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...international winds in Berlin, in Moscow and in other points east and west seemed to be abating a little, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy felt free to think about his favorite subject: politics. On Election Night 1961. Kennedy was acting as dinner host to India's Jawaharlal Nehru. But the President plainly felt that, for a while, the world's problems could come second to U.S. politics. He therefore turned his mind toward the dozens of smoky, noisy political headquarters across the land, where partisans had gathered to exult or gloom over their candidates' fortunes...
Listen, My Sisters. Speeding from village to village, the campaigning maharani grimly undergoes such ritualistic welcomes as having her mouth stuffed with sweetmeats seven times, then explains the Swatantra platform to enthusiastic peasant crowds. Attacking Nehru's ruling Congress Party, she is sometimes fuzzy, particularly on foreign affairs, and when stumped, disarmingly admits: "I don't really know any more about this.'' But on the whole, she knows what she wants. Says she, the Congress Party's economic policy "is like growing a babul tree and expecting to get mangoes. They come to you when...
Says she about Nehru's ambitious economic plans: "I think we need these five-year plans, but we are taking on more than we can cope with." The maharani makes a special pitch to the Hindu village women who listen to her, traditionally segregated behind bamboo fences: "I want to tell you, my sisters here, to cast your votes in favor of the Swatantra Party...
Uncomfortably aware of the beautiful maharani's impact, Nehru's Congress Party has decided to match her with a powerful opponent: Rajasthan's Revenue Minister Damodar Vyas. But not even Vyas seems likely to beat her personal appeal. At a rally last week in Malpura, Vyas' home town, a crowd of 5,000 paraded through the town crying "Long Live Our Maharani," paused outside Vyas' house to shout insults; elsewhere, village poets hymned the maharani. She is grimly determined to win, but at the moment her major campaign concern is the garlands and flower petals...
Adlai Stevenson Reports (ABC, 3-3:30 p.m.). Guest: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru...