Evening star., 1960-11-01
Nixon Insists
He Wants d
Fifth Debate
BY CECIL HOLLAND
star Stan Writer

EN- ROUTE WITH NIXON.
Nov. l.-vice President Nixon
whirled across Pennsylvania to-
day in . final bid for the States
elusive support. insisting he
would be glad to debate Sena-
tor Kennedy "and his whole
family any time"
While expressing great con-
fidence in the outcome of the
election next Tuesday. the Re-
publican nomine appeared net
tied by taunts from Senator
Kennedy over the collapse Of
negotiations for q nth tele-
vision debate.
AS he opened his final presi-
Dental drive with q last-min-
ute visit to New Jersey last
night under dripping skies. Mr..
Nixon said:
II just got o report that my
opponent, in one Of his juvenile,
schoolboy comments =. sug-
gested that he would like to
have anothed debate and for
me to bring the President along.
"Ill be glad to debate him
land his whole family anytime,
but I think what the country
really needs is q debate be-
tween Jack and Lyndon. Let's
find out where they really
stand"
Despite Mr.. Nixon's COM
ments there were no indica-
tions that negotiations would
be resumed for q fifth debate.
Optimism Rises
Mr.. Nixon was more optimis-
tic than ever today when he
predicted he would win in q
majority Of seven Of the Ma
tion's largest States-Califor
mia. Texas, Michigan, Illinois,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York.
THE tide has turned and
nv opponent Ia practically run.
ming out Of gas" he said as he
took off from Philadelphia for
campaign appearances at Lam
caster and Erie, Pa.
In reply to q question as to
how he felt the election was
shaping UP. Mr.. Nixon said:
ITO win. my opponent has to
take six of the seven big States
and he can't do it. The tide
has turned. ! will carry a ma
jority of the seven big States. +"
Mr.. Nixon's prediction Of VIC
tory in at least four Of the
seven carried him~a step fur
ther than his position last Sum
day. when he rated New York,
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Illinois about $3.50 and
saw himself leading in Texas
and California.
Hits Jobless Plan
Mr.. Nixon charged Senator
Kennedy with trying to make
"a political football" out of the
problem of chronic 'unemploy-
ment. The Republican presi-
Dental nominee blasted Sena-
tor Kennedy's proposal for
dealing with depressed areas.
"The sorry lack of concern
for the American people too
often revealed by my opponent
and his followers can be no
better documented than by the
record on distressed areas leg
islation," Mr.. Nixon said in a
statement before leaving on
today's campaign swing which
also will carry him to Syracuse
and Rochester. N. Y.
Mr.. Nixon said, "Five times
they have ignored the Presi-
dents recommendations and,
instead, they have passed two
pork-barrel bills Of their owe.
each in an election year, 1858
and 1860. and each so full of
politics they were obviously
nothing but veto bait"
In the space of a few hours
and in three speeches during
his Halloween night visit to
New Jersey. Mr.. Nixon accused
his Democratic rival of Gig
norance of simple economics"
and charged former President
Truman with "the most disas-
trous foreign policy" in the Ma
tion's history.
Would Raise Quotas
The Vice President, who called
early today, for a liberalized i'm
migration program. doubling
the 154,00 immigrants now ad-
mitted each year, also gave the
most optimistic predictions on
the outcome Of the election be-
See NIXON, Page A-4