Evening star., 1960-07-24

plum" the politicians are SIM
ply unwilling to give up?
Many columns have been
written during and after this
convention, but except for
Mr.. Lawrence's, not one word
was uttered against this very
undemocratic practice.
Jean r. Calm.
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The nominations made at
Los Angeles could reverse the
certain trend for the Demo-
cratic Party. If the Repub-
licans had the Judgment to
grab the opportunity offered
them.
That the religious issue
contributed the votes to
nominate Kennedy has been
quite clear to observers of
the campaign conducted for
his nomination. The galaxy
Of Catholics, controlling
huge blocks of votes, put
their candidate over on the
first ballot. And strange to
relate the same galaxy ad-
viSed and pushed the nomi-
nation of the prophet john
son for Vice President to a
unanimous conclusion. It is
probable that millions of
voters will react as in 1928,
II the opposing party should
nominate a man of sterling
character such as was Of
fered in 1928. They are ready
to say: Let the Catholic
galaxy, who nominated Ken
nedy, elect him. Some mil
lions more will withhold sup
port from johnson as one
of Eisenhower'S boys. His
key to the White House may
have won him much acclaim
from the arch Republicans,
as Gould Lincoln and George
Sokolsky, and many a pat
on the back by Eisenhower
accompanied perhaps by
'favors that only a President
can bestow, but their inf1u-
ence, if any. in the election
will fall behind the nominees
of the opposing party, as
usual.
Thus a miraculous oppor-
tunity is offered the G. o. P.
to salvage victory out of a
dreary prospect by nomi-
mating Rockefeller or any,
one almost but Nixon. Dem
ocrats and most independents
will not vote for him. Thev
will not be impressed by the
New Pecksniff" line of talk.
They know well that char
acter worth anything is not
seasonal and ephemeral and
subject to exigencies. Nomi-
nate Nixon and muff the op-
portunity handed to the
party on a silver platter.
Observer
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For some time I have been
concerned about the field in
which the Communists have
long surpassed us-the most
dangerous and effective one
OF all-that of propaganda
and psychological warfare
After viewing the movies
presented by the Democratic
National Convention I'm con-
vinced we have nothing more
to fear. If they can present
such vicious distortions of
facts so ably, the Kremlin
Will have some competition.
OF course. the fact that the
content and techniques are
so very similar gives me
pause. My worries cannot be
abandoned after all!
James G. often.
Newington. Va.
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My sense Of humor was
highly pleased with Paul
McIlvaine's and A. w. DIS
letters on the Great Game
OF Politics which appeared
in the July 10 Star.
However ], will make a
small issue of Mr.. McIlvaine's
statement, Instead of hating
Kennedy for letting Butler
rig the convention, am 60
ing to love him for his boyish
smile" I will say that de-
spite Mr.. Buffers strong re-
Semblance to Frankenstein
and my lack Of respect for
him, if the rigging was not
a $3.50 deal it was just as
apt to have been Mr.. Butler
letting Kennedy do it than
vice versa.
Bringing the politicians
into your home via television
is an illuminating and often
disillusioning experience. And