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52
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10/03/1960
Memo
Itinerary and Schedule of Richard and Pat
Nixon for October 3 to October 7, 1960. 5
pgs. Three duplicates not scanned.
52
7
10/08/1960
Memo
Tentative Itinerary and Schedule of Richard
Nixon for October 8 to October 15, 1960. 5
pgs. Duplicate not scanned.
52
7
09/30/1960
Report
Summary of Opinions in the News. 9 pgs.
52
7
10/1960
Memo
List of contacts and engagements for October
3 to October 7, 1960. First page missing. 5
pgs.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Page 1 of 1
ITINERARY AND SCHEDULE
TRIP OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MRS. NIXON
October 3 through October 7, 1960
Monday, October 3
NOTES
11:30 AM
Depart Washington MATS Terminal, Butler
1 hr. - 95 miles
EDT
Aviation, for Richmond, Virginia
11:30 AM
Arrive Richmond, Richard E. Byrd Field
Richmond pop:
EST
240,000
11:50 AM
Depart airport for State Capitol Grounds
12:40 PM
Arrive State Capitol Grounds
1:00 PM
Address by the Vice President
1:40 PM
Depart State Capitol Grounds for airport
2:20 PM
Arrive Airport
2:30 PM
Depart Richmond for Charlotte, North
1-1/2 hrs - 260 mi
EST
Caroline
Lunch on plane
4:00 PM
Arrive Charlotte, North Carolina, Douglas
Charlotte pop:
Municipal Airport
215,000
Congressman is Charles R. Jonas, (10th District)
4:20 PM
Depart airport for Hotel Barringer
PRESS ROOM
Rooms 219 thru
4:40 PM
Arrive Hotel Barringer
223 & 225 & 226
Phones & teleprinters
Colony Room
7:15 PM
Depart Hotel for Coliseum
7:35 PM
Arrive Coliseum
7:45 PM
Address by the Vice President
8:35 PM
Depart Coliseum for airport
9:05 PM
Arrive Airport
9:20 PM
Depart Charlotte for Newark, N.J.
2-3/4 hr. -550 mi.
EST
1:00 AM
Arrive Newark Municipal Airport
Newark pop:
EDT (Tues)
410,000
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Tuesday, October 4
U.S. Senator is Clifford Case; Congressman for
Passaic and Paterson is Gordon Canfield (8th District);
Congressman for Paramus and Hackensack is Frank
Osmers, Jr., (9th District); Congressman for New
Brunswick is James C. Auchincloss (3rd District);
Congressman for Newark is George M. Wallhauser
(12th District); Congresswoman for Elizabeth is
Florence P. Dwyer (6th District); Candidates for Congress
are A. Jerome Moore, Trenton, (4th District);
Samuel F. Kanis, Hudson County (13th District);
Frank A. Musto, Hudson County (14th District);
Alphonse A. Miels, Newark, (10th District); Frank A.
Palmiere, West Orange, (11th District).
1:20 AM
Depart airport for Hotel Robert Treat; remain PRESS ROOM:
overnight
GEORGIAN ROOM
(off lobby)
10:00 AM
Depart hotel for Paterson by motorcade
10:45 AM
Arrive Paterson
11:15 AM
Depart Paterson for Hackensack
11:55 AM
Arrive Hackensack
1:10 PM
Depart Hackensack for Elizabeth
2:05 PM
Arrive Elizabeth
2:35 PM
Depart Elizabeth for Plainfield
3:30 PM
Arrive Plainfield
4:00 PM
Depart Plainfield for Rev. Hays Housing Development
5:00 PM
Arrive Rev. Hays Housing Development
5:30 PM
Depart Hays Housing Development for hotel
5:45 PM
Arrive Hotel Robert Treat
8:00 PM
Baggage in lobby
8:15 PM
Depart hotel for West Orange Armory
8:55 PM
Arrive West Orange Armory
9:00 PM
Address by the Vice President
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Tuesday, October 4 (continued)
9:45 PM
Depart Armory
10:45 PM
Arrive Commodore Hotel, New York City,
New York pop:
and remain overnight
8,000,000
PRESS ROOM:
Governor is Nelson Rockefeller; U.S.
Parlors B & C
Senators are Jacob Javits and Kenneth
(Mezzanine)
Keating; Congressmen are John H. Ray
(15th District) and John V. Lindsay (17th District);
Candidates for Congress are Joseph A. Demarco
(13th District); Joseph A. Bailey (16th District);
Charles Muzzicate (18th District); Thomas P. O'Callaghan
(19th District); Morris Aarons (20th District) and
Thomas Bartzos (21st District).
