Evening star., 1960-09-14

Dh1C 0CAAdtOA MUMMY WOA4A
be a devoted President.
May the best man win in
November and If it proves to
be Senator Kennedy, have no
fears. A Catholic cheriShes
our religious freedom lin
spite of DR.. Peale) and the
separation of church and
state. Catholics hold dear
the Constitution and we love
America so much that if a
man were not of our reli-
gion but would do our coun-
try the most good, we would
vote for him-which is more
than DR.. Peale can say.
Margaret G. Mcdonald.
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If the National Council of
Citizens for Religious Free
dom (what a miSnomerD
sincerely believes that the
a.. people should face ques-
tions about the religious issue
with a spirit of truth, tol-
erance and fairness" why
didn't they take the time to
get the Catholic view from
a competent Catholic source
His Holiness, Pope John, if
necessary?
DR.. Harold John Ockenga,
Pastor Of the Park Street
Congregational Church in
Boston, or any of the others
whom the article quoted, OBJ
viously did not bother with
facts when discussing the
Catholic view.
Truth, tolerance, fairness
:" Humbug! Egad! Bah!
B. A. O'COnn0r.
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Only unprincipled politics
can be irreligious.
If Al Smith was defeated
by Herbert Hoover because
the latter was a Quaker that,
to my mind, was a good and
sufficient reason inasmuch as
the Quakers were reSpecters
OF the Constitution as it then
stood.
II John Kennedy were to
be defeated by Dick Nixon
because the latter is q
Quaker, that could we'll be
a good and sufficient reason
inasmuch as the latter does
not deny that his religion
would influence his official
conduct as President" as does
Senator Kennedy. I was in
clined to vote for Senator
Kennedy because he is a
Catholic and that Church is
a stickler for Constitutional
principles. I am vigorously
opposed to the price-fixing
principles of the Harvard
OPA economists who consti-
tute the Kennedy brain trust,
specifically the affable, afflu-
ent John Kenneth Galbraith.
Alden Potter.
50 #&
On Meet the Press"
Americans were once again
exposed to Vice President
Nixon'S peculiar brand of
hypocrisy. When asked to
comment on the religious
ISSUE" Mr.. Nixon stated en-
phatically that it should not
be talked about. Had he been
sincere in that statement, he
could have demonstrated his
good faith by refusing to talk
about the issue then and
there, or at least by confining
his remarks to a concise re-
animation of his previous
publicly stated views. Instead,
Mr.. Nixon threw off the thin
veil OF his new found magma
nimity and seized upon the
opportunity to make political
capital out of this most de-
plorable issue" He stated,
Il do not believe there is a
religious isSue-(pause)
far as Senator Kennedy is
concerned" The limitation Of
the general proposition to
Senator Kennedy alone leaves
the unmistakable inference
that, while Kennedy's loyalty
is not questioned, a Roman
Catholic President, generally
speaking, would be suspect.
H. Kell.
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All sides of the religious
issue cause me concern. How
ever, I am most disturbed by
the campaign to pin the label
of bigot on all non-Catholics
who do not intend to vote for
Mr.. Kennedy. The implica-
ton is, I think. grossly un-
fair.
On a recent swing through
a number of States l found
non-Catholics at least as
willing to vote for Mr.. Ken
nedy as Catholics were will
ing to vote for Mr.. Nixon. I
am sure that you will agree