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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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The official student publication of the Publications Board of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday, examination
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Editor . . Jonathan Yardley
Associate Editor Wayne King, Mary Stewart Baker
Assistant Editor . ........... ... Ron Shumate
Managing Editors ; Bob Haskell, Margaret Ann Rhymes
News Editors - Henry Mayer, Lloyd Little
Feature Editors ...... Susan Lewis, Adelaide Cromartie
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Asst. Sports Editor Frank W. Slusser
Contributing Editors . . John Justice, Davis B, Young
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GOP Nominee Draws Huge
This article was written by As
sistant Editor Ron Shumate, past edi
tor of the UNC News, the summer ses
sion paper. Shumate went to Charlotte
to cover the Nixon appearance. This
article serves to balance the coverage
afforded Senator Kennedy on his tour
through the state.
The Editor
RON SHUMATE
- Vice President Richard M. Nixon
made his second venture into North
Carolina Monday, winging into the
state's largest city, where he drew a
throng that filled the huge 12,000-seat
Coliseum to overflowing.
Nixon also met with a "representative
group of leaders of the textile and gar
ment manufacturing industries."
Nixon arrived at Douglas Municipal
Airport at 3:59 p.m. His plane was pre
ceded by two other planes, carrying
campaign staffers and members of the
Washington press corps.
He was greeted, ' upon stepping from
the plane, by the Harding High School
band's version of the Duke alma mater.
Nixon seemed not to hear it at first,
with all the hustle and 'bustle around
him such as meeting aUthe Republi
can dignitaries who were anxious to
greet the GOP presidential nominee.
On Schedule
Nixon was scheduled to spend 20 min
utes at the airport before leaving in a
white convertible for town. And spend
20 minutes he did.
"'After the Vice President, wife Pat and
GOP Congressman Charley Jonas sat
down iir'the back seat of the car, sev
eral people kept running up to shake
Nixon's hand. : Jonas kep ' muttering,
Weyd better go or 'we're going to be
late,"1 and "We've 'got to go, before it
fains." ; :"
The rains came later.
The motorcade to the city moved fair
ly swiftly. Crowds along the way were
not overwhelming, but seemed to gather
in "groups at various ' points along the
way.
Estimates on the crowd that greeted
the Vice President at the airport varied
considerably But Charlotte Traffic
Captain James Stegall put the crowd
at more thaii 2,000. r" ' ' "
A crowd of several hundred met the
motorcade at the' Barringer Hotel. The
Vice President and his wife were help
ed through the crowd by Secret Service
men and went immediately to their
seventh floor suite. The time was 4:42
-two minutes behind schedule. '
Meefs With Textile Leaders
At 5 p.m. Nixon met with the 35 tex
tile leaders. A press conference had been
tentatively set for after this conference
but was 'cancelled "by 'the Vice Presi
dent's press secretary, Herb Klein, when
the plane ianded at the airport.
But the newsmen, along with a hun
dred or so onlookers, were there never
theless. Television cameras from local
stations were set up on the mezzanine,
where Nixon and the . textile leaders
would emerge. - .
Nixon followed the textile men out
of the meeting, came down the stairs
into the main lobby and went straight
into an elevator and disappeared.
We learned later that the Vice Presi
dent had a cup of consomme, orange
juice and coffee for supper.
And" while Nixon was dining on the
seventh floor, the press was treated to
a reception on the second floor.
Ancf The Rains Came
It was during this period that ' the
rams came. And did the rams ever come.
Winds reached 45 m.p.h., and knocked
down trees' and ' power' lines in several
plates across the city. The strong gusts
spun the Vice 'President's plane partial
ly around and rolled it an: estimated 25
feet'. " ' ' '
But the only damage to the plane was
a sirialf dent in one : Wing.' ' ''
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Crowd
At 7:20 p.m., with the heavy wind
and rain about gone, Nixon and his
party departed for the Coliseum.
People had been streaming into the
huge structure ever since the doors
opened, and by 6:30 the Coliseum was
about three-quarters filled. When this
reporter arrived at about 7:10, there
was hardly an empty seat to be had.
Draws Large Crowd
Coliseum Manager Paul Buck said
there were 12,000 people seated, and an
other 500 standing. Capt. Stegall esti
mated that there were 10,000 more stand
ing in the streets outside.
The Coliseum parxing lot was jam
packed. At one time traffic was backed
up for more than two miles.
