KENNEDY SAYS QUEMOY & MATSU SHOULD NOT BE A CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Johnstown, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On October 16, 1960, The Sunday Star reports that Democratic presidential nominee Senator John F. Kennedy said last night that Vice-President Richard M. Nixon "has retreated to the administration's view" on defending Quemoy and Matsu.*
The Senator says that since this is the view he has "always" supported, there is no reason for this to be a campaign issue.
Mr. Kennedy's motorcade through seven western Pennsylvania towns was greeted by "militantly enthusiastic" crowds according to Governor David L. Lawrence**.
*Quemoy & Matsu are island groups in the Taiwan Strait just off the coast of mainland China but controlled by the Republic of China (Taiwan).
**David Leo Lawrence (1889-1966) was born in Pittsburgh, PA & served in the US Army in WWI. DLL was mayor of Pittsburgh 1946-1959 & governor of Pennsylvania 1959-1963.
SOURCE
"Kennedy Says Nixon Backed Down On Isles," by Cecil Holland, The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1960, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
