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Noel Day and Jack Molesworth, who are running for Congress against Speaker of the House John McCormack, spent most of their time discussing the presidential election at a "Debate Among Candidates" last night...
Republican Molesworth began by ridiculing President Johnson's plans for "The Great Society," claiming that the Democrats "want to wrap up every American in a cocoon of red tape. That's the trouble with the welfare state. You can't get the benefits without giving up some of your freedom. The land-of-milk-and-honey boys want to tell you what...
Nevertheless, Molesworth mentioned "violence in the streets" several times in his rebuttal, attributing it to the "soft attitude towards law breakers of LBJ, John McCormack and a liberal Supreme Court...
Seemingly in answer to Day's charges, Molesworth ennumerated several examples of Goldwater's pro-Civil Rights attitude, however. "How many of you know," he asked, "that long before civil rights became an issue, Mr. Goldwater bought pews and baptismal fonts for all the Negroes in his area...
Durham defended the placing of Molesworth on the panel, stating that it was hoped "to stimulate a discussion of issues" and to provide "an interchange of ideas...