Evening star., 1960-10-18
Sign HeckIing Lodge
Ripped Down at Rally
By PAUL HOPE
Star stan Writer

BY PAUL HOPE
star star Writer
A heckler and his sign are
soon parted when he invades
the camp Of the enemy, a Uni
verSity Of Maryland student
discovered last night at a Re-
publican rally for Henry Cabot
Lodge.
Spotting the ti-Republi-
can sign held by Will Cronyn,
2l-year-old president of the
Young Democrat Club at the
university, Mr.. Lodge launched
into a defense Of the position
|of United States prestige in
the world.
Soon afterward, Mr.. Cronyn
was holding a bare stick in the
air. After the rally, the stu
dent said, "Some kid tore it
down."
The sign which goaded the
Republican vice presidential
candidate had a graph show
ing the United Nations vote
on Red China getting closer
each year. "Is this decline in
the support Of Americas posi-
tion in the U.N. the reason why
your party says U. S. prestige is
at a peak?" the sign read.
Before I continue, want to
comment on that sign" said
Mr.. Lodge, just after he had
begun talking to about $500
people at the Prince Georges
Plaza shopping center.
Brings Up Kennedy
That (pointing to the sign)
is not a vote to admit Red
China. That's a vote not to talk
about it. Senator Kennedy says
the fact that we won the vote
was a disaster. What would
Senator Kennedy say If we had
lost the vote?"
He said some Of the argu-
ments (used by the Democrats
in the campaign are as mis-
leading as the arguments I've
had to cope with in the U. N"
II wasn't going to bring this
up, but for my young friend
who seems to be worried, I want
to tell you that every single
thing Khrushchev tried to ac-
complish Gin the U. M he was
decisively defeated on"
The former U. N. Ambassador
said that when the Inning was
over in the United Nations. the
score was: The free world, 7;
Khrushchev, nothing. I think
you ought to make a sign of
that"
Crowd at Wheaton
Moving from Prince Georges
to Montgomery County, Mr..
Lodge drew a big crowd at the
Wheaton Plaza shopping CEN
ter. He drew roars Of applause
as he mounted the speakers
platform after pushing through
the welcoming throng.
c. E. Finn, a captain in the
National Detective Agency,
which handled the policing.
estimated the Wheaton crowd at
8 500. This was somewhat under
the more than 10000 estimated
for the Kennedy rally the night
before in Montgomery. The pro-
portion of teen-agers at the
Lodge meeting was considerably
below that at the Kennedy rally.
Maryland Republican Chair
man D. Eldred Rinehart said
he was tremendously i'm
pressed" with the size and
makeup of the Wheaton crowd.
David Scull. Montgomery
County Republican chairman,
said the rally was "one of the
most encouraging things that
has happened this year in this
campaign"
Mr.. Lodge told both audi
ences that voters have a two
fold responsibility" November
8-to elect a President, and to
elect a world leader.
Vital Struggle
That's the reason why this
election is no old-fashioned
partisan rivalry between Re-
publicans and Democrats.
There is a life and death strug-
gle in the world between the
Communists and those who
want to be free"
He said the United States
must stand up to the Rus
slams" and that part of the
standing up sis to show that
we can do things better for
people than they can."
Mr.. Lodge said the country
needs to be "strong militarily,
strong in our partnership with
other countries, strong by
making democracy work here
in America-by seeing that our
children are well educated,
that people are properly cared
for, that health is improved,
that slums are cleared out,
that pockets of unemployment
are removed"
He also said discrimination
must be ended and that "ev-
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