Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-28
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Pungent Attacks on Kennedy Policies
By DAVID 8. BRODER
Star staff Writer

Star Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20.
Senator Barry Goldwater told
5000 of his cheering young Re-
publican admirers last night
the Democratic Party has be-
come a haven for every anti
American idea that has ever
occurred in this country"
To the roars Of his youthful
enthusiasts, he called the
Democrats soft shelled crea-
lures who don't have the back
bone to take a risk or make a
decision. They don't under
stand that Americans are not
towards" he said.
Delegates to the Young Re-
publican national convention
gave their favorite presidential
candidate a roaring 10-minute
welcome. Balloons popped,
flags and standards waved and
a chorus of cheerleaders in
white Goldwater sweatshirts
and black tights pranced on
the stage.
But at the Senator's request,
the placards bore only his
name and picture - not the
legend, Goldwater for Presi-
dent.
Setting IncOngruous
The setting for the Senator's
speech was an incongruous one
the modern, waterfront
meeting. hall Of Harry Bridges
left-wing International Long
shoremen's Union. The demand
for tickets to hear Senator
Goldwater exceeded the capac-
ity Of the banquet room in the
hall where the convention has
been meeting.
Urged on by shouts Of Give
'em he'll, Barry" the Senator
lit into the foreign policy and
= the philosophy of the Kennedy
administration.
Criticizing President Ken
nedy's European trip, he de-
clared: "a million cheers in
Berlin will not remove the wall
of shame. A million cheers in
Ireland will not remove the
1900 Soviet troops from the
island off our shores. I don't
know what troubles they have
in Ireland, but we have q hell
Of q lot Of them here, and he
ought to be home taking care
of them" =.
Senator Goldwater called the
Communist takeover in Cuba
"a greater defeat than any we
have ever suffered at any time
VI ally PldSC.
Broadening his attack to in
clude the philosophy Of the
welfare state Democrats" he
said, "The young people of
America are sick and tired and
fed up with the phoniness that
has been going under the false
guise Of liberalism for the past
80 years"
A half-century ago, the SEN
ator said, real liberalism
spurred the effort by such men
as Lincoln Steffens to end the
corruption of big city machines.
But the "phony liberals" in
Washington today, he declared,
are partners in a cynical. ALI
'ance" with the current bosses
of such cities as New York,
Philadelphia and Chicago.
mo one can doubt or. deny
the spreading evil Of the big
city machines" Senator Gold
water said. But you won't hear
any Of the so-called liberals
in Washington denounce them.
They can't, because they are
utterly dependent on them.
II charge the liberal leaders
of this country with moral
bankruptcy" he said.
The Arizona Senator also &C.
cused the modern liberals of
resisting to new ideas. When
you boil it down." he said,
they're the reactionaries. They
haven't had q new idea in years.
They want to go back to the
sos. back to failure"
Then, lifting q line Adlai
Stevenson had applied TO the
Republicans, Senator Goldwa-
ter said Of the liberals: "All we
want to do is bring them kick
ing and screaming into the
sos"