Evening star., 1960-10-30
Senator in Roin-Sooked Drive
In Pennsylvania Blasts at Nixon
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shopping Center that the time
had come for undecided voters
to make up their minds, be-
cause the issues had been clear
" defined for them.
III you are satisfied with
they way things are in this
country, and in the world" he
declared. vote for Mr.. Nixon.
II you think we can do better
than we, have been doing, then
! ask your support"
Senator Kennedy carried his
new frontier" campaign to
historic Valley Forge tonight
and said steps must be taken
to meet the most revolution
airy period Of our existence"
The nominee told a $50-a-
plate dinner at the winter
quarters made famous by Gen.
George 9Washington's tattered
Continental Army, that Ameri-
cans fought in 1776 on q "cold
and bitter frontier" for the
cause OF freedom.
I'VE are moving into the
most challenging, the most
dynamic, the most revolution
ary period Of our existence"
he said. The next 10 years will
be years of unprecedented
tasks for the next President of
the United States" he added.
The combination Of bad wea-
ther and Republican territory
kept today's tour from build
ing up the emotional steam Of
Senator Kennedy's recent cara
vans through New York City
and the hard-hit coal country
northwest Of here.
Crowds were enthusiastic, but
never hard to control today.
Hits COmplacency
During the day, Senator
Kennedy criticized Mr.. Nixon
for promoting q dangerous
complacency about the state
of world affairs. He said Mr..
Nixon'S comments reminded
him of the campaign Stanley
Baldwin, q British Tory, car
ried on in 1935-a campaign,
the Senator said, that cost
England two precious years in
arming against the threat Of
Hitler.
do you believe" he asked
1000 people at the Lawrence
Park Shopping Center. "Mr.
Nixon, with the statements he
has made, which are so far
from reality. can move the
country forward in 1852"
The audience shouted, NO."
and the candidate said. I'll
agree with you"
AS he entered the final week
Of the campaign. Senator Ken
nedy was seizing the theme he
began with, the pledge to make
America move again" The
choice, he repeated over and
over, Is between the comfort
able and the concerned"
Economies Stressed
In Democratic areas, he put |
his heaviest emphasis on the
economic issues, charging his |
opponent with running on q
platform Of you never had it
% good" q phrase. incidentally,
That has not actually appeared
In Mr.. Nixon's speeches.
Promises to stimulate the
economy. to block recesSions, to
provide more jobs at higher
wages. TO increase aid to edu-
cation and to provide through
Social Security medical care for
the aged drew heavy applause
in these areas. Consciously and
consistently, the Senator COM
pared his purposes to those of
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In Republican territory, his
emphasis shifted to foreign
policy and the charge that Mr..
Nixon was dangerously mis-
leading the country in assert
ing that American prestige was
at an all-time high.
AS far as Senator Kennedy
was concerned, the challenges
the Vice President had thrown
down to him on Quemoy and
Matsu and Cuba had been met,
and the islands all but dis
appeared from his speeches.
Though both his lines of ar