The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-06
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tuesdays 8 n e 8 eleCt10n
throughout the United States is
Tar more than a series of con-
tests between individuals seek
ing election to Congress. In
greatest measure. it is a test of
confidence in the Kennedy adj
ulinistration.
There are some areas where
Congressional and Senatorial
contests are being pitched on
purely local issues. or ON per-
sonahties. But in state after
state and district after district.
the question has resolved itself
into whether the New Frontier
merits a vote OF confidence
from the American people.
A major complication, Of
course. has been injected by the
Presidents action in the Cuban
crisis. Virtually every candi-
date in the land has rallied to
his support in that particular
matter. although several have
pointed out that both Republic
cans and independent Democrats
have been calling for exactly
such action for many months.
No one can safely predict
whether the rally around the
flag" reaction will outweigh the
regret that the Presidents de-
cisive action came so late in
the game.
Then. too. there is the ques-
ton Of whether solidarity in an
international crisis will offset
the spirited criticism OF the DOM
este programs of the New From
tier. Here again is a situation
where forecasting becomes diff
ficult. Furthermore, Cuba is
just one facet Of the foreign pol
icy although it obviously was
the most critical one as the
1862 elections approached.
This years election will be
particularly meaningful in the
South, where more Republican
candidates than ever before are
running for Congressional or
Senatorial seats which habitual-
~ have gone to Democrats.
The Stop-Kennedy theme is
especially dominant in this re-
glon. Republicans have sought
to convince voters that the ira
dltlonal conservatism of the
South can be reflected more &C.
curately by the COP than bv
the Democratic Party
This line is being pushed even
m areas where the Democratic
lncumbents bill themselves as
conservatives. This year. "the
record" is being trotted out time
and again in efforts to prove
Or to defend against = charges
Of liberalism"
One point of major signif-
lance in the South has been the
Presidents failure to come into
the region to support the cand-
loancy Of Southern Democrats
This failure has been attrib,,t-
ed in some quarters to a presi-
Genital lack Of interest in the
welfare of conservative Demo-
Gratis who frequently block his
programs.
'out an even greater factor
seems to be President Kennedy.
a"areness of the deep resent
meM he created with III
handling Of the University Of
mississippi Indignation situation
up until the time he DISPATCH
gu ms army of federal mar.
shals and the thousands of com.
oat troops into Oxford, the Re.
publican in the South were con-
o'ant1y faced with the Demo-
cratic chant: Remember I,ittla
Rock!" '''ie
Inc bloodshed and bitterness
winch went with the Mississinni
episode. however, not onlv neu.
tralized the memories of Eiseu-
MOVERS more limited use Of
force in Arkansas, but also brow.
ca to all the South that the Ken
nedy administration would o.
to whatever lengths It thought
necessary to assert federal ST.
premacy over states rights.