Evening star., 1960-09-18
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Kennedy's Looks Make Hearts
Of Lody Voters Beot Foster
BY MARY McGRORY
Star stan Writer

Senator Kennedy's face may
be his fortune in this campaign.
His appeal to women voters,
who now make up so great a
portion Of the electorate, is
formidable. He is the only
candidate in the field whose
path through a crowd can be
unerringly charted by the un-
glued countenances of the girls
he leaves behind him.
A girl in the main square Of
Reading, Pa, took one look at
the Senator's slim, taut figure,
his FURNISHED brush Of hair, the
light eyes staring out Of the
tanned face, the wide smile,
and turned to her friend.
He's Gorgeous
In a tone Of something like
Indignation, she said, Hes
absolutely the best looking
thing I've ever seen in my whole
life"
Hes gorgeous" breathed her
companion.
Senator Kennedy also has
something that makes the Man
haitian chambermaid and the
East Side dowager sisters under
the skin. It is a waif like
quality that most n1illionaires
do not possess and it gives
them the idea that despite his
high state in life he requires
looking after.
W hen Senator Kennedy
makes it plain that there is
something they can do for him
by saying at every stop, II
need your help" the maidens
scream and the matrons sigh.
Statesman Approach
But despite the delirious
response he evokeS, Senator
Kennedy is impersonal in his
approach. He wishes to be
greeted like a statesman rather
than q movie star.
II come before you in sue
cession to Woodrow Wilson,
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Harry S. Truman" he says, al
though he cannot be oblivious
Of the fact that the fervor be-
fore him is not entirely political
in origin.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
of New York in his campaign
of 1858 demonstrated a faculty
for bringing out the gypsy in,
the soul of women voters. His
warm grin. wicked wink, and
warm handclasp caused many
a lady to steal out Of her
Democratic household to keep
a tryst at the voting booth in
November, 1858.
Senator Kennedy, unlike
Gov. Rockefeller. does not
pause to chat with the ladies.
He grins at random, casually
selects a hand out of the tan
gle confronting him, waves only !
sparingly.
Charm and Virtue
His campaign in the main is
bereft Of the ingratiating gam
bits dispensed by his rival, Vice
President Nixon, who mentions
the charm of his wife, Pat, and
the virtues Of his running mate,
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Senator Kennedy, hasty and
driven, wastes no time in small
talk, embarking at once on his
message of the need to arrest
the decline of American power
and prestige. He sometimes
briskly thanks his audience for
turning out. He never conf1des
any personal data like the Vice
Presidents recent revelation
that he suffers from hay fever.
The Senator did not even
mention the names Of the ma
tional committeeman and COM
mitteewoman of Maryland when
he appeared in the Pikesville
Armory Friday night, merely
designating them by titles.
When he noted his debt for
the convention endorsement Of
Governor David Lawrence Of
Pennsylvania at a banquet in
Harrisburg, the reference had
all the sentimental effusivenesS
Of a business letter.
II therefore feel a sense of
warm appreciation toward your
Governor" he said.
Smile Is Wonderful
But If the Senator does not
always convey warm apprecia-
ton in his tone, it is certainly
the quality that he evokes in
women.
A sober Republican woman,
mother of six, told a reporter
at the York (Pa.) fair that she
was going to vote for the Sena-
tor because of his stand on
education.
Having explained it all very
carefully, she added: His in
fectious smile is wonderful. 1t
makes you feel good all over"
Beside her, a grandmother of
three, who said that she was