Evening star., 1960-09-15

Mr.. Collins said in several Of
the scripts that communism is
the major issue in the cam
paign, and in Script No. = he
linked it to the matter Of re-
ligious faith.
II believe in the Bible" he
said. $50 do you. But Mr..
Khrushchev never saw the in
side of a Bible in his whole life.
Mr.. Khrushchev says there is
no God. I don't believe
this is the kind Of a man you
want as a friend. But-come
November the eighth, do you
know that actually you are go-
ing to cast a vote of friendship
for this murderer. or a vote
against him? Oh yes, you sure
are.
"Our own Lyndon johnson
has joined up with this young
upstart, who wants us to apol-
ogize to Khrushchev. Lyndon
johnson, turning his back lon
his fellow Texans, joining this
Khrushchev-lover in trying to
get your vote for him for Vice
President. -.
Now don't get me wrong. I
have not said Jack Kennedy is
a Communist. I have not said
he would deliberately get this
country in a position where we
would have to let Mr.. Khru-
shchev walk in and take over.
But, friends. it takes a mighty
level head, and mighty cool,
mature Judgment to steer a
country in the touchy, des-
perate shape the world is in
today"
Mr.. Collins began discussing
communism in script No. /.
Kennedy is for a philosophy
of government which we know
as socialism" he said. "As a
matter Of fact, socialism is not
very much different from COM
munism, except it is usually
obtained with peaceful means
instead of with guns.
1.-THE greatest enemy that
this free world has today is
communism. If you were en-
ploying a bodyguard to pro-
tect your home against this
enemy, whom would you en-
ploy? Would you employ a man
like Jack Kennedy, who is so
soft toward communism that
he said publicly that President
Eisenhower should have apollo
gized to old Kuby' for the U-2
plane that was flying over Rus
sia?. =. Would you want Jack
Kennedy and all Of his left
wingers and advisers to repre-
sent you-or would you want
a man like Richard Nixon who
put the finger on Alger Hiss
and who showed old Kuby' in
the famous interview in Mos
COW that he could not get away
with his insults toward Amer
ica?"
Can't Omit Issue
In script No. 18, Mr.. Collins
told of his conversation with a
friend who is going to vote
the ticket straight and 4.
made the remark that he hoped
we would keep all discussion of
communism out of this cam
paign. -. I told him that ]
knew practically every person
in Texas who was supporting
Kennedy was not a Communist
-or not even a Communist
Sympathizer. I even went on
to say that I don't think the
candidate. Kennedy, is a Com
munist. But I did have to tell
this friend that the discussion
of communism could not be
omitted from the campaign. 1
told him very frankly I thought
it was probably the most i'm
portant Of all major issues in
the campaign.
II can understand why he
would not want us to discuss
communism in this campaign.
He is going to vote for Kennedy
and he knows that. when we
discuss communism in this
campaign that it is sure going
to be hard on his candidate,
Kennedy"
Mr.. Collins was Identified in
a 1859 Dallas News story as
a "crony" of Senator johnson
and Speaker Rayburn. In the
interview today he said Il
probably would have supported
johnson for President. I was
known to be supporting him
for the nomination"
But in script No. 10 he linked
Senator johnson to the left
wingers."
ITO regard Senator john
son as a conservative or a mod
crate, as many people do, is
like assuming that there is sub
stance in a mirage" he said.
Senator johnson is a liberal
the type that are often re-
ferred to as left-wingers. The
people of the South should not
be deceived by the senior Sen
ator from Texas. If they blindly
follow him to the polls this
November. he will lead them
to the political slaughter house
presided over by the radi-
| SoAD
Response Heavy
The political effect Of these
broadcasts, which represent the
chief effort of the Texans-for-
Nixon organization, is difficult
to gauge. but the response in
letters and contributions has
been heavy.
Robert Houston, the director
OF the organization, a volun-
teer who is on leave of absence
from his public relations jot
with the Lone Star Steel Co.
says 1000 letters day have
been coming into the head