Evening star., 1960-10-18

is, the consideration given for
a contract of insurance.
Despite my prejudices as a
Protestant Episcopalian, both
Nixon and Kennedy seem to
be sincere; but, for that mat
ter, our present incumbent
in the White House also
seems to be neat, modest,
wholesome and sincere.
Irving Ladd Kicker.
I think that I shall never
see,
A President named Ken
nedy. Joseph w. Bow
Ihad a nightmare after the
big debate on Tv the other
night, and the dialogue went
something like this:
Nikita: This is it, son. It's
time to put up or shut up on
the big issues that divide US.
Jack: I would refer you to
the words Of that great
American, Theodore Roose-
velt. who said
Nikita: a Roosevelt Shmoo-
sevelt. Let's stick to cases.
Jack: That, of course,
brings to mind the thought
so eloquently expressed 3
years and 8 months ago by
Deputy Assistant Undersec-
retary-
Nikita: Look, boy, II /
want a history lesson I'll go
to night school in Moscow.
Stop rafting skeletons, and
let's have some frank pa
laver.
Jack: Wasn't 1t Rear Ad-
miral Frank Palaver who
only recently said
Nikita: Aw nuts. Hey, Bor-
is, bring my car.
Please, Mr.. and Mrs. Amer
lean Voter, give us a man
with a mind of his own to be
next President Of the worlds
citadel of freedom.
J. r. NOwling.
Nixon shouldn't criticize
Kennedy for saying II mil
lion Americans go to bed
hungry every night. Surely
there are at least that many
women on a diet!
But while the candidates
are knee-deep in statistics
why doesn't Nixon tell us the
number of war casualties un-
der "the great Wilson, FDR
and Truman" as compared
with those under the Repub-
lican administrations?
Mrs. Mary Beahm Baber.
i +
Kennedy is making q de.
termined push to become the
next President of the United
States; but I cannot vote fol
him.
I object to turning thu
White House. over to an in.
experienced and immature
and brash young man. I OBJ
ject to the steam-roller tac-
tics that won this young man
the Democratic candidacy
and now seeks to SweeI
people off their feet. I OBJ
ject to his Interpretation oi
what makes a good Democrat
He urges me to follow blindly
the party instead Of counsel
ing me to think the issues
through, using my best judg-
ment to decide on the man
I object to his lack of faith
in the strength of our Ma
ton and his prophecy oi
doom and gloom. I object to
his post-convention tactics in
the United States Senate
when he made that body into
a political playground ir
order to gain more votes.
object to the image Mr.. Ken
nedy tries to create of him
self as the only true friend
of the working man, of labor
of the common people. 1 OBJ
ject also when he tries to be
all things to all men-the
rich, the poor; the conserva-
tive, the liberal; the military
the civilian; the Southerner
the Northerner; the Negro
the Whitehall of this just tc
gain votes. I object to his
give-away programs which he
offers to America which
would heap larger and larger
financial burdens upon the
youth of America-the future
taxpayers. I object to his
biased criticism of Dwight D
Eisenhower - his President
and mine-when Ike calmly
and quietly stood firm against
the rawlings of Nikita Khrush-
chev at the Paris Conference
I object to his political ma
chine which cajoles, pushes
and tries to sweep everybody
into line.
I am a thinking man first