Evening star., 1960-11-09
NIXON
NIXON
Vice President Wires Kennedy
Best Wishes, Pledges Support

cepCeo the oeIeat IN GOOD spirit
and spent part Of her time last
night after they appeared be-
fore television In cheering up
the staff when we should have
been cheering her." Mr.. Klein
said.
The Nixon children. 'Tricia,
a. and Julie, IL, were good
sports" and also took the loss
I'M good spirit. They had
followed the returns until about
IL o'clock last night and
cheered when those favorable
to their father came in.
Mr.. Nixon retired between
2 and 8 am. Is and 6 am,
Washington time), but couldn't
sleep well, and was up about 6
am. Mr.. Klein said. t.
Analyzing Returns
He spent part of the early
iInorning with his daughters,
explaining to them how the
election works. Julie, who also
arose early, was with her father
by $3.50 am.
Mr.. Klein said Mr.. Nixon
made the final concession after
analyzing the returns from the
big States this morning and
deciding Senator Kennedy's
lead could not be overcome.
He said California still could
go either way and that the
Nixon people have hopes of
carrying Illinois on the basis
Of the latest returns.e
But against this was the loss
Of Michigan which, added to
the loss. Of Pennsylvania, New
York and Texas, confronted
the Vice President with certain
defeat.
1T was q matter of adding
up" Mr.. Klein said.
Mr. Klein said Mr.. Nixon
decided to return to Washing
ton today rather than tomor-
row, as originally scheduled.
Among other things, he added,
Mr. and Mrs. Nixon wanted to
BET their children back in
school.
The Vice Presidents party
will leave here at l pm. by
jet plane and will land at
Andrews Air Force Base.
Praised by Klein
Mr.. Klein, o San Diego edi-
tor on leave to serve as one Of s
Mr.. Nixon's key assistants, $
praised the spirit in which the 7
Vice President took the first 8
political defeat in q career that
began with his election to the 8
House in 1946.
He said Mr.. Nixon had :
learned to accept losses with !
successes and that he and other I
members Of the staff had never
been more impressed with him G
asa great American" than in 7
&he'way he took the defeat. /
Mr.. Nixon, accompanied by his Z
wife Pat, first appeared before +
the party's faithful in the Am
baSsador Hotel at 1925 am. I
(3:25 am, Washington time) !
today.
He was greeted with cries t
Of mo, no.; by large and en- t
bittered crowd Of partisans who d
could not bring themselves to v
accept a stunning disappoint- F
ment. t
The Vice President, hiding v
his own disappointment be- Il
hind q smile, pledged his
"wholehearted support" to Sem S
ator Kennedy who took an /"
early lead and was never a
headed. t
Mrs. Nixon stood beside the
Vice President as he made the q
announcement. She appeared 6
sad but composed and she s
smiled as the crowd roared I'VE Y
want Nixon" As she left the
room, however, tears filled her v
eyes. tt
Throughout the long night O
Mr.. Nixon followed the elec-
ton returns in closely guard a
ed dfth-floor quarters known 4
as the Royal Suite, clinging d
doggedly to the hope that late C
returns would swing the tide p
in his favor. v
Sends No Congratulations !,
When the swing failed to E
come, the Vice President and j,
his advisers met in his suite il
to. study the situation and de-
eide what to do.
With the nominee at the
time were Mrs. Nixon, Clifford
Folger, Washington invest
ment banker and finance
chairman Of the Nixon cam
paign; Leonard Hall and Rob-
ert H. Finch. the campaign
leaders. and Mr.. Klein.
Mr.. Nixon went to bed with y
out sending the customary tele- J
gram of congratulations to his
opponent and Mr.. Klein made .
1t clear in a news conference =
about an hour after the Vice :
President had spoken that this q
would not be done until con-
elusive results are in. +
While he held "a certain 6
fatalism about winning and be- I
lieved events and not a man i
can control his destiny, no one $
ever campaigned harder for the
presidency than Mr.. Nixon. s
AS tirelessly as he worked, q
Mr.. Nixon failed to satisfy many a
Republicans because Of the S
nature of the campaign he con- 2
ducted-and this may be some d
thing that will be argued in q
political circles for years to
come. q
Many wanted him to wage a s
hard-hitting campaign as he v
had in 1852. 1854 and 1856. Mr.. @
Nixon met their demands only t
part way. For a great deal of
the campaign Mr.. Nixon waged
a subduded drive emphasizing