Evening star., 1960-10-18

~ uLlIlI IWO years ago W1Su
I moved to Virginia and am
this year voting for the first
time in a presidential elec-
ton.
I would appreciate Mr..
Nixon's outlining in the press
or on televiSion what his
stand really is, in explicit
terms, not generalities.
The more I read or hear
his speeches, the more con-
fused I am.
When he began his cam
paign. he seemed to use the
Eisenhower plan as q model.
Recently he has stated he
would deviate in some in
stances. What specific devia-
tionS would he make? What
is his reason for deviating?
Natural gas is a commodity
which we must have in order
to cook and keep warm.
Against this the public does
not have the weapon Of boy
colt. Why did he support a
measure allowing the natural
gas companies to fix their
prices?
What specifically would he
do about monopolies and
price collusion? Two ex-
ampleS that come to my
mind are bread and oil.
What is his position on in
terest rates? They seem to
put a squeeze on the small
business and the individual
who is buying a home over
a period of twenty or thirty
years or one who has to re-
place a necessary household
appliance and is forced to
buy 1t on the installment
plan.
What. if any. major
changes has he made in the
Benson farm plan? Since he
cast the vote to break the
tie to defeat another farm
bill, he should be specific in
stating the provisions he was
against. What provisions
would he substitute?
In the debates he stated
that more schools had been
built in this administration
than in the previous one.
Were not a large percentage
OF these private Or parochial
schools for which neither the
State nor Federal govern
ment can take credit? These
schools furnish their own
buildings and maintain them.
pay their instructors and
furnish all supplies as well as
transportation. In the metro
poiitan area Of Washington
alone. some which readily
come to mind are O'Connell
High School in Arlington,
the new and enlarged De-
Matha at Hyattsville, the new
and enlarged st. Johns in
Washington, a new school in
Bladensburg, st. Anthony's
In Washington and several
elementary schools. There
are others, but I have not
followed this closely. The
only aid to these schools is
tax exemption on the build
ings and grounds. Would
Mr.. Nixon care to tell us how
many public schools have
Deen CONSTRUCTED?
Edith Isaac.
4 Il
Mr.. Kennedy, from nv own
observation. has made the
better impression of forceful
and imaginative leadership
that is stripped of the emo
tionalism which Nixon feels
in his a priori acceptance of
what is fright" about the
decisions of President Eisen-
hover; to wit, it is right" for
the United States to fly
planes over the Soviet Union.
but wrong" for the U.S.S.R.
to f1y planes over the United
States. The presumption, on
my part, that Nixon and
Eisenhower would feel that
there had been a great vio-
lation of international codes
OF honor, had the Soviets used
spy planes, may be doing
them both a great injustice,
for they may feel that what is
expedient is also right" for
the United States. Both East
and West acknowledge the
employment of espionage, but
the use of planes, to nv
jaded eye, seems to involve
the sort of reconnaissance
that is well known in war.
On the matter of aid to
the aged under Social Secur-
ity. Mr.. Nixon missed the
point. Any health insurance
payments are not taxation.
They are returns after a later
date, and may be looked upon
by employees (posSibly not by