Evening star., 1960-11-04

and listening to the repeti-
tious generalities and plati-
tudes of Messrs. Nixon and
Kennedy. I am wholly dis
enchanted with the former
and even more so with the
latter.
Both candidates obviously
want to be all things to all
people. ! think they are dead
wrong and badly advised. AS
an average American, this IS
what I'd like to hear both of
them say on some Of the
subject matters covered in
their So-called debates:
Social security must be re-
vised and put on a sound
basis. Each year shows a
greater deficit. The money
paid in bears no relationship
to the benefits promised. Un-
less more money is paid in
and the program put on a
sound basis, future genera
tions may refuse to pay the
tax and the system will COL
lapse. If the people want
these benefits, they have got
to expect to pay more money
now and not transfer the debt
to generations yet unborn.
Medical care for the aged
is socialism Of the worst
order. We are against it and
want no part of it. If people
want medical care let them
provide for it by their in
dustry and self-sacrif1ee.
From now on the farmer is
going to be thrown into the
same pot with every other
segment Of American busi-
ness endeavor, and just like
them, if he can't produce a
good product and keep his
head above water in a COM
petitive economy, then he'll
have to get into some other
business.
Education is a local prob
lem. We don't propose to take
tax money from a State with
few electoral votes and spend
it in a State with a larger
number of votes. Towns,
cities, counties and States
should be encouraged to i'm
prove all educational facili-
ties but it should never be
federally controlled or super
vised.
The labor problem: If the
American people are to be
free to think, speak and act
as their conscience may die
tate, they must be economi-
cally free. Each State should
have right-to-work laws. It
is the right Of every free
born American to join a la
Dor union and entrust to its
care his right to bargain or
be free to market his skill as
an individual as may suit his
choice.
My friends think I am
crazy to ever envision any
such platform statements
but I believe a man would
walk away with the contest
by facing up to the facts and
being honest about it.
This Messrs. Nixon and
Kennedy will never do.
William M. Werber.
Il 4
Which candidate better
understands the menace OF
international communism
This is the overriding issue
of the campaign. Beside il
all domestic issues are in.
significant indeed.
Richard Nixon proved that
he couldn't be fooled by Com
munists at home in 1947
when, as a member of the
House Un-American Activitie.
Committee, he was the only
member not taken in by
Alger Hiss testimony. Against
the advice of his fellow com.
mittee members, his HOUSE
colleagues, the press corps
and certainly against the will
of the Truman administra.
ton and the State Depart.
ment he gathered the evi.
dence which proved Algel
Hiss guilty of perjury.
I was proud of the way
Nixon talked to Khrushchey
and to the Russian people
Freedom certainly gained
through that exchange
Coupled with his running
mate, Henry Cabot Lodge
who has so effectively en-
gagged the Russians in tn,
United Nations for the pas
eight years they are truly :
known quantity.
I hear many people sa,
II don't know why but
don't like Nixon" This i
why: Ever since the Hiss cas-
Richard Nixon has been