But ear ly-arri vers had plenty to en
tertain them. Arthur Smith and his
Crackerjacks, the same group that en
tertained when Sen. Kennedy was in
Charlotte, played and sang several num- ,
bers. In addition, there was the "Voices
for Nixon" choir, several bands, and
prancing majorettes.
The first standing ovation of the night
went to Congressman Charles Raper
Jonas. Following a few short talks "by
various Republican dignitaries on the
platform, an official welcome to Char
lotte was given by Mayor James Smith.
Then GOP gubernatorial candidate
Robert Gavin of Sanford was introduc
ed. He got a one and one-half minute
ovation. His short speech was inter
rupted four times by applause from the
audience.
Gavin Speaks
Gavin said that the crowd was "typi
cal of the crowds that are turning out
to hear Republican doctrine this year.
It is evidence of the interest iif the Re
publican party, and is also evidence that
North Carolina will go Republican in
1960.
"This shows," said Gavin, "that North
Carolina is not as some would say 'be
yond hope." But North Carolina is on
the way to progress and prosperity un
der a Republican administration."
Next up was Jonas, who, this time,
drew a half-minute round of applause.
And Jonas introduced the Vice Presi
dent. The audience broke loose. They stood
and cheered, applauded, whistled and
demonstrated for nearly three minutes.
Above and behind the platform was
an eight-foot elephant made of artificial
red carnations and green fern.
Nixon quickly got in a plug for Jonas,
who is running for re-election against
Democrat David Clark.
Plugs Charley Jonas
"There's only one thing wrong with
Jonas," the Vice President said. "There's
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just not enough of him up there (in
Congress.)"
Nixon also had kind words for Gavin,
which also drew applause. -
And both Jonas and Gavin posed with
the Vice President on the platform.
The Vice President said his speech
was being broadcast into South Caro
lina. He had earlier cancelled a trip to
Columbia, S.C. The reason for the can
cellation, he said, was that "because of
heavy committments here, I would be
unable to do justice to South Carolina."
But the Vice President said that he
would go to South Carolina, "as we in
tend to win both North Carolina and
South Carolina.
It was reported, however, that Nixon
headquarters postponed the Columbia
trip because a southeast-wide rally
might be held there later in the cam
paign. It had been reported earlier that he
was cancelling the visit to Columbia be
cause of inclimate weather conditions.
Gives Major Address
In his speech, which was billed as a
"major address," Nixon touched on vir
tually every major campaign" issue. le
made several charges to his opponent'.
Some of these are as follows:
"Senator Kennedy has promised many
things in this campaign. These he has
promised for a nation which he views
darkly as being on the " defensive in a
world dominated by Communism, held
in contempt by those who love freedom,
its military forces relatively weak and
out of date, a tenth of its people verging
on starvation, its educational system
woefully behind, the entire nation teeter
ing on economic depression and one
of its two great political parties dead
set against human welfare, addicted to
human misery, against decent schooling
for children, anxious for the elderly to
live in poorhouses and unattended when
ill a party truly content only when
people are out of work.
"This strange preoccupation with des
pair has led Senator Kennedy to urge
some very interesting proposals.
"For. example, to keep our country
from remaining, as he sees it, relatively
second rate, he promised to raise your
Social Security tax.
Continues On Kennedy
"To strengthen our country from with-
in, he promises to move the Federal
Government into the very heart of your
school system by providing Federal dol
lars for use to pay the salaries of your
teachers, which would inevitably bring
Federal control of what is taught.
"To assure a vital economy, he prom
ises a minimum wage that official studies
show would force unemployment and
business failures.
"To protect the unfortunate, he prom
ises to give the wealthiest people in
America a helping hand with medical
costs in their later years, while with
holding help from some 3,000,000 people
with incomes of $2,000 or less; in fact,
in the name of freedom he would force
this medical program on one and all,
save the 3,000,000 who need help the
most.
"For vitality in the farmlands, he
promises to regiment all agriculture
from now on.
"To build for the future, he promises
a program that will price cotton out of
markets so that synthetics will take
over; as a result, to keep America ahead,
your cotton acreages will be cut, cut
again, and then cut some more.
"Time and time again Senator Ken
nedy has promised to carry out all of
the irresponsible contradictions bundled
into the 19C0 Democratic Platform,
adopted six weeks ago in Los Angeles.
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"He changed his mind a bit on this
in our debate last week.
" I believe Senator Kennedy is go
ing to take time to read some of his
other platform promises. I commend
this to him in the hope that he will re
pudiate or revise other parts of his
Platform and perhaps, on reflection, will
decide to keep the plank he rewrote
during our first debate.
