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Evening star., 1960-10-12
The Democrats Religious Issue

Houston speech. declared
that "if this election is de-
cided on the basis that 40
million Americans lost their
chance Of being President on
the day they were baptized,
then it is the whole Nation
that will be the loser, in the
eyes of Catholics and nom
Catholics around the world.
in the eyes of history. and in
the eyes of our own people"
Many voters will. in the
ordinary course, become emo
tional about such a contin-
gency and fe Ell inclined to
vote for a Catholic just to,
show t h cir disapproval Of
such an alleged obstacle. In
deed. Senator Kennedy in
talking earlier this year with
newsmen declared that he
would enter all of the i'm
port primary contests, and
that if he won them by a
substantial margin and was
not given the nomination, his
conclusion would be that only
his religion had barred him.
This attitude was widely re-
ported at the time and indi-
Gates a depth of feeling about
the issue which may have led
to rebroadcaSts of the Hous-
ton speech.
But how can all this be
answered by the Republican
nominee for the Presidency,
who may lose votes through
such a repeated emphasis on
the so-called religious issue?
Is Vice President Nixon now
to be penalized by those vot-
erS who, disregarding all
other issues, will vote for a
presidential nominee just be-
cause he is a Catholic?
Vice President Nixon has
tried hard to squelch discus
sion of religion in politics,
and has instructed his aides
to refrain from promoting the
issue in any way. But dur
ing the period of this self
imposed ban, his rival and
others in the Kennedy camp
have repeatedly talked about
the issue, and now the DEM
ocratic National Committee
has put on television stations
again the speech and colloquy
at the Houston meeting a
month after the newspapers
far and wide printed, as news,
the things he said in that
Sncech,
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, DORIS FLEESON

GREENV1LLE, S.C.-The
politicians of the South seem
to be getting the word that
the Kennedy johnson ticket
may win. In increasing num-
bers they are dutifully open
ing their veins at appropriate
places within their States to
write in their blood that
they love Jack and Lyndon.
Virginia is cool and Florida
doubtful, but nothing else is
conceded by party strategists
who compared notes here.
Some had been with Sena-
tor Kennedy in Georgia and
South Carolina; others kept
score on Senator Johnson's
progress through Virginia
and North and South Caro-
lima.
After Senator Kennedy's
big and emotional crowds in
Georgia. Senator Herman
Talmadge for the first time
said fatty: Senator Ken
nedy is more popular than
Vice President Nixon, and he
will win in November" Sem
ator Talmadge had sensed
what he now seems ready to
,underwrite in his home State
and had his organization
lined up to participate in and
later to profit from the Sit
uation.
For a second Deep South
speech which a Columbia
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Campaign Confuses Newsmen

somehow sad to see, because
things are not all right. It is
not that simple. And while
we may wish to be treated as
children afraid of unknown
dangers, neither Mr.. Kennedy
nor Mr.. Nixon can do that
for US.
There are other factors. In
some industrial areas there is
a recession in the form of
unemployment and closed
plants. There is the religious
issue, and despite all the
wishful thinkers, it will not
go away. In Tennessee, for
example, perhaps the most
knowledgeable man in poll
tics said Senator Kennedy
would win by a small margin
unless the religious issue
went deeper than they be-
lieved. And they were wor-
ried.
In some States, of course,
with heavy Catholic popula-
tions, the issue helps Senator
Kennedy. A self respecting
Roman Catholic today can
hardly do anything save vote
for Senator Kennedy as an
answer to slanderous, preju-
dice and the irrelevance of
the attack on him.
But dominant is the worry
about our country. Why is
our influence and political
power at so low an ebb? And
who can do more about it
Senator Kennedy or Mr..
Nixon? 1t is no wonder the
soothsayers take refuge in
the phrase, "It is very close"
Evening star., 1960-10-12
Vice President Starts Using Big Guns
In Final 20 Days of Campaign

