Evening star., 1960-07-13

his T6aCblOu was express
Senator johnson. which eli.
NAKED the day: II have learned
3 lot in the last "a hours anc
Il will profit by it."
II is part of the Kennedy
strategy to seek invitations tt
address every State delegation
And the experience gained
could stand him in good steaC
If he wins the nomination
Practically every major ques-
ton likely to be raised against
him by Vice President Nixor
was brought up in one way OF
lanother - often by Senator
Kennedy himself - during the
visits to Democratic delegation
caucuses this week.
81 come to you as a friend .
he told the North Carolina
delegates, many Of whom wore
confederate caps.
Recognizes Problems
II recognize that my candi-
ldacy presents some problems,
I recognize that this Is going
to be a difficult campaign be-
cause Mr.. Nixon is a formid-
able adversary. The important
thing is not so much that you
of North Carolina support me
at the convention but that
Democrats from all sections of
the country support the norni-
nee of this convention"
In the more enthusiastic ter
iritory he impressed upon a
gathering of delegates from
New England States that this
is going to be a hard, uphill
fight" He was talking about
the election in November. His
only direct reference to the bal
loting tonight was a reminder
that no New England Democrat
has been nominated since
Franklin Pierce won on the
35th ballot 108 years ago. He
confidently predicted: 1T won't
be that long this time"
I At Wyoming and North Da-
kota caucuses he requested sup
port for his nomination and
then ripped into the Republic
can administration for having
been "spendthrift in wasting
natural resources and bun
Cling" in the farm problem.
/ Appearing before the Cali
iornia delegation on a Holly
wood stage set on famed Sun
set boulevard, he almost let the
cat out of the bag by referring
to himself directly as the
nominee.
Promises Able Advisers
"I run for the of1ce-I run
for the nomination" he cor
rected himself. He went on to
promise that if nominated and
elected he would surround him
self with "the brightest and
ablest men" to advise him in
every field of national and in
ternational responsibility.
He addressed himself to the
youth" issue by saying:
II know that youth is re-
garded as a calamity by those
who do not possess it. But new
problems or old problems in
new guise confront US. We are
a young country and we must
have new, vigorous, forward
seeing leadership"
A bit of over-eagerness came
close to tripping the fast-mov-
ing and wide-ranging. Massa-
chusetts Senator when he
found that Mississippi Gov
ernor Ross Barnett was only
a few rooms away from the
Wyoming caucus. He handled
the difficult problem of proto-
col and politics without cross
ing up his lines.
A few OF the Mississippi
delegates favoring his can
didacy tried to arrange an i'm
promptu meeting between Sen
ator Kennedy and the Governor
who occupied a room only two
doors away. The delegation it.
self was to meet later in the
day.
Governor Delighted
The question was: Should the
Senator walk down the hall to
meet the Governor or vice
versa, or should they greet each
other half way? Senator Ken
nedy stepped into an interven-
ing room, picked up the tele-
phone, paid his respects to the
Governor, and explained he had