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this predominately Protestant
state.
About 80 per cent of the States
population are co-religionists.
The Democrats are worried by
shifts In registration In the Penn
sylvania Dutch country where
they have all but written of
normally Democratic Berks
(Reading) and York Counties.
In heavily Republican Lam
caster County. the Amish and
other plain" sects have registered
for the first time since 1928. A
delegation Of Amish, who nor
mally regard voting as too worldly,
welcomed Vice President Nixon a
week ago at the Lancaster airport.
Many Of them were sprinkled
through crowd Of $4,000 which
heard Mr.. Nixon's speech in Lam
caster.
The circulation of anti Catholic
pamphlets has been heavy in most
areas outside Of the big cities. In
many counties, normally Demo-
cratic farmers are asking how to
split q ticket.
The Democrats have been fight
ing the issue through repeated
viewings in these areas over local
TV stations of Mr.. Kennedy's re-
marks before the Dallas Minis
terial Association.
Overall, however, the Democrats
appear to be little more optimis-
tic than the Republicans on win
ming the State.
The Democrats are banking on
record big city turnouts to over
come heavier than usual G.. o. P.
margins in the rural counties.
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Finding his opponent backing
the general aims of the admin
istration's international policies
Nixon strategy has been to attack
Kennedy-proposed tactics. Implies
that the United States should de-
fend the Nationalist-held Islands
Of Quemoy and Matsu any time
they are attacked, but subscribes
to the Eisenhower policy of keep
ing the Chinese Reds guessing.
Calls for a quarantine" Of Fidel
CaStro'S Cuba, with tightened eco
nomic pressures, branding the
Kennedy recommendations "dan-
gerouSly irresponsible" and q vio-
lation of treaties - which would
lose us all our friends in Latin
America.
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ahead in the country and the
little towns, but in bigger places
like Abilene and Brentwood,
Nixon and Lodge ran ahead" Rep
resentative Buchanan reported.
when I got to Austin, the count
on car stickers was exactly even."
Representative Buchanan was
forced to conclude from his sticker
counting that the presidential race
is close in Texas. He was driving
across the huge Baptist Belt" Of
West Texas. where Al Smith took
a licking from Herbert Hoover
in 1928. -
Most political experts are calling
Texas close or toSs-up, and dur
ing the final week Of the campaign,
three of the four national candi-
dates campaigned in Texas, DEM
onstrating that both the Repub.
licans and the Democrats feel it is
close.
One factor which the politicians
confess has them puzzled is the
high percentage still saying they
are undecided. How they tilt in
the final days will decide the out
come.
Johnson's Efforts
80
Senator Lyndon johnson is
spending the last five days of the,
campaign working Texas major
cities and staying on its TV sta
tions each night. He and Speaker,
Sam Rayburn are determined to
carry Texas, and this last-week
drive could be the difference.
Senator johnson is running for
reelection to the Senate. too, and
John Tower of Wichita Falls is
prosecuting him stoutly for SEEK
ing two offices at the same time.
The polls give Mr.. johnson a clear
majority in this race, even when
the same voters give Nixon and
Lodge a tiny edge over Kennedy
and johnson.
No other Republican candidate
Tor State Office has any chance Of
winning, except for United States
Representative Bruce Alger, Re-
publican of Dallas; the lone
G. o. P. among the % Texas mem
bers of Congress, who is likely to
win another term
The religious issue is taking top
attention in Texas, and it was only,
when Lodge renewed his support
for Federal aid to parochial schools
that some Texas religionists began
to .waver in their support of Nixon
and Lodge. Some sincere Baptists
Will vote for the Constitution Party
ticket as way out of this di-
lemma, and this will help Kennedy
by draining votes away from
Nixon.
Added up. the Texas vote will be
close, unless johnson can win a
lions share of the undecided voters
during his final appeal not to turn
down this chance for national
leadership for Texas.
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Form Policy

