Evening star., 1960-08-01
THE GREAT ISSUES
BY ERNEST b. VACCARO
Ansociatad Prass stan Writer

Associated Press stan Writer
Richard M. Nixon's press sec.
retary recently handed news
men an imposing list Of world
leaders with whom the Vice
President has talked, at. home
and abroad. ....
Included, Of course. was So
Wet Premier Khrushchev, Nix
on's opponent in the much
publicized Kitchen debate" in
Moscow, as well as leaders of
virtually every other important
nation.
News Secretary Herbert G.
Klein left it up to the reporters
to draw their own conclusions
as to the importance Of such q
broad acquaintance in the
forthcoming presidential CAM
paign-a campaign in which
foreign policy is expected to
play . major part.
Mr.. Nixon's Democratic rival,
Senator John F. Kennedy, al
lready has indicated he will
counter this International
name-dropping by pointing to
his membership on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee :,
his own extensive travels
abroad. his foreign policy writ
ingS and his II years Of service
in Congress.
Counter Issues
And. II Mr.. Nixon can boast
Of his nearly eight years Of
service In policy making ct cab
met meetings and as o mem
Der Of the National Security
Council. Senator Kennedy can
talk, as he has been talking
Of the collapse Of the Paris
summit conference. the cancel
lation Of President Eisenhow-
er's visit to Japan, the Cuban
and other crises, and try to
put part Of the blame on Mr.
Nixon.
The campaign will have to
define the areas of disagree
ment on reaching the broad
foreign policy goals common
to both candidates.
Senator Kennedy and Mr..
Nixon both are on record in IA
vor Of continued foreign aid.
particularly to underdeveloped
countries-with possible differ
ences in emphasis. Both would
give the President power to ex-
tend economic and financial aid
behind the Iron Curtain If he
feels 1t would help loosen satel-
lite bonds to Moscow.
Neither has ruled out future
summit conferences, though
both have indicated that pri-
mary reliance in the future
should be placed on negotia-
tionS at the foreign minister
and ambassadorial levels.
Both for Court Approval
Both are on record favoring
greater reliance on the World
Court for settlement Of inter-
national disputes by repeating
q reservation against the Courts
jurisdiction In disputes involv.
ing the United States.
There is no question but what
Mr.. Nixon has had q more i'm
portant role in the Eisenhower
administration than any previ-
Gus Vice President has ever had.
He has Travelled in Europe,
Africa, Asia, and Latin America
as Eisenhower's goodwill am
bassador. He was stoned and
spat upon in Venezuela, but
mostly he got rousing recep.
tionS wherever he went. And he
had an unparalleled opportu-
nifty to be known and to know
peoples and their problems,
their fears and their hopes.
Senator Kennedy cannot
point to the same vast ac-
quaintance among world states
men other than those who have
talked with the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee on their Wis
its to this country. But that
committee has conducted far
reaching studies into every
phase Of world relations.
Travels Cited
And, Senator Kennedy said
IN an Independence Day news
conference, in the past 20 years
he has Travelled in nearly every
continent and country. He add
ed that after four years as a
naval ofncer and II years in
Congress. he Is better equipped
than most Of the Presidents of
the past when they took office,
and that he and Mr.. Nixon en-
tered Congress the same year.
Senator Kennedy will contend
he has fresh ideas and new ap-
proaches, and the support for
them.
In q major speech to the Sen
ate last June Senator Kennedy
declared that the issue In the
campaign is not who can best
stand UP to Khrushchev" or |
swap threats and insults"
THE real issue Is who can