"There has been some talk around
the country that Senator Kennedy real
ly does not agree with a number of
his Platform pledges.
"I call upon him to say exactly where
he agrees and where he disagrees.
"And I want him to state his views
in exactly the same way in the North,
the East, the South and the West, so
everyone in every part of America will
clearly understand his position."
Nixon's 25-minute address was inter
rupted some 15 times by applause. The
longest burst was about 15 seconds.
Nixon On Civil Rights
Most newsmen, and other observers
as well, felt that Nixon handled the
civil rights issue better than any other.
On this subject the Vice President said:
"On the issue of civil rights there are
many people in the South who do not
like our platform, as well as that of the
Democratic Platform.
"I have stated my beliefs before. This
is not just a Southern problem, but a
Northern problem, a Western problem
and an Eastern problem." Here lie drew
an approving round of applause.
"I have my convictions and you have
yours," Nixon said, and we must move
together to resolve it."
The problem must be solved, he said,
"because we must not permit a man
such as Nikita Khrushchev, who has en
slaved millions, to come to the United
States and point the finger at us and say
we deny rights to our people."
Differing Platforms
Nixon also made a strong point of the
Democrats wishing "to turn first to
Washington." He said the difference in
the two platforms is that "We will pro
duce and they won't."
"The difference lies in our philoso
phy. They say turn first to Washington.
We say that's the wrong place to start.
We should start with the people, and
work up to Washington."
"We stand . for strengthening the
states and not for weakening them," the
Vice President stated.
He also made an appeal for Demo
crats to cross party lines and vote Re
publican. "Get Beneath Party Label"
"We must get beneath the label and
see what the man stands for."
Nixon also chided his opponent for
saying he was tired of reading what
Khrushchev and Castro are doing, and
not what the President is doing.
If he'd quit talking and start read
ing he would find out what the presi
dent is doing," Nixon said.' He added
that the President "isn't pounding the
table and making a fool of himself"
a reference to Khrushchev's perform
ance at the United Nations General As
sembly. "Fifteen years have elapsed since
World War II," Nixon said. "For seven
and one - half of those years we've had
Eisenhower for President. And for seven
and one-half years we've done a good
job.
"In the seven Eisenhower years aver
age wages have gone up 15 per cent.
Under Truman wages rose only two per
cent.
"More schools, more hospitals and
more highways have been built. There's
been more progress in every way.
He said the Republican platform in
the field of education would provide
more school buildings and bring higher
pay to teachers without bringing about
federal controls.
"We are proud we stand for a pro
gram . . . . which rejects he program
that would endanger the states' right
to control such things as teacher pay.
That must never happen," he said.
With regard to old age insurance, the
Vice President said that "our way is a
program which leaves to the individual
the choice as to what he wants in pro
tection. No one should be compelled to
have it against their will."
Nixon said the GOP platform with re
gard to agriculture is one that will mean
abundance and will remove surplus.
"Theirs is one of scarcity," he said "Test
our programs, and you will find that
ours will bring progress, theirs stagna
tion." And he drew his biggest round of ap
plause of the evening when he said that
Sen. Kennedy is promising to "spend
billions more than I think it is wise to
spend .... But whose money is it?
"It isn't Jack's money, but yours he's
spending. I refuse to go around this
country trying to buy the people's votes
with their own money."
Turning to textiles, the Vice Presi
dent referred to the statement he re
leased concerning his meeting earlier
with, textile leaders.
"I don't think certain industries are
expendible," he said. "We have a pro-,
gram that Will see that they are not
expendible."
In his statement he said: "It is 'my
conviction, and I have stated it many
times, that we must have strong trade
relations with other Free World na
tions. We cannot be isolated in the eco
nomic world of the intercontinental bal
listic missile. 'America's trade policy
must recognize that we are the world's
largest 4 importer and exporter, trading
with countries whose dependence I on
foreign commerce is greater than our
own. . -
"But it doesn't make sense to me to
require one of a few industries" to bear
the whole burden that foreign policy
decisions may require. Nor does it make
sense to me that an industry like cot
ton .textiles bear an inequitable burden
as a result of efforts to adjust wartime
agricultural policies to peacetime needs."
He further stated that "Our dipol
matic resources should be used unre
servedly to remove remaining roadblocks
to ' increasing our exports" abroad, to
create wider opportunities among other
nations , for imports from low-wage
countries, and to encourage the develop
ment of fair labor standards in export
ing countries in the interest "of fair com- -petition
in international trade.
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