./ednesday, October 5
9:00 AM
Vice President attends New York State
Ballroom,
Independent Citizens for Nixon-Lodge meeting Commodore Hotel
9:10 AM
Remarks by the Vice President
9:30 AM
Depart hotel by motorcade for Fordham University
10:00 AM
Arrive Fordham University
10:15 AM
Address by the Vice President
11:00 AM
Depart Fordham for Rockefeller Center
11:40 AM
Arrive Rockefeller Center
11:45 AM
Remarks by the Vice President
12:20 PM
Depart Rockefeller Center for Garment District
12:40 PM
Arrive Garment District
12:50 PM
Remarks by the Vice President
1:30 PM
Depart Garment District for Hotel Commodore
1:45 PM
Arrive Hotel Commodore for Columbian League Lunch plan to
Luncheon
be announced
enroute
2:00 PM
Remarks by the Vice President
2:40 PM
Vice President departs luncheon, returns to suite
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MRS. NIXON'S SCHEDULE
1:30 PM
TODAY tape NBC-TV
to 3:00 PM
3:15 PM
Depart hotel for airport
3:45 PM
Arrive airport
4:00 PM
Depart LaGuardia Marine Terminal for
1 hr. -75 mi.
EDT
Philadelphia
5:00 PM
Arrive Philadelphia International Airport
Philadelphia pop:
EDT
2,100,000
U.S. Senator is Hugh Scott; Candidates for
Congress are Michael Grasso, Jr., (1st District);
Joseph C. Bruno (2nd District); Joseph P. Gorham
(3rd District); Clarence M. Smith (4th District);
James W. Gilmour (5th District); David O. Maxwell
(6th District).
5:20 PM
Depart airport for hotel
6:35 PM
Arrive Hotel Bellevue-Stratford
PRESS ROOM:
NORTH GARDEN
8:05 PM
Depart hotel for Convention Hall
ROOM-18th flr.
8:20 PM
Arrive Convention Hall
8:30 PM
Address by the Vice President
9:20 PM
Depart Convention Hall for hotel
9:35 PM
Arrive Bellevue-Stratford Hc : d remain overnight
Thursday, October 6
8:00 AM
Baggage in lobby
8:45 AM
Depart hotel fir Philadelphia International Airport
9:05 AM
Arrive Airport
9:15 AM
Depart Philadelphia for Nashville, Tenn.
4 hrs. -676 mi.
EDT
Candidate for Senate is A. Bradley Frazier
11:50 AM
Depart airport for War Memorial Square
12:15 PM
Arrive War Memorial Square
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Thursday, October 6 (continued)
12:20 PM
Address by the Vice President
1:00 PM
Depart War Memorial Square for airport
1:10 PM
Arrive airport
1:15 PM
Depart Nashville for Cleveland, Ohio
2 hrs. -475 mi.
CST
5:15 PM
Arrive Cleveland, Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland pop:
910,000
Congressman is Frances P. Bolton (22nd
Deadhead plane
District); Candidates for Congress are
Hopkins Field
Leonard G. Richter (20th District) and
William O. Walker (21st District)
5:30 PM
Depart airport for hotel
6:00 PM
Arrive Hotel Sheraton-Cleveland
PRESS ROOM:
Whitehall Room
8:10 PM
Depart hotel for Cleveland Auditorium
Mezzanine floor
8:20 PM
Arrive Auditorium
8:30 PM
Address by the Vice President
9:15 PM
Depart auditorium for airport
9:45 PM
Arrive airport
10:00 PM
Depart Cleveland, Hopkins Field for
1-3/4 hrs-310 mi.
EDT
Washington, D.C.
11:45 PM
Arrive Washington National Airport
EDT
Friday, October 7
National Television Debate
NBC Studios 4001 Nebraska Ave., N. N.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
FIFTH CAMPAIGN WEEK
TENTATIVE ITINERARY OF
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON
Saturday, October 8
DC6-B Aircraft
9:15 AM
Depart Washington National Airport for
4 hrs. -870 mi.
EDT
LaCrosse, Wisconsin
11:15 AM
Arrive LaCrosse Municiapl Airport
LaCrosse pop:
CST
50,000
U.S. Senator is Alexander Wiley:
Congressman is Gardner R. Withrow (3rd district);
Candidate for Congress is Vernon W. Thomson;
Candidate for Governor is Philip G. Kuehn
11:35 AM
Depart airport
Arrive
Address by the Vice President
Depart for airport
Arrive airport
1:30 PM
Depart LaCrosse for Rochester, Minn.
3/4 hr. -70 mi.
CST
2:15 PM
Arrive Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester pop:
40,000
Candidate for Senate is James M. Williams;
Congressman is Albert H. Quie (1st district;
Candidate for governor is Elmer Anderson
Airport Rally
3:15 PM
Depart Rochester for Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1-1/4 hr. -240 mi.
CST
4:30 PM
Arrive Milwaukee Municiapl Airport
Milwaukee pop:
800,000
Candidates for Congress are Samuel P.
