Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-24

BY the Associated Press
The Nations and the
worlds newspapers expressed
grief at the assassination of
President Kennedy.
New York Times: "All Of
us-from the country's high
est leaders to the humblest
citizen-all Of us are still In
a state Of shock from this
stunning blow, that even now
seems unreal In its grotesque
horror. John F. Kennedy
died in and for >. the belief
Of those human rights to
which this Nation has always
been committed /. D.. No mad
mans bullet can stop this
memorable march Of human
rights: no murder. however
tragic, can make 1t falter. In
death as in life, the words
and spirit Of this our most
newly martyred President
will lead the Nation ever
closer toward fulfillment Of
the ideals Of dom estic
brotherhood and interna-
tional peace by which his
administration has been
guided from the start"
New York Herald Tribune
Americans take consola-
ton from the fact that the
assassins Of their presidents
have, in nearly every case.
been crazed individuals {.
The heat Of normal politics
has It's reflex on the lunatic
fringe :. there will, doubt
less, be memorials to John F.
Kennedy. The best one that
the Nation could create, how
ever, would be the thorough
investigation Of the causes Of
the crime, the resolute de-
termination to see to it that
never again should finder be
scattered around that might
lead to such an evil blaze"
Richmond Times Dispatch:
The assassination, coming
as 1t does as the latest in a
series Of violent deaths Of
heads Of state, is a disgrace
to the United States and a
blot on the good name of this
country"
st. Louis Post Dispatch:
"a national tragedy of in
calculable proportions.
What Is wrong with the
United States that it can
provide the environment for
such an act? There is q sick
ness in the Nation when po-
litical differences cannot be
accepted and settled in the
democratic way. Our democ-
racy itself is in hazard.
Baltimore Sun: "CThe)
first shock Of horror gives
way =. to a depth of sorrow
beyond expression. There
is the tragedy. OF great
tasks unfinished, Of the pillow
stopped part way down the
furrow, the house left stand
ing In framework, the story
checked mid-sentence. No
one can now say what Mr..
Kennedy's accomplishments
would have been had he
lived"
Philadelphia Inquirer:
:. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
had so much to live for, so
many fruitful and rewarding
years to look forward to. And
then, cruelest Of fates, to be
struck down at the hands of
a hidden assassin, whose evil
motive had to spring from a
twisted mind"
Philadelphia Bulletin: I'VE
pride ourselves that we are a
people who have accepted the
law Of democracy; that we
thresh out our differences
through open discussion and
accept the verdict of the bal
lot. But in our pride, we for
get perhaps that there are
those among us who do not
accept this law: People who
cannot accept honest debate
and who resort to the gun as
the final arbiter. We have
had q bitter lesson"
Portland Oregonian: Amer
lea bows its head in sorrow
and shame. There is no
consolidation that the as
sassin may be deranged. We
have failed to protect the
man we chose to lead us
away from the perils of nu-
clear holocaust onto the
pathway Of q better Nation
and q better world An
assassin has dishonored us
all"
Omaha World Herald:
HAS 1t become impossible for
us to disagree amicably Rth-