Pledges full parity Of income"
that is, a rate Of return on capital
and labor equal to the amount
the same resources would earn in
non-farm pursuits. Would do this
by supply management" - the
most rigid controls ever designed
for American agriculture. Asks
Federal control over amount Of
crop farmers can sell and an in
crease in present donation pro-
grams as a way to cut down sur
pluses. Sees an eventual 80 per
cent net income raise for farmers
and a Is per cent hike in food
prices.
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but since then has told national
Republican leaders he has a fight
on his hands.
Mr.. Bricker said he was Ger
tain Mr.. Nixon would win Ohio
when he boarded the Vice Presi-
dents campaign train in Ohio a
week ago. He said he would not
have made the prediction two
weeks before.
Prediction for Kennedy
Ohio's No. Democrat, Gov.
Michael V. Disable, predicts the
Senator will carry the State by
as many as 100000 votes. Presi-
dent Eisenhower won Ohio In 1852
and 1856 with overwhelming ma
jorities, and Truman won in l948
in Ohio with less than per cent
edge.
State Democratic Chairman
William L. Coleman shares Gov.
DiSalle's confidence. One of the
big reasons the two top Demo-
Gratis believe Ohio will swing 20
Kennedy is that the State has
one Of the smoothest Democratic
machines in history.
Mr.. Disable is working hard for
Kennedy in Ohio. A Kennedy
win in the State will help DiSalles
prestige. which has sagged since
his third-of billion dollar tax
hike program of 1859.
Republicans believe they have
the edge because they say they
have done better job of regis
tration and because they believe
Republicans will vote on Novem-
Der 8 and not remain at home as
they have at some past elections.
Also there are signs that labor
is not working as hard this year
as in past Ohio elections.
Democratic strategy is to come
out of heavily Democratic Cuya-
hoga County (Cleveland) with a
plurality of at least 10000. ANY,
thing less than this and their
chances of winning are slim.
Republicans hope to hold the
Democrats to less than 10000
in Cuyahoga and offset the plu-
rality there with large margins
III Hamilton tCincinnatD and
Franklin (Columbus) Counties.
especially heavily Republican
Hamilton.
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5. Illinois
BY JOHN DREISKE
Political Writer, Chicago sun-Times

Until few weeks ago, the
pivotal" State of Illinois was
considered generally to be the
scene of desperately close battle
for its q presidential electoral
votes-and leaning toward Vice
President Nixon.
Now there is continued evidence
of a narrow squeak finish on No
vember 8 in Illinois-but now
there is indication that the edge
Cf anyD belongs to Senator
Kennedy.
A personal survey by this writer
who travelled extensively in the
downstate area in the last two
weeks and Statewide straw vote
returns have produced a pattern.
The pattern seems to dissolve at
least around the edges the great
imponderable of the presidential
campaign-the impact of the issue
of Senator Kennedy's catholicism
upon the thinking of the voter
who is of the Catholic faith and
upon the thinking of the voter
who is Catholic.
There is another factor here
in Illinois bearing directly upon
whether the State will go to Nixon
or to Kennedy. And that is the
undeniable fact that the Re-
publican State ticket-or most of
its in serious trouble and prob
ably will be of no help to the
G. o. P. presidential nominee here.
Gov. William G. Stratton is
currently a very weak bet to
succeed himself for a third, four
year term. And, in the race for
the United States Senate, the
G. o. p. candidacy of Samuel w.
Witwer has generated no bonfire
creating any helpful heat behind
the Nixon drive in Illinois. In
this race, Senator Paul H. Douglas,
Democrat Of Illinois, does seem to
have lost some Of his edge COM
pared with his 1854 and 194S top
heavy pluralities-but Douglas is
still strong and may be the States
top vote-getter.
But the religion issue-the I'LL
nois presidential race being so
close-figures in the opinion Of
this writer to shift the narrow
victory margin here one way or
the other. The picture. briefly, is
like this:
Chicago for Kennedy
Heavily Catholic and Demo-
cratic Chicago will give Mr.. Ken
nedy big plurality under the up
to-snuff and potent party machine
headed by Mayor Daley. Even in
the 80 Republican suburban town
ships in Cook County, there are
expected to be many switchovers
of Republican Catholics and here,
Mr.. Kennedy, unlike his Repub-
lican opponent, may receive strong
help from the Democratic candi-
date for Governor, Otto Kerner,
who received a majority in the
suburbs when he ran for county
judge in 1858.
This writer's travels downstate
brought out evidence there is a
large and militant body of oppo-
sition, particularly in rural areas,
there to Mr.. Kennedy on the
grounds Of his religion.
And it is indicated that sup
port of Catholics in large down.
state metropolitan centers will
enable Mr.. Kennedy to make a
stronger showing in mainly Re-
publican downstate Illinois than
Democrats cuStomarily receive
there. Therefore, it could be that
there could be "standoff," give
or take a few thousand votes,
downstate. With Cook County
delivering for Kennedy in a solid
way, he could carry the State.
But the word definitely is could"
not will" right now.
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Civil Rights