Murray (4th district) and Kerby Hendee (5th district)
Airport Rally
Saturday, October 8 (continued)
VICE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE
5:10 PM
Depart airport for television studio
6:05 PM
Arrive TV Studio
6:10 PM
Television Taoping
7:20 PM
Depart TV studio for airport
8:05 PM
Arrive airport
MRS NIXON'S SCHEDULE
5:20 PM
Depart airport by auto for Racine, Wisconsin
6:05 PM
Arrive Racine
6:15 PM
Mrs. Nixon meets with ladies
6:55 PM
Depart Racine by auto for airport
7:40 PM
Arrive airport
8:20 PM
Depart Milwaukee for Billings, Montana
4 3/4 hrs. -1050 mi.
CST
11:45 PM
Arrive Billings, Montana
MST
Remain overnight and Sunday night
Monday, October 10
RALLY AT SEND-OFF
10:00 AM
Depart Billings enroute to Salt Lake City, Utah
430 mi-2:15
MST
12:15 AM
Arrive Salt Lake City, Utah
AM: Dick Miller
Arrive Hotel Utah
Meet with officials of Latter Day Saints Church
MEETING - MORMON TABERNACLE
Possible National TV with President Eisenhower
and Ambassador Lodge
REMAIN OVERNIGHT IN SALT LAKE CITY
Tuesday, October 11
9:15 AM
Depart Salt Lake City enroute to
MST
Albuquerque, New Mexico
510 mi. -2:45
Lunch on plane
12:00 Noon
Arrive Albuquerque
AM: Bob Ogden
MST
RALLY
2:00 PM
Depart Albuquerque enroute to San Diego,
630 mi. -3:15
MST
California
4:15 PM
Arrive San Diego, California
AM: John Whitaker
Mission Valley Inn
8:00 to
8:30 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
9:00 PM
Depart San Diego enroute to Burbank,
PST
California
100 mi. - 1:00
10:00 PM
Arrive Lockheed Burbank Airport
AM: Tom Pownall
PST
Sherm Unger
10:20 PM
Depart airport enroute to Hotel Ambassador
11:00 PM
ARRIVE HOTEL AMBASSADOR AND REMAIN OVERNIGHT
Wednesday, October 12
Depart hotel
10:00 AM to Television studio session: NBC-TV Burbank
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Depart NBC-TV enroute to Long Beach
4:00 PM
Arrive Long Beach - All States Picnic
Recreation Park
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
5:00 PM
Depart Picnic
5:40 PM
Arrive Lafayette Hotel
Staff work
Wednesday, October 12 (continued)
7:30 PM
Depart hotel enroute to Knott's Berry Farm
8:00 PM
Arrive Knott's Berry Farm
8:15 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
8:45 PM
Live Television
9:00 PM
Depart Knott's Berry Farm for Ambassador Hotel
10:00 PM
Arrive Ambassador Hotel and remain overnight
Thursday, October 13
NATIONAL TELEVISION DEBATE
ABC-TV Center - Prospect and Talmadge
AMBASSADOR HOTEL AND REMAIN OVERNIGHT
Friday, October 14
9:30 AM
Drop-by: Lox and Bagels with Jewish leaders in hotel
10:10 AM
Depart hotel enroute to University of Southern California Campus
10:40 AM
ARRIVE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAMPUS
11:00 AM to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT TO FIRST VOTERS OF
11:30 AM
ALL COLLEGES IN LOS ANGELES AREA
11:45 AM
Depart Southern California Campus enroute to downtown Los Angeles
12 Noon
ARRIVE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
Route: Freeway to Civic Center - Spring St. - 8th Street -
Hill Street - 5th Street - to freeway.
1:00 PM
Depart Downtown Los Angeles enroute to Alhambra
1:30 PM
ARRIVE ALHAMBRA CITY PARK
2:15 PM
Depart Alhambra enroute to Arroyo-Seco area
3:00 PM
ARRIVE ARROYO SECO AREA
TRI-DISTRICT RALLY
Friday, October 1 (continued)
3:45 PM
Depart rally enroute to Beverly Hilton Hotel
4:45 PM
ARRIVE BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL
3 1/2 HOURS STAFF WORK
8:30 to 9:00 ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT TO THE WORLD
9:00 PM
NEWSPAPER FORUM - BEVERLY-HILTON HOTEL
9:20 PM
Depart Beverly-Hilton enroute to Los Angeles Internation Airport
10:00 PM
Depart Los Angeles International Airport
PST
enroute to Phoenix, Arizona
410 mi. - 1:30
(Boeing 707 Jet Aircraft)
12:30 AM
Arrive Phoenix and remain overnight
AM: Bill Black
MST
(Saturday)
Westward Ho Hotel
Saturday, October 15
Drop-by breakfast in hotel
Parade to stadium
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
11:00 AM
Depart Phoenix enroute to Denver, Colorado
775 mi. - 2:10
MST
1:10 PM
Arrive Denver, Colorado
MST
NOON RALLY
3:10 PM
Depart Denver enroute to Springfield, m
875 mi. - 2:15
MST
7:25 PM
Arrive Springfield, Illinois
CDT
MID-WEST VOLUNTEERS TREK RALLY
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
9:00 PM
Depart Springfield enroute to
CDT
Baltimore, Md.
