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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. November 8. 1961
Dole Serves Pineapple Juice Attacks JFK's New Frontier
By Dennis Farney
A Kansas congressman entertained a gleeful audience of Young Republicans last night with a mixture of free pineapple juice and a half-jesting, half-serious attack on New Frontier policies and practices.
Robert Dole, United States Representative from Kansas' fifth district last year and presently a candidate for re-election in the newly formed first district (a combination of the old fifth and sixth districts), spoke to about 40 students in the Kansas Union.
"I read two weeks ago that Jackie Kennedy was spending a weekend in Washington with friends and relatives," he quipped.
MR. DOLE SERVED Dole pineapple juice (no relation) and then launched a laugh-punctuated attack on nepotism in the New Frontier.
"Some people were glad to see her come back it certainly beats swimming in the Mediterranean with half the Greek navy guarding you.
"I SUPPOSE YOU all know what JFK stands for," he continued. "Jobs for kinfolk.
"And of course there's the New Frontier slogan: 'Go waste, young man, go waste.'"
Members of his audience fortified themselves with deep draughts of the pineapple juice and applauded vigorously.
MR. DOLE said he passed out Dole pineapple juice during his campaign last year as a device to make voters remember his name.
"Some people thought the idea was childish," he said, "but we won the election."
He then turned to a discussion of the Peace Corps.
"I'M NOT opposed to the principles of the Peace Corps," he said, "but I am opposed to the way President Kennedy set it up. He by-passed Congress and created a brand new $40 million permanent agency by executive order."
Mr. Dole called the Peace Corps a "political gimmick" and noted that the first 131 appointments to high-ranking offices within the organization were Democrats.
"We must understand that once the Peace Corps or any other government agency is created, it tends to grow," he said. "And positions within the Peace Corps will continue to be held by Democrats."
HE REFERRED to the "dynasty of the defeated," a group of unsuccessful Democratic candidates in past elections now holding administrative posts in the Kennedy Administration.
He listed George Docking, who now heads the U.S. Export-Import Bank, as an example.
Continuing his attack on the New Frontier, Mr. Dole described President Kennedy as "very good at agitating, but unable to carry through."
"PRESIDENT KENNEDY is very articulate," he said. "He has fine speech writers and they write fine speeches, but nothing happens.
"If it hadn't been for (Speaker of the House) Sam Rayburn, President Kennedy would have had a very poor legislative record.
"When Mr. Rayburn would talk to Southern conservatives, they would suddenly decide that New Frontier legislative programs had very definite merit."
SHIFTING TO other areas, Mr. Dole called the handling of Southern integration problems by the present administration a "political sideshow" and singled out the recent Interstate Commerce Commission order to desegregate all Southern transportation facilities as an example.
"The administration waited until riots developed and then asked the ICC to give its ruling," he said. "The administration could have compiled all the necessary information about the situation before the riots ever occurred."
Mr. Dole concluded his talk with a plea for Republican unity.
"I THINK THERE'S a place in the Republican Party for both liberals and conservatives," he said. "We do a disservice to the party when we drive out those of a different philosophic outlook than ourselves."
But he left little doubt as to his opposition to Nelson Rockefeller, the Governor of New York.
"If we nominate Mr. Rockefeller for President," he said, "the Democrats won't know who to vote for. We'll have someone who can match President Kennedy dollar for dollar."
FOLLOWING THE talk, Mr. Dole invited his audience to participate in a straw vote between the three leading Republican Presidential hopefuls: Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Mr. Rockefeller.
Mr. Goldwater won the contest with 19 votes. Mr. Rockefeller received 13 and Mr. Nixon received 11.
Ribicoff to Speak Here in December
Abraham Ribicoff, secretary of health, education and welfare, will address the first annual Law and Society Institute Dec. 4 and 5.
Mr. Ribicoff will speak at 3:45
p.m. Dec. 4 in the Kansas Union.
Dan Hopson, associate professor of law, said the Institute chose Mr. Ribicow because he is the man most qualified to discuss the theme of this year's institute, "The Child and The Law," in relation to the problems of child welfare in the U.S.
More than 300 members of the legal and non-legal profession are expected to attend. They will discuss the operation of the law as it affects children.
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Psychology Club Meeting
To Talk About Gifted Child
The Psychology Club will meet at 7:30 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. Bert Kaplan, associate professor of psychology, will discuss his research on mental illness among the Navajo, Apache, and Zuni Indians. Officers will be elected.
A. J. Edwards, professor of educational psychology, will explain educational procedures for gifted children at 4 p.m. today at a meeting of the Student National Education Assn. All interested persons may attend.
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