Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-17


country has ever had and his
sincere cruss de for peace has
endeared him to the freedom
loving world.
Now that Senator Kennedy
will be our next President it
is up to every one of us to
show the entire world that we
are 100 per cent American
and will stand by our new
President and earnestly pray
that he will always make the
decisions that will keep the
United States great and free
and his never failing in
fluence for justice will hold
him in high esteem through
out the world.
These are not times to re-
call party or religious differ
ences. even though we may
not always agree. We all wor-
ship the same God and 1t is
He whom we all need most
urgently to ask for help and
guidance in these days, as
always.
I am a Virginian, living in
Arlington. registered as an
independent voter. I would
never have felt right had I
registered as Democrat or
Republican for I feel that the
qualifications Of the person
running for Office are far
more important than always
supporting one party.
~ Mildred F. Brown.
If the G.. o. p. is demand
ing a recount of the votes of
II States favoring Kennedy
by q small majority, there
will necessarily have to be
a recount of the votes in the
States in which Nixon won
BY a small majority. Ohio
for example. Even the Re-
publicans expected Kennedy
to win Ohio. Why didn't he?
Laura X. Pollock.
Much Of Mr.. Kennedy's
debate time was used in
criticism of the Eisenhower
administration.
MIR. Nixon. as a gentleman
and Vice President could not
criticize. even though there
were many things which Mr..
Nixon did not personally ap-
prove Of, I'm sure. Had he
interjected his personal pro-
gram, as Kennedy did, then
he would mot have been at
such a disadvantage, debate
wise.
Martin Buxbaum.
II 4 T. Il
1860! A year of parallels.
The Yankees broke the rec
ords and the Pirates won the
Series. Mr.. Nixon broke the
records and Mr.. Kennedy
won the race.
Pat Danton.
No man can be expected to
light a winning battle with
one hand tied behind his
back, yet this is what the
Republicans expected of Vice
President Nixon. From the
very first, Mr.. Nixon was held
back by being so closely q
part of the current admins
tration. Long before the
convention was called he was
challenged to give voice to
new. aggressive and forward
looking plans for the Re-
public. AS much as he might
have desired. he was not
free to do this without re-
f1ecting against the admins
tration and hurting the
President. Senator Kennedy
had no such handicap. There
are millions of people in this
country who would be glad
to acclaim a 1864 Nixon for
President" drive, at which
time he would undoubtedly
nave a freer hand to con-
duct his campaign.
C. C. Hill.
y X II
On three recent occasions
David Lawrence has used his
column to claim the i'm
portance of the Catholic vote
IN the success of Senator
Kennedy. He cites the Gallup
Poll as evidence of a shift
OF Catholic voters from
Eisenhower in 1856 to Ken
nedy in 1860 and he states
further that there was no
comparable shift in Profess
tant voters.
AS MI. Lawrence well
knows, a large portion of the
Eisenhower support was
made up of Democrats, both
Catholic and Protestant. The
majority of the Catholic
Democrats would have re-
turned to their party in 1861