Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-17


the propaganda line that
Senator Kennedy's victory"
in the East and the so-called
big city blocs" can be partly
attributed to the Catholic
vote" and his defeat in the
Midwest was partly due to
the "anti-Catholic vote" AS
one who never felt that the
religious issue was of any
great Importance in choosing
the next political party lex
cept in the case of the usual
"lunatic fringe" be they
bigots, idiots. do-gooders,
sob . sisters, rabble rousers,
world-beaters, or what-have-
yoW to lead" this country. it
would seem that the over
riding issue was whether we
are to continue to pursue the
principles and PHILOSOPHERS
that made this country what
it is today or are we going
for the pie n-the-sky" ideal
Of everything for nothing. 1t
might just be possible that
the people in the Midwest
were voting for a little COM
mon sense, thrift, do-it-your-
self reliance, and a little less
big-brother government. It's
too bad that Senator Ken
needy. who exhibited all the
traits Of the great men
throughout history in taking
over the Democratic Party.
should now let his energies be
drained of by the disproved
New Deal" and Fair Deal"
factions of that party. For
my part II Senator Kennedy
had supported the ideals that
I believe in. he would have
had my vote If he. had pre-
sented himself as an un-
reconstructed hottentot.
Since 1882 I have associ-
ated the Democratic Party
with waste spending, and big
government paternalism. For
the record, in 1882, I was IL
years old and living in the
southern edge of the dust
bowl and I submit that the
New Deal" destroyed all
chance we had of making a
living during those days
slaughter of cattle and hogs,
blowing under OF wheat and
other cropS-i.e.. we've got too
much. destroy it and save the
country and fed us Govern
m ent canned stew and
clothed us in CT denims
poorly made. It took the
Second World War to get us
out Of that one. To keep 1t
strictly nonpartisan, in those
days we had a saying-the
Republicans made monkeys
out of us and the Democrats
are planting trees (remem-
Der the CCC) for us to climb
in. Let me be the first to say
that many people needed
help in the sos and they got
1t in time, but I think the
advantage was held just a
wee bit too long, and in the
interim the monster was Gre
ated. Again remember in the
sos the Capitalists" were
jumping out windows while
you were standing in that
bread line. (They sdidn't plot
their own demise.) I believe
that the Republican Party is
also concerned with the hum
CRY, the sick, the halt, the
lame, and the blind. Let's
help the ones that need help
(here's the shirt off my back)
but let's not make it a blanket
welfare hinge. Given the OPP
portunity and God willing. l
plan to make my own living
until I drop dead.
Although the members Of
the Republican Party and
their supporters by their very
nature are hesitant to med
die in the private affairs of
others and are usually too
busy providing for their own
to engage in any wild schemes
to lift Cor drag DOWN every
body to the same level of
nonentity through the Gov
eminent processes, it is time
they got off their sometimes
too dignif1ed duffs and into
the hustings to preach the
gospel. The Government
doesn't make the people
great; the people make the
Government great.
Edward w. Larson.
I was deeply disappointed
at the results of the presi-
Dental election. I feel that
Vice President Nixon and
Ambassador Lodge are better
, qualified in every way than
the opposing team to serve
our country and, most i'm
portant. to keep the peace
which all America desires so
much.
President Eisenhower is one