670 mi. - 2:00
11:00 PM
Arrive Friendship Airport, Baltimore, Maryland
EDT
NIXON-LODGE CAMPAIGN HEADOUARTERS
SUMMARY OF OPINIONS IN THE NEWS
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1960
RN
R. R.Haldeman- 30 Haldeman- 303
Endorsement
Dayton, Ohio, Journal Herald, Sept. 26: "We believe Mr. Nixon to be consider-
ably the more capable of two able men. Taking man and program together, we find
the last of our reservations demolished and our endorsement a wholehearted one.
Both man and program seem to us headed in the right direction. Dick Nixon is
young, bold, sound and progressive. He is not a man to drag his feet when courage
and action are required
nor one to hang back when the subject is the government's
job with regard to a changing national economy or to changing needs of its people.
Senator Kennedy and the Democrats would attack every problem with the whirlwind of
money and direction from Washington. 11
Seattle Times, Sept. 25:
"The Times will support the Republican ticket
Our determination of posi-
tion begins with an assessment of the essential qualities that are fundamental to men
who offer themselves for the highest offices in the nation, We hold no doubts that
Kennedy and
Johnson share with Nixon and Lodge the qualities of courage, integrity
and ability
We must, then, in our assessment, turn to doctrines of the two poli-
tical parties, their records of past performance, intent for the future and the proba-
bilities of their respective candidates. In the area of past performance, we find the
Democratic Party long on promises and short on performance. The really substantial
advances in civil rights have come while a Republican has been in the White House.
Johnson's presence on the ballot does not indicate that action in this area would
be forthright and remedial in furthering the aspirations of minority groups to achieve
their rightful civil privileges
Our country was not in good shape economically,
with inflation rising sharply, during many of the years following the close of the
Second World War--until the outbreak of the Korean war. Another wartime economy
set the country on its feet. It was the Republican administration. with Vice Presi-
dent Nixon in an influential position, that geared our economy to stem the sharply
rising tide of inflation
It has been proved beyond all shadow of doubt that an
economic system based upon strong private enterprise instead of sporadic stimulants
from the public treasury--must be relied upon to provide a reliable rate of economic
growth
When we assess the history of the state of our defenses and armed
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strength, we find the Democratic record fallible
When the individual records of
the two candidates are compared, Nixon's emerges as the more impressive. Kennedy
has served ably and well in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, but
no more so than several of his colleagues who had no family connections to help
boost them into a presidential nomination. Nixon had no such advantages in his rise
over a harder route
Nixon has distinguished himself as an emissary of Mr.
Eisenhower
He has been a working Vice President, acquiring experience such as
never before has been available to the nation in a presidential candidate
We
believe that the country as a whole, as well as the free world, would be better
served by the Republicans' election."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Sept. 27: "The greatest problem which the leader
of the American people must face is the Communist threat of world domination
how to contain it now and how eventually to triumph over it. Unless this is solved,
all other problems become academic. Of the two candidates
Richard M. Nixon
is incomparably better qualified by experience, by maturity, by resolute qualities of
heart and mind to lead our nation, The Globe-Democrat unreservedly indorses Mr.
Nixon for President
Richard Nixon is the best trained man ever to be a candidate
for the presidency
Richard Nixon, and his running mate
Henry Cabot Lodge,
know and understand the Communist mind. They recognize this evil for what it is,
and have faced it down with courage and dignity
Kennedy, on the other hand, has
sought ways to quibble and apologize, His experience in foreign affairs is virtually
nil. His chief advisers
Chester Bowles and Adlai Stevenson, have never indicated
that they clearly understand the necessities of strength and have been either fuzzy-
minded or shown a tendency toward appeasement. The difference between the two
candidates in this vital area is enormous
Kennedy has been promising all things
to all men
His program is socialism and demagoguery, with government doing
more and more of the things which free peoples throughout history have always done
for themselves. It sounds wonderful, until you question who is going to pay for it
and from what earnings and at what price to our freedom
Nixon has the qualities
of leadership which the United States so desperately needs in the four anxious years
which lie ahead. He understands strength for merica--militarily and economically--
as the only present answer to the Communist. By invaluable training and matchless
experience he can deal effectively with our enemies--and with our friends. He can
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and will be a great President of all our people. 11
Youngstown, Ohio, Vindicator: "What what should all Americans be most con-
cerned when they go to the polls?
Gather up all the issues presented in both the
Republican and Democratic platforms or discussed by the candidates. Study all of
them, weigh one against the other, analyze each carefully in the light of its effect
on the country's future
and it is hard to see how the answer can be anything else
but the defense of the United States and, to a large extent, the continent. In one
expressive word
survival!
