Evening star., 1960-07-16
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running mate, Senator john
son. the presidential candidate
declared: MY decisions on
every public policy will be my
own-as an American, a Dem
crat and a free man"
Then he lit into Mr.. Nixon,
and. to the cheers of his partisan
audience. Senator Kennedy
asked: Mr.. Nixon may feel
it is his turn now. after the
New Deal and the Fair Deal
but before he deals, someone
is going to cut the cards" In
the original text Of his speech,
the nominee had put it even
more harshly, saying "some-
one had better cut the cards"
Problems of Future
Senator Kennedy implied,
however, that the theme Of
his campaign would be on the
emerging problems of the
future, rather than the Re
publican failures" Of the past.
The world is changing" he
said. THE old era is ending.
The old ways will not do"
Abroad. he declared, the
balance of power has shifted
and Communist influence has
spread into new areas of the
world. At home. great changes
in the technology of agriculture,
the character of cities and the
struggle for human rights call
for "a new generation of lead
erShip."
Mr.. Nixon, he conceded, is
a young man. but his approach
is as old as Mckinley" un-
fitted for a time when America
confronts unknown opportuni-
ties and perils. untitled hopes
and threats"
Courage, not complacency,
is our need today; leadership,
not salesmanship. We stand
on this frontier at a turning
point in history. We must prove
all over again whether this
Nation with its freedom ct
choice, its breadth of oppor-
tunity, its range of alternatives,
can compete with the single
minded advance of the Com
munist system. That Is
the real question"
"All mankind" he concluded.
waits upon our decision. A
whole world looks to see what
we will do. We cannot fail
their trust.
introduced by Stevenson
Senator Kennedy was intro
duced by Mr.. Stevenson, who
praised him lavishly as "a man
who embodies the hopes of the
generation which is rising to
power in the world a man
whose passion for peace was
bred in the agony of war :.
one who has shown that ca
pacity to draw forth the un-
quenchable power for good
which no dictator can match
or meet or long deny"
Hits Divided Rule
Mr.. Stevenson, who carried
the Democratic banner in the
last two presidential cam
paignS, said he came to say
good-by, but not farewell.
He called Senator Kennedy's
nomination a beginning - a
new and splendid beginning
for the Democratic Party and
for America"
AS he spoke some Of his sup
porters displayed signs read
ing Stevenson for Secretary
Of State"
After urging his supporters
to "join me in making this new
beginning a reality in No
vember," Mr.. Stevenson turned
to the Republican administra-
ton.
These years of quiet drift
have been years Of quiet de-
cline," he said. Softly our
country has slipped ever closer
to national peril.
New Crises Cited
Even through the din and
clamor of the convention we
have been dimly aware of new
crises in the Congo and in Cuba,
new turbulence in the world,
new threats from the Kremlin.
Let no one think that this
rush of trouble is purely a nat
ural calamity, beyond our con-
troll and beyond our RESPONSE
bility." he continued. Many
things are indeed beyond our
control: but many more are the
direct product of our own un-
willingness to identify and con-