his right flank. He has for
mer President Harry S. Tru-
man in his main support at
the center. On his left he
has Adlai E. Stevenson, for
mer Gov. Ayerell Hartman of
New York and large sec
ondary- supporting force in a
dozen national politicians
with national or more Or
less national following.
These are, variously, ad-
vanced liberals. ld-fashioned
liberals and moderate -liber-
ais, the latter of whom are
essentially at home with SEN
ator Kennedy, himself.
Mr.. Nixon for his part is
seemingly so much deferring
to others notably to his
vice presidential running
mate, Henry Cabot Lodge,
and to Mr.. Eisenhower-that
at casual glance he might
appear not to be quite the
commander-in chief lat all.
This, however, is precisely
what he is. He gives the
final G. o. P. orders, as
surely as does Senator Ken
nedy on the Democratic side.
1t was Mr.. Nixon alone,
for example, who made III
the first place the great de-
cision to wait until the last
battles before committing the
whole Republican force.
COP. commander-in-chief
Nixon now has this order of
battle: On his left flank is
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New
York. At his center is Presi-
dent Eisenhower. On his
near-right flank is Mr.. Lodge.
On his far-right flank is Sen
ator Barry Goldwater of
Arizona.
Thus in both instances, and
not by accident, the center of
the line is being backed up by
the oldest and most prestige
laden marshals on each side
a former President for the
Democrats. q man soon to be
a former President for the Re-
publicans.
For in this campaign, as
usually in military actions al
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Nixon. 1t is almost as If the
masses of American people
were saying. This is too
much for us. Which man
shall we turn to?"
One gets it in snatches of
conversation, and in the new
technique of airplane cam
paigning-of swooping down
on a community, driving hur-
riedly to the square, speaking
and moving swiftly back to
the airport. Snatches are all
one gets.
At Hackensack, N. j., a
young girl of. about six said
to her mother skirting the
crowd. Mama, who is that
man talking?"
Its that Nixon, darling, !"
said the mother.
At Philadelphia's airport a
man held up a small boy and
said. "Son, take a look! There
is the man who may save
America"
To a puzzled observer, there
seems to exist an almost uni
versal wish to be reassured.
This is a human response to
danger not we'll understood.
1t is pretty sure that Mr..
Nixon knows this. His basic
speech is tailored for just
such a mass mind. He re-
assures. He does it skillfully.
He has, as he says, talked
with Mr.. Khrushchev and Mr..
Gomulka. He has been to
Africa and Asia. He has dined
with Mr.. Nehru. He reminds
his crowds of this. but he
does not claim to know the
answers.
At some Of the Nixon ap-
pearances a sensitive person
could sense a certain pathos.
There was, in the upraised
faces of the crowd, such a
pitiful desire to be comforted
that one remembered ones
own childhood and the fear
of dark nights.
Their gratefulness at being
told everything is all right Is
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Join-Kennedy Symptoms in Dixie

forgiving nature than Sen
ators Kennedy and johnson.
There is some foot drag
ging still. Leading news
papers are cool. The State
organizations probably have
a job to do with the mass Of
voters whom they did little
to encourage in party loyal
ty during the campaigns
earlier stages. For all his
hard work, Senator johnson
lacks the crowd appeal of
Senator Kennedy.
A variety of answers are
returned to the question of
why so many Southern pro-
fessionals have developed a
sense that it is time to get
aboard with Senators Ken
nedy and johnson.
Senator Kennedy is said to
have great appeal to the
women voters. The telecasts
are cited as giving him an
advantage. Vice President
Nixon is said to lack the
qualities and warmth which
led the South to cherish
President Eisenhower.
Again, as in Virginia, the
rise in Republican regiStra-
ton is cited as an alarm bell
for the court house crowd
which does not care who is
President so long as it can
parcel out the highway funds.
They believe in States rights
on a high level and a two
party system, which does not
threaten their control at
'''Hne.
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WILLIAM S. WHITE