This, then, is the issue which overshadows all others:
shall the Communists be allowed to succeed in subverting the world? The next
president will bear the greatest burden of all in the free world's defense
Since
defense or survival-- is the most important thing in the lives of all Americans, The
Vindicator believes that Richard M. Nixon should be elected president because he is
far better prepared for the responsibilities than the likeable Senator John F. Kennedy.
Mr. Kennedy is an intelligent, vigorous young man,
However, he lacks the
broad background in government and the experience in cold war diplomacy which
Vice President Nixon, through practical participation, has acquired in the last eight
years
Mr. Kennedy is pledged to support the party's platform which offers more
pie-in-the-sky welfare promises than could ever possibly be realized
This funda-
mental fact should never be forgotten: the more welfare, the more taxes! There is
no other way to do it
Mr. Nixon's position is further strengthened by his
running
mate
To most Americans
Henry Cabot Lodge also is a man with the courage
and know-how to deal effectively with the Russians. It is a team well equipped to
cope with whatever international crises may develop
America must remain vigorous,
be determined to stay free and be prepared to defend its principles. This is the
primary obligation of the next president. It is a task for which Mr. Nixon has been
well trained. 11
Reston on the President's address: "The next three weeks will help answer
one of the most important questions of the
election: How effective will President
Eisenhower be in his active campaign to elect Vice President Nixon?
(The Presi-
dent) will start out: on an eight-day 6, 500-mile trip through the Middle West and the
West right at the critical period when the voters are making up their minds. This
is bound to produce a considerable emotional impact. In human terms, it is a
glorious story. He had stayed the course. He has survived three serious illnesses.
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He has endured the shafts and arrows of history with dignity and even good cheer.
And despite many ups and downs, he goes into the last four months
with as much
popularity as any President ever enjoyed so near the end of his term. Under these
circumstances, at least the indirect effects of his campaign are bound to be signifi-
cant. Organization and money are increasingly important in national politics, and
nobody can inspire the organization or raise more campaign funds than the President.
Beyond this, the President is the central figure in Mr. Nixon's key argument--
namely, that Nixon has the intimate personal experience as the President's right-
hand man to deal with the foreign policy problems of the nation,
Coincidentally,
the President is also the best defense against one of Senator Kennedy's main argu-
ments. This is that a divided government
cannot pass the legislation necessary to
develop and defend the country and lead the free world.
Maybe Eisenhower can no
more transfer his popularity to Nixon than he can transfer his smile and his easy
manner, but in any event, he's not going to do Nixon any harm."
Ted Lewis, NY Daily News, Sept. 30: "President Eisenhower's first all-out
political speech
emphasized one of the many startling aspects of this Presidential
election--namely the 'loner' status of Sen
Kennedy
Nixon has his Ike, his Henry
Cabot Lodge--and by mere luck can use the sinister presence of Nikita Khrushchev
to help win votes
Who does Kennedy have? The almost forgotten man, Lyndon
Johnson, plus two has-beens, Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson. The Kennedy
camp has not overlooked the dangers of this overbalance of talent
It is also a
fact that it has worried far more about the part that Ike is going to play in this
election
Along this same line, many politicians in both parties here consider the
most significant campaign development of the last week was not the TV (debate)
but the record-breaking crowds that turned out to see Ike on his two visits to New
York. Those crowds proved that Ike's pulling power witht the masses is undiminished.
These crowds worry the Kennedy aids and delight the Nixon supporters but
there
is tremendous uncertainty as to whether those who still like Ike in 1960 will go for
Nixon
The so-called political 'traditionalists'
tend to discount Ike's ability to
sway many votes this year. On the other hand, the election now appears to have
developed into such a close contest that if Ike can influence a million on-the-fence
voters
this could easily be Nixon's victory margin. What Ike said in Chicago.
in his strong endorsement of Nixon as his successor, was therefore no cause for
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rejoicing in Kennedy circles
What can Kennedy do to meet the challenge of the
triple threat opposition?
Not much; just keep on going--hoping a little wistfully,
perhaps, that the image of a candidate willing to go it alone has an emotional appeal
to those who have a warm spot for underdogs everywhere."
Robert Novak, WSJ, Sept. 30: "Richard M. Nixon has placed himself in the
enviable position of becoming the political beneficiary of the cold war, no matter
what course it may take. This advantage could obviously be swept away if Mr.
Kennedy is able to out-sell Mr. Nixon in their series of televised debates.
Still,
if U.S. -Soviet tension remains high or increases as seems likely. Nixon can assume
the role of the candidate best fitted to lead the Republic through these perilous times.
If the international temperature unexpectedly warms instead, he can campaign as a
member of the Administration which is averting the threat of war. The reason: Mr.
