Evening star., 1960-09-24
Kennedy Rests After Rugged Tour,
Gets Set for Tougher Battle Ahead
BY DAVID BRODER
star Stan Writer


the air of a man who has fin
ished one hard job and knnws
he has an even tougher one
ahead, Senator Kennedy rested
today in Chicago.
He arrived here at S am.
after a flight from Salt Lake
City and went Immediately to
the home of his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Sar-
gent Shriver, to complete his
nights sleep.
Behind him lay a rugged day
Of vote-hunting in which he
castigated Vice President Nixon,
praised President Eisenhower's
speech to the United Nations
and promised to remove James
Hoffa from the presidency Of
the Teamsters Union If he
reaches the White House.
Ahead of him, on Monday
evening, was the challenge of
his first televiSed debate with
Mr.. Nixon an event that
many of his advisers regard as
the biggest test he has yet
faced.
Stung by Charge
Yesterdays campaign swing
through Wyoming, Colorado
and Utah found the Democratic
nominee invoking a variety Of
moods ranging from partisan
anger to moral fervor.
Stung by Vice President Nix
on's charge that he was
naive" in his attitude toward
communism, Senator Kennedy
told an enthusiastic Denver
audience:
1T is not naive to call for
increased strength. 1t is naive
to think that freedom can pre-
vail without strength"
And Senator Carroll, Demo-
crat of Colorado, who intro
duced Senator Kennedy to the
Denver crowd, accused the Re-
publicans in general and
G. o. P. Chairman. ThruSton
Morton in particular Of playing
gutter politics of the worst
sort"
Senator Morton, visiting Den
yer Thursday, had charged the
Democrats with giving aid and
comfort to Communists"
through their criticisms of ad-
ministration policies.
Senator Carroll said the Re-
publican chairman was, in ef-
feet. accusing the Democratic
Party Of treason. I'VE thought
this sort Of nonsense had stop
ped" he said, but apparently
a leopard cannot change its
spots"
Gets Mormon Backing
Little of this bitterness in
truded on Senator Kennedy's
visit to Salt Lake City last
evening" visit designed not
just to help his cause in Utah,
but also to strengthen his
standing with large numbers
of Mormon voters in Cali
fornia. Idaho, Nevada and
Arizona.
The Senator's first stop in
Salt Lake City was the office
of President David o., Mckay
of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Later-Day Saints. President
Mckay sat on the stage of the
Mormon Tabernacle during
Senator Kennedys appearance
at a Democratic rally there and
shook his hand in congratula-
tions after the speech.
Adding to the impact of the
occasion was the fact that
Senator Kennedy was intro
duced by Elbert Curtis, Utah
chairman of the Citizens for
Kennedy johnson and a great
grandson of Brigham Young.
in the course of building
good will, Senator Kennedy
passed on to President Eisen-
hover his first compliment in
some weeks, saying he admired
his speech to the United Ma
items.
Cites Spiritual Edge
He devoted most of his tele-
vised speech, which drew a
capacity crowd of $500 to the
Mormon Tabernacle, to an
oration on religious liberty and
a plea for America to reassert
it's supremacy over Communist
Russia in the realm Of spiritual
and moral values.
This is our single greatest
advantage" he said. In al
most every area of competition
military, diplomatic, eco
nomic, scientific and education
the Communists are now
capable of competing with the
United States on nearly equal
terms. But in this one area