JFK WILL TRY TO PICTURE NIXON AS A DEFEATIST ON ALL ISSUES
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On October 1, 1960, The Evening Star reports Democratic presidential nominee Senator John F. Kennedy "will try to defeat Vice-President (Richard M.) Nixon...by picturing him as a defeatist..." on both national and international issues.
The Vice-President, speaking in Boston, called the Senator "a monumental failure" in the post-convention session of Congress.
A large crowd, estimated to be at 250,000, came out to hear Mr. Nixon's remarks but Pierre Salinger, JFK's press secretary, says...
"Wait until Senator Kennedy goes into Boston."
JFK+50 NOTE
JFK won Suffolk County, which includes Boston, 75% to 25%. It was the first time a presidential candidate won more than 70% of the vote in that county. JFK also carried Massachusetts 60% to 40%.
SOURCE
"Kennedy to Paint Nixon As Defeatist on Issues," by Robert K. Walsh, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1960, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