Nixon has built for himself the status of an experienced and highly effective cold
war gladiator, a status seemingly independent of day-to-day setbacks or triumphs
for the U.S. in world affairs. So far
Kennedy has found no way to whittle down
the Nixon reputation of mastery over cold war problems. Nor has he yet been able
to relegate foreign policy to a back seat behind economic domestic issues
Not
all GOP politicians find the situation
rosy. One of Mr. Nixon's top political
advisers believes Republicans do indeed suffer from U.S. reverses abroad. He
considers
the virtual entrance of Cuba into the Soviet bloc as damaging to Mr.
Nixon's campaign. But this is the minority view of a pessimist. Chats with voters
do not substantiate it. Even rank-and-file Democrats generally are uncritical of the
Administration's foreign policy record.
Mr. Kennedy is intensifying his criticism
of the current U.S. status in the world and the Eisenhower-Nixon ability to master-
mind cold war strategy, but there is no sign that this criticism is taking root among
the voters. Moreover, criticism of an Administration engaged in a deadly struggle
with a foreign foe can backfire
Some Democrats believe a truly catastrophic U.S.
setback on the international scene short of a shooting war might finally break Mr.
Nixon's stranglehold on the peace issue. Yet, U.S. estrangement with its British
and French allies over the Suez crisis plus the Soviet rape of Hungary
actually
aided Mr. Eisenhower's re-election
The most direct means for Mr. Kennedy to
combat the Nixon advantage would be simply to convince the voters that he is equally
well equipped to command the nation's cold war strategy. But that is easier said
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than done
One way, perhaps the only way, that Mr. Kennedy can erase Mr.
Nixon's foreign policy advantage is totally removed from speeches about the need
for leadership and what to do about Cuba. He may succeed in capturing the hearts
and imagination of the American people and thus obliterate in a wave of emotional
response Mr. Nixon's image as the peerless international battler. This is not
impossible, as was indicated the other night
But if Mr. Kennedy is to overcome
the Nixon image in foreign affairs, he will have to mov e fast."
Joe Alsop is highly critical of RN's basic speech (Wash. Post, Sept. 30):
Veteran members of the Nixon campaign entourage call it 'the speech, because it
always is, always has been, and presumably always will be just about the same
speech. It has the uniformity, and some would say, the approximate intellectual
consistency of toothpaste. It may be squeezed out long or short, but this is the only
significant variation.
Judging by reports, Sen. Kennedy's shorter orations are also
highly standardized
Sen. Robert A. Taft
also made the same points in the same
words on every street corner and platform in America
But there is an important
difference between 'the speech' that Nixon delivers, and the flat, pedestrian, opinion-
ated, fact-crammed, transparently honest, wonderfully self-revealing discourse that
all reporters following Bob Taft eventually came to learn by heart
The speech'
does not offer its hearers an indigestible intellectual diet. That does not mean,
however, that it is unsuccessful. As salesmanship, it is very good indeed. There
are moments when it comes so close to a television commercial that you expect to
hear a boast about 'the bigger, more generous quart container'
One cannot avoid
wondering why this highly intelligent, remarkably well-informed man, capable of such
an effort as the acceptance speech at Chicago, should be stumping the country with
a standard campaign speech of just this kind. Is it because he thinks the voters
are like queasy infants who reject any nourishment more solid than pablum? This
has not been his view in the past. Or is it because Nixon thinks the best campaign
strategy is to begin with television commercials, and to go on to something more
serious later on? This may be the case. He has already begun to publish special
position papers, like the interesting one on education.
Yet, 'the speech' remains
a mystery, all the same, unless you simply assume that Nixon is mainly trying to
avoid the charybdis of Bob Taft's kind of Republicanism and the scylla of Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller's more novel and controversial brand. If this is the answer to
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the riddle, the double effort of avoidance is successful. But it must be added that
this effort has also landed the Vice President in a kind of middle-of-the-road void. "
Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 27: "Vice President Nixon's position paper on
education provides positive answers to a number of misconceptions as to (his)
convictions on federal aid to the nation's schools. He makes it clear, in the first
place, that he favors such aid on a large scale
The important difference between
Nixon's program and the one set forth in the Democratic platform is not of scale,
but of method
We believe that, while federal help can serve importantly to
advance the crash job that must be done in education, the primary task is to create
in each community a climate where the urgency is felt by the parents and the rest
of the public. Nixon's program is aimed at stimulating this sense of urgency."