Advocates a Federal Fair EN-.
ployment Practices Commission
to fight discrimination in Jobs
through conciliation, education
and court action; urges legisla-
ton empowering the Attorney
General to seek court injunctions
In behalf of private persons
against bias in housing. education,
employment, ETC., and promises,
If elected. that the White House
will set a moral tone and provide
moral leadership" in the drive
to carry out the Supreme Court
school integration decision of
1854.
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3. Ohio
BY CARL DE BLOOM
Political Writer, Columbus Dispa tct

Unless there is an unforeseen
development, Ohio may go to the
finish line as toss up" State in
the 1860 presidential election. At
stake are Is electoral votes.
Although both sides claim an
edge in the Buckeye State, most
impartial observers see very little
trend at this point for either Vice
President Nixon or Senator Ken
nedy.
Partisan observers predict every
thing from a slight edge to a
landslide. But interviews with
private citizens and veteran poll
tical observers of both parties
indicate there is no definite trend
to either candidate.
State Republican Chairman Ray
C. Bliss and former G. o. P. Sem
ator John w. Bricker predict Mr..
Nixon will win. Mr.. Bliss made
his first prediction a month ago
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Leadership

Contends that this is the time
for new drive and direction in
the White House, that it is not
a question of who can best stand
up to Khrushchev but rather who
can stand up and summon Amer
icas vast resources to the defense
of freedom" Points to his IA years
in House and Senate where he
made decisions (voted) more than
800 times on domestic and foreign
issues.
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recommends Federal payments
10 States to assist them in carry
ing out a voluntary" program
which would help step up progress
being made by private health in
surance companies. Opposes med
ical aid through Social Security
but offers plan to extend Social
security benefits to 2.6 million
more persons over age 65.
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Prestige

The United States has been
losing power and prestige, relative
to the USSR, because Of the lack
Of vigor and the failures Of the
Eisenhower administration. Cites
special USIA polls showing citizens
Of friendly countries believe the
United States has lost ground to
the Russians.
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Aid to the AGED

Proposes medical care program
Tor the aged which would be
nnanced under Social Security
taxes. Sees this way to enable
older citizens to avoid "a pauper's
OATH" Says G. o. P. plan would
be extremely difficult to admins
ter. cites backing of 30 Governors.
including Republican Nelson A.
rockefeller of New York, for
Social Security method.
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Stands for increased economic
growth, but says fixing an arbi-
trary rate means promoting "arti-
flcial growth forced by massive
Federal spending" Holds Govern
ment must provide climate" for
full functioning of private enter
prise, the handspring for healthy
growth. Says Soviet won't catch
us by 1870 or In 70 years.
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Aiming at eliminating present
farm surpluses in four years, the
recommendations are for a sub
stantial temporary increase in
acreage taken out of production
and put into the soil bank; intensi-
fication of the present give-away
food programs and the creation of
a strategic food reserve against
the day of an atomic war. Prefers
a return to comparatively free
market as the ultimate answer to
the surplus problem, although
price supports-lower than present
ones-would remain a fixture.
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|. New York
BY ROBERT C. JENSEN

