration
should follow in the hope of
winning Cuba back to the free
world:
I'VE have constantly ex-
pressed our friendship for the
Cuban people. our sympathy
with their economic problems
and our determination that
they will again be free. At the
same time we must firmly re-
sist Communist encroachment
in this hemisphere. We must
work through a strengthened
Organization of American
States. We must encourage
those liberty-loving Cubans
who are leading the resistance
to Castro"
Omit Part Of Text
Toward the end of his speech
he omitted a statement in his
prepared text pertaining to the
United States naval base at
Guantanamo Bay. His aides did
not say whether this was TO
save time.
The omitted paragraph said:
And we must make clear to Mr..
Castro once and for all that
We will defend our naval base
at Guantanamo under all cir
cumstances and continue to
seek reparations for his seizures
Of American property"
Kennedy aides said the Sen
ator stood behind the para
graph even though he did not
state it.
Senator Kennedy quoted tes-
timony of two former United
States Ambassadors to Cuba
who said they had warne d
against recognition Of Castro
because of his Communist sup
port. They are Arthur Gardner
and Earl Smith. When their
testimony before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
was made public last month,
it drew sharp criticism from
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin and
several Republicans.
Before delivering his speech
on the Cuban problem, Mr..
Kennedy enjoyed a supposedly
restful day by campaigning sew
eral hours yesterday afternoon
directly across the Ohio River
in Covington and Newport, KY.
He climaxed a series of outdoor
speeches by addressing a throng
police estimated at more than
10000 in downtown Cincinnati
shortly before 6 pm.
That crowd was described as
the largest in that location for
any political Office candidate In
many years including President
EiSenhower's visit as G.. o. P,
nominee in 1852.
1t was not as tumultuous as
the more than 100000 who al
most overwhelmed Senator
Kennedy in Louisville the night
before. Many persons wearing
Nixon buttons listened quietly
or tried unsuccessfully to move
through the packed square
after catching a glimpse of the
Democratic candidate.
The City OF Cincinnati has
not gone Democratic for a ma
tional ticket since 1896.
A false fire alarm threatened
to drown out Senator Ken
nedy's voice at the start. The
same thing happened in Louis
vile. Police said they believe
youngsters turned in the
alarms. Senator Kennedy
quipped that he didn't mind
because I'VE Democrats are on
fire this year"
Estimated crowds of more
than 5000 in CovingtonS Court
House square were much more
receptive. 1t was described as
the biggest political gathering
since William Jennings Bryan
used his silver voice on the
same site in 1896.
Earlier in the afternoon Sen
ator Kennedy visited-and was
televised at - the Covington
home of a widow whose only
son was killed in World War II
and an elderly man facing
financial difficulties because of
illness that forced him to quit
work. He also inspected pub
lie school building that obvi-
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