Denver Post, Sept. 26: "The Presidential campaigns of
Nixon and
Kennedy
have failed, so far, to produce many constructive new ideas for possible solutions
to the nation's farm problems. There is indication that both candidates have taken
that old (and presumably safe) formula for handling the farm belt--tell 'em what
they want to hear, but don't go into close detail
Between them there isn't a
major new proposal--and this is a day of change in the industry nearly as far-reaching
as the mechanical revolution of the early years of this century. This is not to say
that Nixon and Kennedy drew complete blanks. On the contrary, they brought up
several good points--comparatively minor, but worthwhile
Nixon's suggestion
of a presidential council of farmers and ranchers to advise the administration might
be a good one--provided such board had some power and didn't slip, like most
advisory boards, into a public relations role. And Kennedy's idea
that a special
program be set up for low-production farmers with a gross income of less than
$2, 500 is worthy of further thought provided, of course, it didn't become just a
prop to delay the bankruptcy of marginal operators who haven't the business sense
demanded of modern farmers anyhow
Kennedy has been far from specific in
outlining what he hopes to accomplish in agriculture
But he has conveyed a
'willing-to-experiment tone which tends to make up for his apparent lack of clear-
cut proposals. But Nixon, on the other hand, sounds cocksure of himself on the
farm issues--yet when you shake out all of the chaff he, too, is lacking in clearcut
proposals. Perhaps the most unfavorable contrast of all for Nixon is in the very
basic question of what the government role in agriculture should be. Kennedy makes
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ear he favors a very strong hand of the federal government in the affairs of
culture
But Nixon meanders through the point
Both candidates need to lay
n a positive, point-by-point, comprehensive program to make farming profitable
hout burdening the taxpayer. With the high-powered economists and remarkable
nestic troubleshooters on both sides of the fence, it is inconceivable that some
etty definite plans have not been laid by would-be administration staffs. If such
bughtful planning is not under way, then neither side has much chance of improving
er the records of past administrations on the farm scene."
ohnson
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., in a news conference, is reported as saying:
'Johnson has dropped out of the campaign, but it does not really matter
No one
hears from him anymore but it doesn't make much difference."
Polls
Gallup reports Midwest voting sentiment: Nixon/Lodge and lean to Nixon/Lodg
48%; Kennedy/Johnson and lean to Kennedy/Johnson: 47%; Undecided: 5%.
Chicago Daily News, in a survey of La Salle, Illinois, finds that most voters
consider peace the overriding issue. "It is in the foreign policy area that Vice
President Nixon seems to draw the most support
Nixon kept 4 of 7 Ike voters or
his side, but even those who aren't sure at this stage may be swayed to him by
events taking place far, far away."
Foreign Policy
The Wash. Post, Sept. 30, commenting on Cuba: "It may be said in explar
ation that democratic government is doomed to react instead of equipped to antici
that no one can, adequately foresee such troubles. We do not believe that this is
Even though the nature of Dr. Castro's regime may have been misjudged at the
beginning, his capacity for mischief elsewhere would have been greatly diminishe
by some more timely attention to the concerns of Latin America as urged repea
over the last decade. The troubles with Cuba demonstrate graphically the gapir
need for an active and forehanded foreign policy that will deal with frictions bei
they become conflagrations."
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Marquis Childs, Wash. Post, Sept. 30: "Judged by the struggle in the U.N.,
a superficial case can be made for the headlines that proclaim a triumph for the
United States. For the tenth time in that many years we swung a vote in the
Steering Committee to keep Red China out.
As a safe guess, however, at least
half of those who voted with the American delegate did so reluctantly and only
because it was the American position. Some of this country's closest friends have
been asking for a long time when American policy on this question would change
On the Congo problem, Nixon repeatedly cites the 70-to-0 vote by which the Soviet
resolution, was defeated. But, here again, the African and Asian powers are
almost all saying that the 'legitimate' government of Patrice Lumumba must be
restored, and by implication they criticize the operation of the United Nations force
and give at least some credence to the Soviet allegation of 'imperialist' intrigues
The American objective at the U.N. is to freeze Khrushchev out; to leave him alone
and humiliated; to defeat his aim of debating disarmament in the General Assembly.
Essentially it is a defensive operation."
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Honorable James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
Pasco, Washington; John Day Dam, Oregon; Dalles Dam, Oregon;
Camas, Washington; Vancouver, Washington; University of Portland, Oregon.
Honorable Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of the United States
Batavia, New York. Genesee County GOP Committee Fund-Raising
Dinner.
Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona)
Breakfast. Savannah, Georgia.
Luncheon. Tampa, Florida.
2:15 PM Clearwater, Florida. Clearwater Auditorium
6:00 PM Dinner. Jacksonville, Florida.
Congressman William E. Miller (R-N. Y.)
Blairstown, New Jersey. Warren County GOP Organization Fund-
Raising Dinner.
Congressman Charles A. Halleck, (R-Indiana)
Lebanon, Indiana. 6th District Boone County Republican Fish Fry.
Mr. John Roosevelt
Luncheon. St. Cloud, Minnesota. St. Cloud State Teachers'
College.
Republican Workshop Banquet. St. Paul, Minnesota.
Senator Everett Dirksen (R-Illinois)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. County GOP Fund-Raising Dinner. 2nd
Congressional District.
Hemorable George C. Lodge, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs,
Department of Labor
Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke Business & Professional Women's
Club. International Bosses' Night Banquet.
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Golden Slipper Square Club. Bellevue
Stratford Hotel.