SSAWSeA 0uAatU evening NGWD
New York State. with its vital
As electoral votes, is basically
Republican State. But ever so
often unusual circumstances or
an outstanding personality turns
it Democratic.
One Of those personalities was
native son Franklin D. Roosevelt,
who carried the State six times
twice as Governor and four times
as President.
1t now appears that New Yorkers
find Senator John F. Kennedy is
another Democratic personality
they can take to their hearts.
The States Democratic politi-
clans, hypnotized by Senator Ken
nedy's pied piper magic with New
York City crowds, are almost
ecstatic about his chances.
James A. Farley, who directed
many Of F. D. RS winning efforts,
says II may be crazy. but Jack
Kennedy will carry this State by
100000 votes. Don't ask me why.
After while you just feel these
things"
The Farley feeling" is Just
about the margin indicated by
the figures of the New York Daily
News poll. And the News poll is
usually regarded by politicians in
both camps as holy writ.
Hopes for Large Vote
Republican officials discount
this. They are pinning their hopes
on large vote-especially in the
counties outside New York City
and say that the larger the voter
the more 1t helps the G. o. P.
The history of postwar elections
supports this view. In 1852 the
total vote set record and Presi-
dent Eisenhower won by 848, 900.
Two years later the total vote
dropped by 2 million and Demo-
crat w. Averell Hartman won by
11.125 votes. In 1858 the vote for
governor showed an increase Of
100000 over 1854 and Republican
Nelson A. Rockefeller won by
$4,000.
The key to New York lies in
how heavy a Republican turnout
Vice President Nixon can count
on outside Of New York City. The
upstate area-plus the Long Island
counties of Nassau and Suffolk
will comprise nearly 81 per cent
of the vote this year.
One way of looking at the State
is to project past voting patterns
against the expected turnouts in
New York City and upstate.
Registration is at an all-time
high in both areas and the total
vote upstate is expected to be
AZ million, q turnout of 80 mil
lion is forecast for the city.
The Usuol Pottern
Using these figures, the politi-
clans plot the usual voting pattern
so per cent Democratic in the
city and so per cent Republican
upstate. If this is the case on
November 8 Mr.. Nixon would
carry the State by 100000. He
would have a $4,000 margin up
state, compared with Senator
Kennedy's 640,000-margin in the
city.
From this it can be concluded
that Senator Kennedy will be in
serious trouble If he fails to go
above so per cent in the city and
Mr.. Nixon will be In trouble If he
dips below so per cent upstate.
The indications this year are
that Senator Kennedy will go
above the go per cent mark in
New York City. And upstate, it
appears he will follow the Truman
pattern of 1948 by polling un-
usually large votes in such key
cities as Buffalo, Rochester. Syra-
cuse and Albany.
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Economic Growth

Asserts that Americas economic
growth rate has not been adequate
to the times. citing the percent
age gains Of the Soviet Union.
Says the rate must be raised from
the present 3 per cent to 5 per
cent, asks for more Federal Gov
ernment spending and direction
-"public investment" TO ac-
complish this.
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NIXON

Fayors spending more on arms
there must be no dollar sign on
defending America periodic
re-examination of our defense
needs. Opposes vigorously. the
merger Of the armed services and
the creation Of a single chief Of
staff. asserting that "even today
We must watch closely any over-
concentration"
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KENNEDY
Defense

Calls for increased expenditures
on the armed forces, including
new outlays for missiles and mod
ernization of the Army and Navy
for limited war. Favors another
reorganization Of the Pentagon.
Sees United States still most
powerful Nation on earth, but says
he is not sure we will maintain
this position under present pol
icies.
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Pledges a balanced budget, no
monkeylng with the Federal Re-
serve System and a sound dollar,
sees a possible need for new taxes
his programs would increase
spending by perhaps S. billion
against his estimate of $l3-$1s
billion for his opponents. Would
STIMULATE private investment
through a cut in the almost con-
nScatory" rates for the highest
income tax brackets.
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The prestige Of the United
States has never been higher and
that Of the Soviet Union has never
been lower and the votes in the
1860 meeting Of the United Ma
tions General Assembly against
the Soviet demonstrate this. Says,
however. that the "downgrading"
of America by Mr.. Kennedy af-
fects our prestige adversely.
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Aid to Education

Favors generous Federal aid for
school construction and for in
creasing teachers pay. Suggests.
however, that States decide how
the money should be spent, that
is. either for school construction
or teachers salaries, or both. Op-
poses Federal aid to parochial
schools.
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Urges that the Government
Contracts Committee, dealing with
discrimination in jobs, be made a
permanent administrative COM
mission and that Congress appro-
pirate money to pay half the costs
incurred by local school agencies
in implementing desegregation
programs. Perhaps with prospects
OF gains in the South. his basic
approach has been set by this
statement: Civil rights is not a
Southern problem, but a national
problem"
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Supports Federal aid for school
construction, which in turn will
free local funds for increasing
teachers salaries. Holds that direct
payments for teachers would lead
eventually to Federal control over
what teachers may teach. Op-
poses Federal aid to parochial
schools.
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6. exus
By STUART LONG

Political Writer for Long News Service
in Austin
State Representative J. w. Bu-
chanan of Dumas. up in the Texas
Panhandle, drove to Austin last
Sunday and as he made this $40
mile run, he counted Car stickers
in the presidential race.
Kennedy and johnson ran
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Religion

