Evening star., 1960-10-02
GoIdwoter His Portys Severest Critic,
Turns Out to Be Real Asset in Compoion
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star STAFF Writer

By CECIL HOLLAND
Star STAFF Writer
A man who disagrees sharply
with some of the domestic policies
advocated by Vice President Nixon
has turned out to be one of the
most effective campaigners for the
Republican presidential nominee.
This is Senator Barry Goldwater
Of Arizona, the slim, graying, 81
year-old leader of the party's con-
Servative wing. He is one of the
busiest and most-sought-after of
the Republican orators, and what
ever differences he may have with
the Vice President over policies
have been neatly inferred under
blanket of unity.
Between mid-September and
the November 8 election Senator
Goldwater has been scheduled for
more than 10 speeches and ap-
pearances all over the country.
More than half of them are in
the South, where the language
Senator Goldwater speaks sounds
q sweet to the ears of Southern con-
'ServativeS.
Party leaders only wish the
cleft-chinned Arizonan, who is
dividing his time between home
State campaigning and yeoman
service in the Republican cause
elsewhere, had more time for ap-
pearanceS in the South, which is
acknowledged by Mr.. Nixon and
Senator Kennedy as a battle
ground for electoral votes.
II get 10 times more requests for
him than he has time for" means
I. Lee Potter Of Arlington, Va,
who heads the Republican drive in
the South. Il could use him every
day.
II can set up a meeting any,
where by just mentioning his
name. I get offers of private
planes to fly him from one place
to another"
,Drows Big Crowds
When he appears in Virginia,
South Carolina, Mississippi and
elsewhere in the South, he is
greeted with motorcades and
draws crowds usually attracted
only by the presidential candidates
themselves.
In some places the Goldwater
sentiment is unusually strong. 81
think we might just carry Mis-
S1SSippi this year." said a Jackson.
businessman to a travelling re-
porter. "And I'll tell you this: If
Barry Goldwater was heading the
ticket there wouldn't be any ques-
ton about it."
., The apostle of new conserva-
tiSm who has such a broad appeal
not only among many Republi-
cans but also among independents
and Democrats, makes no effort
to conceal his differences with
the Vice President and the party
leadership over many domestic
matters.
i differ with the Republican
platform in some respects" he
tells his audiences. But I differ
with the Democratic platform in
all respects"
His differences with the Repub-
ilcan platform have been well
aired. At the Republican conven-
ton ne denounced the Vice Presi-
dents agreement with New York's
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller as a
surrender" by Mr.. Nixon and
called it 1.-The Munich of the Re-
publican party" Yet he went be-
fore the convention later and
withdrew his name as a candidate
che had q votes pledged to him,
including South Carolina's) and
pleaded for unity.
The Minority Viewpoint
He has been doing the same in
MS speeches all over the country.
his dlfterenceS are mainly over
domestic issues and Republican,
proposals which he believes are
pushing toward too much Federal
control over affairs which, under
the Constitution, should be left
to the States.
Here are some of the points
OF difference:
On increasing the minimum
Wage-AS against the Vice Presi-
dents stand for increasing it to
$l.l5 and broadening the cover
age to include an additional 4
million persons, Senator Gold
water sees such proposals as
leading to vast system of Fed
eral regulation of wages and
prices"
On Federal aid for school con-
Structlon - AS against the Vice
PRESIDENTS proposal for extensive
grants, the Arizonan points out
that less than l per cent of the
country'S school districts have ex-
hausted their borrowing capacity
and such things could and should
be handled by State and local
authorities.
On medical care for the aged
AS against the Vice Presidents
support of the program of Fed
eraI-State grants, which he be-
heveS should be further strength