The COP. is now opening
the big push, in line with the
basic strategy Of its presi-
Dental nominee, Richard n.
Nixon, that the last 20-odd
days of the campaign will tell
the tale. And Mr.. Nixon, him
self, though by no means TAX
ing it easy before this. is now
throwing the last ounce of
his carefully husbanded pow
er into the struggle.
The Republicans are call
ing up all the heaviest weap-
ons in their armory. including
that of President Eisenhower.
Since Labor Day they had
practiced what in military
terms long familiar to that
President would be called a
limited commitment of force.
For two months they had
deliberately allowed the
. Kennedy johnson Democra-
tic ticket to take and on the
whole to maintain the ag-
gressive initiative. BY this
means they sought to test
the full shock power of the
Democratic troops, bending
here and there before the as
sault but keeping always a
second-line force held strict
ly in reserve.
That reserve is now being
brought into the forward line.
The President is at its apex,
with all the Republican Cabi-
net members and State and
local party Office holders
forming the base of the
counter offensive.
For the first time in the
campaign. the full array of
Republican strength is being
brought to bear against a
full Democratic array already
long since in the field. The
Republican commitment of
force now becomes total. We
now enter the most broadly
based campaign actions. on
both sides, in the history of
American political struggles.
The Democratic command
erin chief. Senator John F.
Kennedy. has his vice-presi-
dental running-mate. Sena-
tor Lyndon B. Johnson, on
Evening star., 1960-10-12
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Startling thought: What Pat is elected First Lady and
has to into the White all those Kennedys?
Harry Truman consigns Texans who vote for Nixon
Ito hell There fates For instance He'll hath
no fury like Truman scorned
Kennedy's theme: It's time to get a move on Grass is
growing under feet Nixons theme Let's stay where
we are-and cut the grass.
One Baptist who voted against AL Smith in 1928 has
learned his lesson He instead Of voting against
Catholic this time, he's going to vote for Quaker.
Nixon is an international name-dropper Nehru Khru-
shchev Macmillan and Adenauer Kennedys bosom pals are
somewhat more maure-Dane Webster Gladstone jefferson
and Plato.
Campaign what-they means This country was built
on free enterprise" My family's been on the public
payroll for so and nobody going me of now
Americas space will have trouble Imagine a girl
getting half to Mars and wondering whether she
the off,
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DAVID LAWRENCE

Who is exploiting" the So
called religious issue now?
This question arises because
the Democratic National
Committee and some labor
union organizations are
spending many thousands Of
dollars to rebroadcaSt over
various television stations
the speech Senator Kennedy
made before a Protestant
ministers association at
Houston, Texas, a month
ago.
Originally a paid broad
cast over a network of Texas
television stations, the speech
now is being given in other
areas. On Monday night it
was shown as a half-hour
program and as a political
broadcast over the National
Broadcasting Co. station
here covering the National
Capital and nearby points
in Virginia and Maryland.
This was the speech in
which the Massachusetts,
Senator said that, If he were
elected President and his of
flee ever required him "to
either violate my conscience
or violate the national inter-
t est" he would resign the
presidency.
In that same address, Sen
ator Kennedy declared that
he was opposed to diplomatic
relations with the Vatican
and unconstitutional aid"
to parochial schools in the
United States. But it was
President Franklin D. Roose-
welt, a Protestant, who sent
a special envoy to the Vati-
can, and President Truman,
another Protestant, who ask
ed Congress to authorize
permanent diplomatic repre-
Sentation by this Govern
ment at the Vatican. Also,
in the current campaign,
Henry Cabot Lodge, the Re-
publican vice presidential
nominee, has announced
that he favors Federal aid
to parochial schools in the
form of money for textbooks
and bus transportation. which
is something that Senator
Kennedy opposes. Does all
this mean that a Protestant
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RALPH McGHL
Writer, Concerned Over Events, Reads
Crowds as Desiring to be Conforted

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cam-
paign Notes: Never before
have newsmen and women
following the presidential
candidates been so confused.
Many things press in on
them. Their daily doses of
deathleSS prose more often
than not turn up in their
papers on page two or three.
The front page is given over
to Mr.. K and the doings Of
the United Nations or of Mr..
Castro or of Mr.. Lumumba.
- Not only that, but the
traditional ink-stained
wretches read the papers.
They see that the teachers
IN France have followed the
intellectuals and declared for
Algerian independence or a
'chance at it. They note, too,
that one of the free worlds
best minds. Hugh Gaitskell,
leader of the British Labor
Party. has been repudiated
by the British unionists.
In France there is open
talk that the revolution
which will depose President
de Gaulle is just around the
corner. In addition, there are
the African nations, or the
African problem.
Knowing this, reporters
travelling with the candidates
assume the crowds also know
1t. They seek to find some
reaction to the immensity of
the problem in the faces and
in the brief contacts with
the people. But there is no
real assurance the people
who make up the crowds are
aware of it. They say they
don't know.
There is, almost certainly,
a national malaise. a sickness
of doubt and concern. But it
is not translated into thought;
but into search for a panacea
or formula. And this means
the voters, the people, are
thinking in terms not of
issues but Of a man-either
Senator Kennedy or Mr..
Evening star., 1960-10-12
India Set to Construct
First A-Power Station

