Evening star., 1960-11-13

VIC hoNC ACdLu oO JlluClk
about trends on just every
aspect Of the campaign that
I really feel called upon to
comment on the biggest trend
Of all. and that is the trend
toward conservatism which
will end in political realign-
ment.
Now it may seem strange to
say that the victory Of the
man running on the most
liberal platform OF American
history shows q conservative
trend. but II you look closely
it does just that. The first
and most obvious factor is the
slim margin of popular vote
for Kennedy. I believe most
people were not so much vot-
ing for Kennedy as against
New Republicanism" which
Mr.. Nixon had the misfortune
to represent. The many truly
conservative voters, who
according to Senator Gold
waters book, are fast becom-
ing a majority in this coutry,
felt disenfranchised by the
Rockefeller IA points and the
other glad-hand "Republi-
can" developments. Nixon
doesn't really think like that
but he ran on the platform,
and Nixon was defeated. If
the Republicans had had a
truly conservative platform
they would probably have
been much stronger in the
South. and could have cap
tured other States which went
to Kennedy by such thin
margins, and probably won
the election.
There is no liberal trend in
this election: the fact that
Massachusetts, elected a Re-
publican Governor is an ex-
ample of that. I think the
trend shows instead a desire
to purge the G. o. P. of lib
erals. If this means, as I think
it does, that Senator Gold
water or the real Nixon can
become President : in 1864.
then I am willing to put up
with four years of inadequate
pseudo intellectuals whose
efforts to raise the masses are
only a means to equate every
body so that their own secret
fears and dearth of real in
tellect will not be so painfully
obvious.
On the subject of the parlor
pink fad of obsession with the
down and out, I call to mind
a quotation from The Foun-
tainhead," by Ayn Rand. On
the subject Of false compass
sion she says. Compassion is
what you feel when you look
at a squashed caterpillar. g.
1t justifies suffering. There's
got to be suffering in the
world, else how would we be
virtuous and feel compass
sion?"
Good Yankee qualities of
initiative and self-reliance
flourished in the days when
we called unemployment in
surance the Dole" This
country grew great, and I
might add rich, in a period
when conservative principles
were sacred. Maybe this de-
feat of 1860 will get the Re-
publican Party back where it
belongs. Let us hope so.
Florence King.
Now that the problem of
electing a President is out of
the way, it ought to be good
business for the incoming
Democratic administration to
make a special effort for the
service Of Vice President
Nixon as an advisory counsel
or in some other capacity the
Vice President would be will
ing to serve.
No two men in recent times
have exhibited such a first
hand knowledge of world af-
fairs as have Senator Ken
nedy and Mr.. Nixon. It would
be a downright shame if in
these critical times the tall
ents of Vice President Nixon
were wasted in some law Of
flee, as were those of Adlai
Stevenson for the last eight
years. We ought to seriously
consider changing our elec-
toral system to assure the
losing presidential candidate
a voice and an important
position in Government af-
fairs. A manifestation of this
kind Of unity would also help
the much.discussed prestige
barometer go up.
Herbert SOmmers.
D i
With the election over, the
one thing that stands out as