Evening star., 1960-02-12
CANDIDATES
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your blood pressure for a quar-
ter, to the blood-curdling mar
vels Of Disneyland, where there
is no today, only yesterday and
tomorrow.
He also spoke on two college
campuses, told an admiring
cluster of old ladies at a Long
Beach lunch they were gonna
make me blush" and advised a
Disneyland press conference
that he was definitely moving
forward"
Speaking Improves
The personalities also con-
trast. Senator Kennedy ap-
pears somewhat the boy from
the house on the hill, privileged,
a trif1e remote. Senator Hum
phrey's is more your friendly
neighborhood druggist, full OF
cnat ana remedy.
Both men have improved
their speaking styles. Senator
Kennedy no longer awkwardly
punches phrases. Senator Hum
phrey has learned to deliver
his message in less than an
hour.
Senator Humphrey dispenses
WiSe-cracks at such a rate that
a doctor in Long Beach yester-
day said Hes better than Bob
Hope" Generally speaking, he
is far the better orator. He
rouses audiences to a fever to
match his own. He told audi
ences yesterday that a Nixon
regime would be "the Eisen-
hover administration without
a smile" and that he wouldn't
put the Republicans in charge
of selling popcorn in the local
movie house" He speaks of his
own family and the common
plight of humanity with great
effect.
Quotations take the place Of
cracks with Senator Kennedy,
who always draws on Robert
Frost and the founding fathers.
Presumably his poetic appear
ance is --;pected to make the
huma.. lpeal while his ad-
dresses are on the detached
side.
The question periods are diff
ferent, too. Senator Kennedy
unleashes q great torrent of
statistics and facts on his in
quisitor while Senator Hum
phrey, before he knows it,
makes every answer another
speech.
Senator Kennedy can be
casual and understated. The
other day someone challenged
him on his farm vote. "1f Sen
ator Humphrey says I was
wrong. maybe he is right" he
said calmly. Senator Hum
phrey reacts to everything vul-
nerable-having ridden on Dis
neyland's monorail and praised
it effusively he went on to sug-
geSt it might help relieve urban
traffic problems.
The handshaking period also
provides another example of
their differing techniques and
fortunes. Senator Kennedy
dif1dently approaches the pub
lie; Senator Humphrey seizes
on it hungrily. Senator Ken
nedy merely says "Glad to see
you" while Senator Humphrey
calls everyone MY good friend"
and when questioned drops
everything to give a full answer.
Hubert talks to people as
II he were never going to see
them again." said a despairing
aide.
Money Isn't Everything
Senator Humphrey lacks the
funds to launch a smooth work.
ing apparatus to follow up his
appearances. Yet it would seem
that his greatest problem is
one that money cannot solve.
What he needs more than
a bankroll Is a mysterious
commodity called presidential
Identification" Senator Ken
nedy, six years younger and
much less a countrywide
spokesman for the Democratic
cause, has it.
A student at the University
College of Los Angeles tried to
explain it yesterday. Senator
Kennedy is reserved while Sem
ator Humphrey, whose ideas are
really liked better, is a little
strident. l think that there
should be a distance between
the leader and the led. There
is not that difference between
them with Senator Humphrey.
who is warm and colloquial and
folksy but leaves nothing to the
imagination."