Evening star., 1960-07-10

never pick a winner. It's be-
cause I'm all full of hate. If
two guys are fighting, or
two teams are playing, or
two politicians are running
for Office, I always pick out
the one I hate and bet on the
other to win. This, of course,
is plenty stupid and I won't
do it anymore.
The other day I read in a
psychiatry book that hate is
a negative quality and that
people who hate other people
are destroying themselves.
Naturally. while under the in
fluence of such terrible emo
ton. I was not capable of
forming a rational opinion,
or picking a winner.
Now all of that is past, and
I'm going to pick winners on
the basis of love instead Of
hate. Love, the book says, is
a positive emotion that has
a stimulating effect on the
mind.
Take the Democratic con-
vention. Instead of hating
Kennedy for letting Butler
rig the convention, am 60
ing to love him for his boyish
smile. And instead of hating
johnson because he is 'front.'
ing for the oil people, I am
going to love him for his fine
qualities of leadership.
I love Humphrey, too. In
stead of hating his half
baked liberal ideas. I admire
his good craftsmanship. I
don't hate Stevenson any
more either just because he
is incapable Of making de-
cisionS like Mr.. Truman said.
I love his scholarly mind.
And good old Symington.
I don't think of him as
stuck on dead center but love
him for his middle e-of-the
road philosophy.
Now here is how I dope
out the Democratic conven-
ton. Since I love all five
candidates, I see a five-Way
tie for the nomination which
will SO infuriate the candi-
dates and their delegates that
a free-for-all fist fight will
break out on the convention
floor.
Then while all of those
lovely people are beating the
tar out of each other, Gov
ernor Pat Brown will call out
the militia to restore order,
and the battered delegates
will finally settle for a dark
horse compromise - Julio
Becquer.
Isn't psychiatry wonder
full? See how really simple it
was for me to pick the win
ner by using love instead of
hate for my yardstick. Now
If Nixon can just clobber
Becquer in November I'll be
happy. Golly, how I hate
that bum!
Paul McIlvaine
y y
Senator Lyndon johnson
referrals in his recent pres
conference to McCarthyisn
and the censure of Senator
Mccarthy demand comments
1t is certainly interesting tt
note that although Senate.
Mccarthy has been dead fol
some time, his spirit lives on
inspiring many and still
haunting the conscience O
those who vilify him.
I, for one, am proud o
Senator Mccarthy and con
slider him one of our creates
patriots. OF those who con
demn him, I ask this: How
many of them, being callet
upon to serve as jurors, woult
present a verdict based upol
a hearing Of the prosecution
only-would not listen to tn
defendants story? I dare t
say not one. How many,
then ask, have passed judg
ment on Senator McCarth
- without having read hi
book "McCarthyism - TIL
Fight for America? Yer
few, if any, I am sure.
1t is very apparent to m
that in discussing this issu
with persons who are hostil
to Senator Mccarthy, the
are woefully ignorant Of tn
facts, have read little c
congressional hearings {
the committees investigator
communism, and simply pal
rot the generalities read i
the average American pape
Yet they now see the
country in a most precariou
position with regard to tt
evils Of communism. I thin
that some of them, in the.
foolish pride, would even Sc