Honorable George Abbot, Solicitor, Department of Interior
Luncheon. Washington, D. C. League of Republican Women.
Mayflower Hotel.
Mr. Louis Rock, Assistant to Secretary of Agriculture
Claremont, New Hampshire. "Farmers Week" Meeting.
Honorable Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior
Campaigning with Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
Paterson, New Jersey, Garden State Plaza Shopping Center,
Hackensack, Plainfield, Elizabeth and Newark, New Jersey.
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
San Diego, California
Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Evening. Bristol Township, Pennsylvania. Young Republicans
Fund-Raising Dinner
Luncheon. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Water Pollution Control
Federation.
Honorable Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of the United States
Dinner. Rochester, New York. Monroe County GOP organization
Rally.
Hon orable James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
St. Helens, Oregon; Kelso-Longview, Washington; Takoma, Wash-
ington; Aberdeen, Washington; Everett, Washington.
Honorable Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of Interior
Campaigning with Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
Senator Thruston B. Morton, Chairman, Republican National Committee
2:00 PM, Madison, Wisconsin. Opening Campaign Clinic. Hotel
Loraine.
8:00 PM. Rally - Hotel Loraine.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
New York City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
Sacramento, California
Chico, California
Honorable Frederick H. Mueller, Secretary of Commerce
Luncheon. Miami, Florida. The Economic Society of South
Florida. Dupont Plaza Hotel.
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Honorable George C. Lodge, Assistant Secretary for International Labor
Affairs, Department of Labor.
Luncheon. Somerset, New Jersey. GOP Fund-Raising. Far Hills
Inn.
Evening. Elizabeth, New Jersey. GOP Fund-Raising Dinner.
Elizabeth Carteret Hotel.
Honorable John W. Bricker, Former Senator of Ohio
Elwood City, Pennsylvania. Beaver County GOP Meeting.
New Castle, Pennsylvania. Lawrence County GOP Fund-Raising
Dinner.
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
Campaigning in New York with Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
Senator Thruston B. Morton, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Montreal, Canada. D .bate with Democratic Chairman, Senator
Jackson. - Convention of Radio Television News Directors
Association. Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Mrs. Peter Gibson, National President, National Federation of Republican
Women
Lexington, Kentucky. Dinner Speaker, State Convention Kentucky
Federation of Republican Women, Phoenix Hotel.
Honorable Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of Interior
Campaigning with Vice President Richard M. Nixon
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
Nashville, Tennessee
Johnson City, Tennessee
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
Portland, Oregon
Corvallis, Oregon
Honorable James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor
New York City. Fourteenth Annual Dinner, New York Board of
Trade. Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Hon orable Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of Interior
Campaigning with Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
Honorable Bertha S. Adkins, Under Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Dinner meeting. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Republican Women's
Club of Lancaster County. Brunswick Hotel.
Senator Thurston B. Morton, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Morning: Aurora, Illinois. Public Square Rally
6:30 PM Dinner Speaker. Springfield, Illinois GOP Fund-Raising
Dinner. Illinois State Armory.
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Mrs. Clare B. Williams, Assistant Chairman, Republican National Committee
Series of speeches in Pasco and Pinellas Counties, Florida:
St. Petersburg Women's Republican Club Luncheon Pasco County
Republican Women's tea, New Port Ritchie Dinner meeting.
1st Congressional District leaders, Clearwater Two-County rally
sponsored by Dunedin Republican Club (evening)
Mr. John Roosevelt
Oswego, Oregon (suburban Portland) Republican State Central
Committee.
Mr. Tom Van Sickle, Executive Secretary, Young Republican National
Federation
Erie, Pennsylvania. Young Republican National Federation Rally.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
Cleveland, Ohio
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
Tacoma, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Honorable Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of Interior
Campaigning with Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
Honorable Frederick Mueller, Secretary Department of Commerce
Dinner. Columbus, Ohio. Annual Fall Banquet of State Federation
of GOP Women.
Mr. John Roosevelt
Oswego, Oregon. GOP State Central Committee.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rochester, Minnesota
Ambassador Henry Cablot Lodge
San Fransico, California
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Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
Omaha, Nebraska. Greater Creighton Convocation, Creighton
University.
Senator Hugh Scott(R-Penn.)
Dinner. Danbury, Connecticut. GOP Fund Raising dinner.,
Ridgewood Club.
Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona)
Dinner Meeting. Santa Barbara, California
Senator Thruston B. Morton, Chairman, Republican National Committee
6:00 PM Great Falls, Montana. Republican Organization
8:00 PM Public Rally.
Honorable Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of Interior
Campaigning with Vice President Richard M. Nixon
Mrs. Clare B. Williams, Assistant Chairman, Republican National Committee
12:00 noon. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Republican Women's
luncheon. Bellevue Stratford Hotel.
Jinx Falkenburg and George Murphy, Cilebrities for Nixon-Lodge
Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Republican Women's Finance Committee
Fund-Raising Fashion Cabaret.
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