come Tax will not go into effect next January. President Johnson's
cut is producing the same healthy effect here in Kentucky and Sen-
ator Goldwater voted against this proposal.

One of the blessings of living in a land in which people place a
premium on progress is that all of us are afforded the opportunity
to live productive lives before settling down to dignified retirement.
But how could many of our citizens possibly look forward to a dig-
nified retirement if the Republican candidate for President is elected?
Here is a man who, in an interview, said, and once more I quote:

"I think social security should be voluntary. This is the only def-
inite opinion I have on it. "

Let's now take a look at his approach to foreign affairs. All of us,
of course, are aware of the momentous events that took place only
slightly more than a week ago, A new government was installed in
England and, in the Soviet Union, Khrushchev was toppled from his
position of leadership and two relatively unknown quantities have
taken his place. The radioactive cloud from Red China's nuclear
explosion passed over this country only a few days ago and we can
expect another in Communist China shortly.

All these events certainly gave us uneasy moments but, frankly,
none would compare with the shock that would be inflicted upon the
nations of this world should Barry Goldwater be elected President
of the United States. A nuclear sword of Damocles would hover
above the earth, suspended in part by a man who a few months ago
was reported in a German newspaper as saying the following:

"Now I'll have to admit that I possibly do shoot from the hip—
I've been exposed to problems and I don't have to stop and think
in detail about them. "

Senator Goldwater says the great issue in this campaign is the
nation's morality and then, in a speech in my own State of Mary-
land on October 21st, the Republican nominee deliberately falsified
the recent remarks of President Johnson regarding the change in
command in Russia.

Said Barry Goldwater, and I quote:

"Khrushchev, we were being told, was a good Communist — one
who was concerned as we were with finding a peaceful resolution of
the conflict between Communist aggression and Western resistance.
Only last Sunday, Lyndon Johnson paid tribute to him as a man of
good sense and sober judgement, " end quote.

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