BOMBAY, India, Oct. II
tAP).-India's Department of
Atomic Energy yesterday in
vited bids to build the country's
first atomic power station de-
signed to produce 100000 kilo-
watts from two nuclear reactors
Of equal capacity.
Keen competition among the
Soviet Union. Britain. France
and the United States is ex-
pected for the project, est1-
mated to cost $40 million rupees
(about $107 Million. The sta
ton is to be built at Tarapcre,
So miles from Bombay.
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Campaign Effort to Keep Question AIv'
Seen in National Committees Action

in the White House would
do more for Catholic causes
than a Catholic President?
1t has been widely reported
that the so-called religious
issue is being talked about
a good deal in the South but
is less of a factor in the
North. Yet, of the stations
selected for the paid broad
cast, most of those chosen
by the Democratic National
Committee and its labor
union auxiliaries are in the
North, including New York
City where there is a heavy
Catholic population. This has
brought up the question as
to whether there now is a
campaign effort to keep the
issue alive and to take ad-
vantage of the natural
resentment many Catholics
feel when the so-called
religious issue is raised.
The Kennedy forces have
been criticized hitherto for
allegedly using the issue to
prove that a Catholic can
gain votes by it. Thus, at the
1856 national convention of
the Democratic Party at
Chicago-when the Massa-
chusetts Senator came with
in a few votes of winning the
vice presidential nomination
there had been circulated
among the delegates a staff
memorandum prepared by
the Kennedy managers
claiming that the nomina-
ton of a Catholic would be
politically a distinct advan-
tage to the party. This mem
orandum gave statistical de-
tails Of voting strength in
several areas where there is
a large number of Catholics
in the population.
Senator Kennedy, himself.
has said a number of times
in the current campaign that
he doesn't want anyone to
vote for him because of his
religion.
There is an understand
able resentment, however,
over the raising Of the So
called religious issue. Sen
ator Kennedy, in the pre-
pared statement which he
rea,l - 49, 0,1oni,,~ os y
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Cypriot Honored

EPISKOP, Cyprus, Oct. Il
(AP). - Archbishop Makarios,
once deported from Cyprus on
charges Of fomenting terrorism
against the British, got a 81
gun salute here yesterday as he
reviewed British troops at this
base on the newly independent
island Republic of Cyprus. 1t
was the first time Archbishop
Makarios, now president of the
new republic. has received an
honor from the British Army.
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Names Students, But
Remains Anonymous

Students in last weeks old photo
graph, showing a class in the
former Long Stretch school, have
been identified by former school
mate of the pupils.
According to a letter received
from a subscriber living on Star
Route, Frostburg, the group in
GUIDED:
First row, Lee Anna Layman,
Clara Layman, Sara Murphy, Les
ter Opel, Blanche Opel
Second row: George Murphy,
Martha Blocher, Grant Winebren-
ner, Dorothy Blocher, Marshall
Layman, Odcll Layman.
Third row: Samuel Murphy
Harry Graham, Harry Wincbrcn-
rcr, Charles Murphy, Marshall
Mahon, Vera Chapman, who was
the teacher; John Murphy, Hazel
Carey, Clayton Winebrenner Carl
Layman and William Murphy.
The date of the picture was
given as about 40 years ago.
The letter Identifying the group
was signed only "A Schoolmate of
the Children in the Picture leav-
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ing the identifier unidentified.
Many of the family names are
still familiar ones in the northern
section of the county, and it is
probably that some other former
Long Stretch students recognized
at least a few of their former
classmates.
Today's Picture
The picture printed today brings
the series back to Oakland, but
as usual with photographs of this
age the names of the subjects are
unknown.
Dating from about 1900, the pic
ture shows a group of young boys
on the boardwalk near the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad station. To
their rear is the former Merrill
Grocery company store, build
Ing still standing, although since
rcmodelcd into a storchouse. In
the original photo, the spire of the
present Episcopal church can be
seen to the right
At the time, much business ac-
tivity was centcred along Rail
road street, where the picture was
taken
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Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Sharpless,
of Kitzmiller, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Minnie, to
James w. Nelson. son of Mr.. and
Mrs James S. Nelson, also of Kitz-
miller.
Miss Sharpless is a graduate of
Elk Garden High school class Of
1859, and is now employed at the
First National Bank in Washington
D. c. Mr.. Nelson is a graduate OF
Southern High school, class of 1858
and is now returning from a six
months cruise in the Mediter-
ranean for the U. S. Navy.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
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Missionary To Speak
In County Sunday

