Evening star., 1960-07-14
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The Final Day
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
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Senator Kennedy held the DEM
ocratic National Conventions
grand prize today on the
strength of his relentless drive
here this week and painstaking
effort during the last four years.
He promised last night that
II will be worthy of your trust. I"
But a more characteristic
phrase he uttered soon after
arriving in Los Angeles last
Saturday explained in great
measure his success: II am
bold enough to try"
The 43-year-old Massachu-
sets Senator busted himself as
usual visiting State delegations
for several hours yesterday be-
fore secluding himself in a
hideaway fringe of Hollywood
to rest and to review the march
of convention votes cast for
him.
In that final day of pre-con-
vention campaigning he repeat
edly drew a parallel between his
own aims and the methods and
achievements of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Cites Parallels
He insisted that a Democratic
victory in November depended
on the sort of combination" of
geographic sections and group
objectives that enabled Mr..
Roosevelt not only to win elec-
tions but to provide programs
'for the benefit of all the peo-
lple."
Senator Kennedy was not diff
|fident about reminding farm
State delegates that Mr.. Roos-
evelt as a presidential candi-
date was no more an expert on
agriculture than he is. But Sen
ator Kennedy reminded them
mo one ever did more for the
farmer.
What ran through Senator
Kennedy's mind as he relaxed
in his apartment Shangri-La
for almost nine hours yesterday
was probably unrevealed even
to the small group of close
friends and aides who were
with him.
Yet, on the basis of his COM
ment to reporters earlier in the
day, it can be surmised that he
must have recalled often his
long, hard, but boldly confident
planning for the 1860 presiden-
tial nomination after narrowly
losing the 1856 vice presiden-
tial. nomination.
Smooth Team
AS he remarked to reporters
yesterday, he and a few asso-
ciates had only "a hours to
strive for the 1856 vice presi-
dental nomination.
For the bigger prize he won
yesterday he had four years to
develop himself and perfect a
smooth working team. 1t
blended vigorous youth with
experience, zest and profess
sional competence. The Ken
nedy team" frankly puzzled
and, in some instances, over
whelmed veteran politicians,
but it, no longer is treated
lightly.
Since he landed in the con
vention city last Saturday he
has found opportunity for little
sleep or rest, But the little he
did get was in the eight-room
apartment he rented to get
away from it all when he
could-except, of course, for
frequent telephone consulta-
tions, conferences, study and
occasional quiet dinners with
members of his family.
1t is in the western part of
the city about 7 miles from his
downtown hotel headquarters
and IL miles from the Arena.
Its whereabouts was perhaps
the beSt-kept secret of the
1860 Democratic convention.
When he went there yester-
day after his last ride over the
caucus trail" between 9 am.
and 2 pm, aides disclosed the
address lin Strictest conf
dence" to a score of newsmen
who had regularly covered the
candidate personally this week.
1t was 522 North Rossmore
avenue in the Wiltshire section
OF Los Angeles, but only a
block from Hollywood. It is
owned by Jack Haley, former
stage and screen actor. who
occupies one of the apartments.
On Nautical Lines
The Mauritania Apartments
were built along nautical lines.
In accord with it's general
architectural shape the three
stories are called decks" Sen
ator Kennedy's rented, space
were first = class" quarters.
actually a penthouse. The
press kept its vigil last night
in the cabin class" on the
second level.
With the soon-to-be NOM
inee in his eight-room estab-
lishment were Representative
Torbert Macdonald of Massa-
chuSetts, a former college
clasSmate: Dave Powers, a Bos-
ton friend who has sat it out
with the Senator on many an
other election night: Stephen
Smith, the Senator's brother
in-law; Charles Roche, his as
siStant press secretary; Leo
Greenhalgh, a Los Angeles Fire
Department captain spending
his vacation by driving the Sen
ator'S car this week; w. B.
Sawyer, Los Angeles bus
company official who also
helped in the driving, and
James P. McShane, the Sen
ator's bodyguard.
Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, SEN