Evening star., 1960-11-14

Mr.. Nixon teetered back and
forth occasionally on q glider.
Got Up Once
They got Up for q mcment
lot one point. then sat down
and talked on.
Senator Kennedy repeatedly
said that Mr.. Nixon was Every
co-operatiye" or extremely CO.
Operative" but he gave no IN
Idication ut all that there might
be any place in the ADMINISTERS
ton for Mr.. Nixon.
He didn't answer directly,
either, whether there was any
discussion Of Republican per-
sonalities who might possibly
by included In the cabinet or
put in other high positions.
The two men, Senator Ken
nedy said, did touch on their
presidential campaigns In o
lsort Of q technical sense.
/ II asked him how he took
IOhio," the Senator said with
10 chuckle.
No. he said. Mr.. Nixon did
mot give him q direct answer.
HE must be keeping it a secret
Ito use in 1854, the President
lelect said
But he added later that there
wasn't any discussion of
whether he and the Vice Pres
Iident might be opponents again
In four years.
Persons close to Mr.. Nixon
saw the Kennedy visit as o
sesture IN recognition Of the
political fact that, the Vice
President won nearly half the
votes Of the country. They did
not expect anything specific to
come from the meeting.
But IL was thought In both
camps that the call Of the VIC
tor upon the vanquished today
could well set the stage for
almost unprecedented peace
time bipartisan cooperation In
the fields Of national defense
and foreign policy for the next
few years.
Pierre Salinger, the President
elects press secretary. said Sen.
ator Kennedy telephoned Mr..
Nixon Saturday night and sug-
gested the meeting.
Flies to Miami
Senator Kennedy flew to
Miami's International Airport
from his vacation headquar-
ters at Palm Beach. He then
left on the 10-mile drive to
Key Biscayne.
An enthusiastic crowd Of an
estimated 1000 Kennedy sup
porters swarmed past rope
barriers at the airport, and
surged toward the President
elect as he stepped from his
plane. the Caroline.
| "A squad Of Secret Service
men formed q flying wedge to
ease Senator Kennedy through
the crowd to Q convertible for.
his trip to Key Biscayne.
Senator Kennedy. holding
only Q tiny popular vote mar
gin over his Republican OPP
ponent. was accompanied by
an old prep school chum. New
York advertising man K. L.
Billings. Senator Kennedy and
Mr. Billings attended Choate
Schooi in Connectieut and Mr..
Billings spent the night at the
Kennedy home at Palm Beach.
/ So did Representative Mac
donald, Democrat Of Massachu-
setts.. Senator Kennedy's room
mate at Harvard who now rep
resents the President-elect's
home district in Congress. Mr..
Macdonald didn't fly to Miami
with the Senator, however.
The President-elect faced a
busy week Of holding confer
ences and reading reports con-
cerning major decisions facing
him as he prepares to take over
as Chief Executive in January.
But his schedule did not
include any immediate. deci-
sions on appointments to his
cabinet, despite widespread
speculation that he already has
picked some men-such as Gov.
Luther H. Hodges of North
carolina to be his Secretary Of
Commerce.
Cabinet Choices Wait
Mr.. salinger said there is
going to be a spate Of stories
about cabinet appointments In
the next several days and he
wanted to answer all Of them
with this statement:
Senator Kennedy will not
make any final decisions or
announcements in regard to
posts until after Thanksgiving.
Reached by the Associated
Press in Buenos Aires, Argen-
tina. Gov. Hodges said, "It's
all news to me" when ques-
toned about the reports. Gov.
Hodges is on a tour of Argen-
tina and Brazil with 26 other
Governors.
Another Democrat promi-
nently mentioned for some cab
Iinet post, possibly Attorney
General, is Gov. Abraham Rib
icof Of Connecticut, who will
have lunch with Senator Ken
nedy tomorrow in Palm Beach
Senator Symington, Demo-
crat of Missouri-figuring in
some speculation as a possible
Secretary Of Defense - will
spend next Saturday and Sun
day with Senator Kennedy at
Palm Beach, Mr.. Salinger an