The Rev Harold Milestone, Lu-
theran missionary to China and
Africa, will be at St. Johns Lu-
theran church, Red House, on Sun
day, May p, it was announced by
the Rev Luther Seibert, pastor
During the Sunday Church school
at Gas he will show slides of his
work At the II o'clock worship
service he will preach Immediately
after the service a congregational
covered dish dinner will be held.
An informal discussion will follow,
concluding by 1;30.
The program is being sponsored
by the Church Council, under the
leadership of Leon Larcnitis.
A graduate of Gettysburg col
lcge and Seminary he was called
to the mission field in 1945. He
studied Chinese language and cul-
ture at Yale university and went
to China in 1947, serving until 1919,
when he was sent to Liberia, Africa
where he was completed three
terms Of service in that field.
In Liberia he was a district
cvangelistic Missionary teacher and
acting principal in the high school
there. He also has done graduate
study al the Hartford Seminary
foundation at Hartford, Conn,
where he received his masters de
crrpf
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FRIEND STOCKYARD
Accident, Maryland

Horses, 1925 cWt.
Steers, good to choice, 24.50 to
1925 cWt; medium to good, 221O
70 2430 cWt.; common to medium,
1870 20 219O cWt.
Hoifers, good to choice, $3.50 to
1880 cwt; medium to good, POTS
to 1920 cWt.
Bulls, 1900 to 22OO cwt.
Cows. commercial to good. 1890
to 1870 cWt.; utility, 1900 to 1850
cWt; Gamers, 1900 to 1880 cWt.;
shells, 1890 cWt down.
Veals, good to choice, 3100 to
1925 cWt.; medium to good, 240O
to 3075 cWt.; common to medium,
1915 to $3.50 cwt.; Gull veal, 1850
cWt. down.
Pigs, 4.5O to 1175 head; Hogs,
1900 to 1900 cWt.; Male Hogs, $50
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-19
JENNINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Beebe,
Canton, o., visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Mckenzie recently.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Wilt in Meyersdale Com
munity hospital, on Friday, May 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Resi- we're
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ward Livengood, Friendsvillc.
Mrs. Stewart Stahl and Miss
Myrtle Custer attended the 47th
annual convention of the United
Lutheran Church Women at Jack
sons Mill, w. Va, May 16 to IS.
David Faidley returned to Cleve-
land, o., where he is employed.
Lee Meyers is i'll at his home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mckenzie
attended the funeral of Mrs Roy
Mckenzie at North Industry, o.,
on Monday of last week.
Sunday evening visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Resi-
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Livcngood
and Phillip, Fricndsviilc, and Mrs.
Robert GlotfeltY
Mary Swauger spent the week.
end with Joann burst, at Grants
vile.
Roy Handwerk, Baltimore, spent
the weekend at his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Glotfclty,
McHenry, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Glotfelty, Thursday eve
ming.
Weekend visitors at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mckenzie
we're Clark Wilburn and Betty
Holmes, Baltimore, and Mr.. and
Mrs Rodney Mckenzie and chill
dren, FraZee Ridge.
Mrs. Ernest HandWerk visited
her daughter, Mrs. Sylvan War
nick, Grantsville, one day last
week.
Eisenhower signed a foreign aid
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School Group To Meet

A meeting of St. Peters Home
and School Organization, wlil be
held in the School Hall, Wednesday
evening, May Is, at 1870 P. M. Sis
ter Phillip, supervisor Of the school,
will be guest speaker. The 3rd,
4th and 9Th grade pupils will pre-
sent a selection Of songs.
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Brethren Revival Continues

The Rev. Fenton II. Platter Pas
tor of the Green Hill Church of
the Brethren at Salem, Virginia is
the guest minister at the Bethesda
Church of the Brethren, about six
miles south of Grantsville, in its
revival services
Services are held each night at
7.45 p m, and will conclude We'd
nesday, May IS. The Rev. Charles
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NJ. Meyers, Pastor of the Church
extends an invitation to the public
to attend
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cwt.; Sows, 1880 cwt.
Leghorn Hens, to Sc h.; Hwy.
Hens, 14c lb.; Dressed Chickens,
28c h.; Eggs, large white, 35c doz.
Beef Hides, &c h.; Lard, Tee ID.
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Eisenhower signed a foreign aid
authorization bill that gave him
SO percent of what he asked