Evening star., 1960-10-19
Accompanied by Wife

Al GAIS IdCGer part OF the CAM
paign.
Accompanied by Wife
Senator Kennedy and his
wife rode through q mass of
humanity and a paper snow
storm on Broadway today, bid
ding for the crucial New York
electoral vote.
The day was devoted to a
maximum effort to be seen with
q minimum of speaking.
Repeatedly crowds surged
around the Kennedy caravan,
pressing forward for hand
shakes.
The ticker tape, confetti and
torn paper began flying when
Mayor Robert F. Wagner
Joined the Kennedys on lower
Broadway to begin the tumul-
tuouS ride.
Mrs. Kennedy was buttoned
up in a three-quarter-length
oyster white coat. She wore
q matching cloche hat, gloves
and pearl earrings.
She Joined her husband in
the handshaking routine at
which he is now well expert
enced.
Parade Inches Along
The parade had not gone
far on Broadway before q
crowd began knocking down
police barriers. Progress was
inch by inch after that.
The candidate shed his top
coat and Mrs. Kennedy stood
up with him, waving to ONCE
workers in the upper windows
Of the financial district build
ingS.
on the debates was issued to
reporters after another round
OF fruitless negotiations between
his and Mr.. Nixon'S representa-
tives on the debate series now
scheduled to end with the one
hour match Friday.
1t came also at a time when
the antagonists have been fol-
lowing parallel campaign trails
without actually meeting. Both |
addressed an American Legion
convention in Miami Beach
and spoke elsewhere in Florida
yesterday.
Mr.. Nixon also was scheduled |
for appearances in and around
New York today.
Senator Kennedy's campaign
for the closing weeks devel-
oped increasing toughnesS to-
ward Mr.. Nixon personally.
In Jacksonville, in Cuba
conscious Florida, the Demo-
cratic nominee last night
snapped. II was not the Vice
President Of the United States
who presided over the COM
munization Of Cuba"
He said Mr.. Nixon talked a
few years ago Of communism
having passed its peak in Latin
America, but that the Vice
President visited Venezuela
and 81 would have thought he
would have known when the
first rock hit what they
thought"
Mr.. Nixon was Spat on and
his motorcade was mobbed in
violent anti-American demon
strationS during his visit to
Venezuela in 1858.
QuemOy Touched On
Besides hitting hard the
Latin American problem. Sen
ator Kennedy told the Ameri-
can Legion he would not cut
United States commitments to
the cause of freedom in the
Far East or anywhere else.
Addressing the Legion con-
vention in Miami Beach ear
lier, Kennedy declared, II have
never believed in retreating
under fire."
He was obviously referring to
Mr.. Nixon's contention-never
admitted by Senator Kennedy
that Senator Kennedy's in
depreciation Of United States
commitments on the Chinese
offShore islands of Quemoy
and MatSu involved willingness
to surrender free void terri
tory.
Senator Kennedy finished
his Florida tour with a night
meeting in Jacksonville, where
Mr.. Nixon spoke earlier in the
day. Florida Democratic leaders
travelling with Senator Ken
nedy told him his prospects of
carrying Florida had risen no.
tably in recent weeks. One said
privately the outlook had
changed from hopeless to hope
full.
Party Stressed
Estimates by Jacksonville
officials, who are Democrats,
credited Senator Kennedy with
more than doubling the 10000
turnout for Mr.. Nixon in the
same Jacksonville park.
Senator Kennedy told the
crowd, which seemed to love
partisan sallies: mo Democrat
has to apologize for his party
every folIr wears"