Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-15
Look for Enemies

Look for Enemies
"If this is a friend Of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, I say the
President might better start
looking for some enemies"
Senator Dirksen has faced
such criticism in the past,
notably from Democratic Can
didate Richard Stengel in 1856,
and has won with ease. But
this year, Mr.. Yates aides say,
the circumstances are different.
In 1856, they point out, Sen
ator Dirksen rode to victory on
Dwight D. Eisenhower's coat
tails. This year he is stand
ing alone at the head of the
Republican ticket.
In 1850, he ousted Democrat
Scott Lucas from the Senate
by campaigning uninterrupt-
edly for 10 months while his
Opponent tended to his duties
as Senate majority leader. This
year, it is Minority Leader
Dirksen who has been stuck in
Washington while Mr.. Yates
has been hustling around the
Hastings.
Just how effective that early
Yates campaigning has been
Is a matter of dispute. Demo-
Gratis say that, though he is a
Chicagoan running for what
has additionally been the
"Downstate" Senate seat. he
has been well received on his
DownState tours.
But Republicans insist that
Mr.. Yates has never recovered
from the stigma of being the
daley candidate"-the choice
Of Chicago Mayor and Demo-
cratic Boss Richard j. Daley,
whose name is anathema to
rural Republicans and some
DownState Democrats.
i Not as Effective
A days tour with Mr.. Yates
lin supposedly friendly Chicago
territory suggests that his cam
paign, through intensive. may
not be as effective as his friends
would wish.
ITEM: Handshaking in the
Merchandise Mart. the Con-
gresham was interrupted by a
building superintendent and de-
tanned for IS minutes while he
explained who he was and what
he was doing. He lost a quar-
ter Of his scheduled time in the
building, because no one in his
headquarters had bothered to
notify the management of the
Kennedy-owned office building
that he was coming.
Item: Though Mr.. Yates Is
stressing his Identification as
a Democrat and a supporter of
President Kennedy, the leaflet
he has been handing out for
months notes his party affilia-
ton only in small letters at
the bottom of the back page.
That error was finally corrected
by someone this past week end,
but there is still no picture Of
President Kennedy in the hand
bill and the Presidents name is
mentioned only once. in a ref
erence to the Kennedy farm
BILL" a measure Of doubtful
popularity IN Illinois.
Item: Mr.. Yates took two
hours Of prime campaign time
to attend a rally of some 100
students at Northwestern Uni
versity, he gave them a speech
on medicare, housing, area re-
development, cloture petitions
and a variety Of other subjects,
then answered questions on
everything from Angola to the
House Un-American Activities
Committee. But riding back in
the car, he snapped his fingers
in aggravation on remembering
that he had failed to mention
the college aid bill, "the one
item I really wanted to tell
them about"
Item: Appearing at a lunch
con of Polish-American organ
ization leaders, he was asked
the inevitable question on his
position on the Oder-Neisse
, border between Germany and
Poland. Obviously unbriefed, he
hesitated painfully, then said,
Il didn't know that was under
consideration in this election,
May ! tell you my position
, later on this afternoon"
More important than these
slipupS are the indications that
= Mr.. Yates still has a long way
: to go in making himself known
5 even in his home city of
Chicago.