Asserts that he believes in an
America where the separation of
church and state is absolute
even If America were 80 per cent
Catholic-where mo Catholic pre-
late would tell a President how to
act and no Protestant minister
would tell his parishioners for
whom to vote"
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Spending, Fiscal Policies

Promises to maintain a sound
dollar and balance the budget, ex-
cept in a recession or war: denies
ms program would cost up to $18
billion more than current Federal
outlays. Sees closing of tax loop
holes and Savings" from re-
organized Pentagon allowing ex-
penditures in other areas without
unnalancing budget. Calls for
stimulating private investment by
ending the present high-interest
tight-money policy"
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declares Mr.. Kennedy's state
ment supporting the concept of
Che separation of church and state
should be accepted by the people.
Decrles any form of religious
oigotry in the campaign and has
oroered his election aids to see to
1t that his stand is implemented,
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Declares that the overriding issue
is which candidate can best keep
the peace without surrender. Points
to his experience in the National
Security Council; advising with
President Eisenhower on such
problems as Lebanon, Formosa
and Berlin, debating with Khru-
shchev; visiting. officially, many
countries. Deriding his opponents
"immaturity," says this is no time
for "on-the-job training"
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a. Michigan
BY WILL MULLER
Political Writer. The Detroit Ne

Senator Kennedy will pace an
easy Democratic victory for both
State and national tickets in the
labor stronghold of Michigan, once
a traditionally Republican State.
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'sa-s
Candidates Views
On the Main Issues

Both candidates In the have said the same
things over and over in the hundreds Of they've since
nominating time Vary them they dids that
often the careful reader listener would be
Herein the brief tormare synheses of the stands =, the
candidates the main from their own
words sometime told in from their longer sentences:
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7. California
BY EARL C. BEHRENS
Political Editor, San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICAL EDITOR, san francisco Chronicle
California once again presents
to the Nation political paradox.
Both Democrats and Republic
cans alike claim the big prize Of :
80 electoral votes at Tuesdays
presidential election.
Vice President Nixon and Sena-
tor Kennedy alike say the results
in California will be close.
Both sides are fighting right
down to the wire with every device
and political gimmick in the book.
Betting odds and polls give the
lead to Senator Kennedy. =.
But the pollsters show an un- .
decided vote which could upset
all the calculations. They are
cagey in light of the biggest i'm
ponderable in the campaign-re-
ligion.
BY sheer weight of numbers, :
the Democrats should win in
California unless there is a big
upset which the Republicans claim
will be the surprise Of the Tues.
day balloting. -"
OF the more than 7 million
registered voters, the Democrats
number 4,295,330 to 1926, ,4O8 for
the Republicans. This is the big.
gest margin in history for the
Democrats. q.
The Registration Figures '
Oddly the percentage difference,
between the Democrats with 57.54,
per cent of the total registration
and the Republicans with 1920
per cent is about the same as it
was for the June, 1860, primary,
election. despite the intensive
registration drive.
The Democrats are relying on
their registration margin-a half
million Of which is in Los Angeles
County where 43 per cent Of the
States entire vote is located-to
carry them to victory.
Another factor they count on is
the surge Of Kennedy enthusiasm
which amounts almost to idolatry
among some groups Of voters, es-
pecially the younger ones.
The Democrats also have done
hatchet job on Nixon for IL
years to such an extent that there
is no middle ground of feeling
toward the Vice President. People
are either dead against him or
zealously for him.
Mr.. Nixon. as a native Califor-
nian, will pull less on that score
in a State with such an increas-
ingly new population than would
a nominee whose home State con-
tanned a more static population.
The key to the victory of either
party lies in Los Angeles County.
The Democrats stand to win in
San Francisco with almost a @
to-1 registration advantage be-
cause of the big labor Democratic
Catholic vote. Alameda and Con-
ira Costa Counties are also classed
as in the Democratic column
among the larger Northern Cali
fornia counties, as are Sacra.
mento and Fresno.
San Diego Republican
Republicans stand to win in
Marin, San Mateo and Santa
Clara Counties, according to the
pollsters.
Democratic leaders concede San
Diego. third largest in voting.
strength, to the Republicans be-
cause of the religious issue and
the conservatism of the Demo-
Gratis in that county. Orange and
Riverside are two other large
Southern California counties listed
in the c. o. p. column.