European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse By Arnold b. Sawislak up staff writer he wears his hair Long and turn son the teeny hoppers. He is Middle aged millionaire and the father of 10 plays touch football and Power politics both to win. He holds an in valuable political inheritance but has won Only one election. And now he i running for president. When Robert Francis Kennedy joined the race it surprised neither Friend nor enemy except in the rather important element of timing. He was expected to wait until 1972.but from the time that Kennedy came out of the deep depression that possessed him after the death of his brother everyone anticipated that he would someday seek to be the second of his family to occupy the White House. The Junior senator from new York even in comparison to John f. Kennedy is a politician of such innovative styles to confound All the old rules about the successful Pursuit of Public 42, he defies the tradition that a candidate should act his age plus 20years. Exuding youth he is the Only Man so far who could seriously approach the presidency universally recognized by such a childhood Diminu Iveas Kennedy made no pretence of Start ing at the Bottom in politics. His first request for votes Only four years ago was to be sent to the Senate the traditional Sanctum of the select in american politics. And though Massachusetts born and president of Virginia for years he made his debut in new York a state he could claim As Home Only by virtue of the great wealth that makes the acquisition of a House anywhere a Small is no speaker either of the Elo quent or windbag style and when he grins some say it recalls bugs Bunny. He is Only of Middle height and look somewhat underfed. But he can draw a crowd wherever he goes whether to ski with his fam ily on a private vacation or to appear at a formal occasion for the most Seri Ous f he does not have the Grace of his dead brother he has a vitality that no one in contemporary politics can he lacks a Long experience of Previ Ous campaigning it seems to make no difference for in his first bid he Defeated one of the cannies and Best liked new York republicans Kenneth he is a potential vote getter seems to be attested by a simple fact when sen. Eugene Mccarthy decided to run party professionals regarded Itas a nuisance. When Kennedy announced the cries were louder and More agonized and spoke of splitting the party beyond observation has been made that he is More like his father than any other of Joseph p. Kennedy s four sons. This is not an altogether kindly comment for it frequently comes from those who recall that the elder Kennedy had firmly established reputation As a boots and spurs operator in the business world who formed grudges easily and let them die is Little doubt that Bobby Ken Nedy is a Tough Man. As counsel for the Senate rackets committee and As at Torney general he set out to put team Ster president James a Hoffa in jail. Hoffa went to prison after Kennedy be came a senator but it was the machinery that Bobby turned on that put him there. He does not get along with presi Dent Johnson and that is not just a matter of disagreement Over the Fine on the Campaign Trail Frk Tow pres up Robert f. Kennedy a vitality no one in contemporary politics can match Points of National policy. They clashed at the moment when Johnson was adjusting his own Gunpowder tempera ment to accepting second place on the 19 0 ticket and their relationship since has never been More Thair polite. But if Kennedy has a temper he do snot lose his head. He did not want to run against Johnson this year because the president held ail the Good cards. It seems More Likely that Kenned saw his carefully nourished base of strength among the party s liberals an the Young slipping away toward Mccarthy and 00 that Norayer Unready Kennedy had to at. It has a i said that then no Chil Dren of Joseph p. Kennedy always Tad diced by far poorer families a distaste for slackness incompetence and defeat. The pressure to be first passe to Robert be auetry by if Agie inhere table. First his eldest brother Joseph jr.,was killed in world War ii. Then John who had made it to the top in politics with the strenuous help of the other Kennedy was , by this time seemed Rele gated to the role of adviser. He ran John s i960 Campaign and was his closest confident on the Tough decisions up tothe assassination before that barely out of Law school he bad served As a lawyer on his brother s Senate committee. Re took brackets off. A then is a Tough Man. As attorney general he set out to put teamster president. Holla in jail. Hoffa social welfare programs and Money have secured a Liberal base. That and the magic of the name were to be the Little doubt that Bobby Kennedy but now the plan has been ,r.� to it Iurna ii fit Rui tin it May be that Robert Kennedy Wasman. � a Ern re ? it talking to Elma eur of Neil he and a fee first anniversary of his brother s assassination if there is anything to be gained. By the life and death of president Ken Nedy it s the fact that we must Partick Page 12 the stars and stripes Kennedy is idol of audiences even when he is attacking deferments. Johnson Kennedy limply do not thursday Kennedy is avid outdoors Man mixes touch football with skiing and tackling the rapids of Green River in Utah. Tomato soup and ice Cream by Paul Steiner Nana staff writer while father Speaks Mother tries to control kid. You can love him or hate him but you can t ignore s a collection of some lesser known facets of the Junior senator from new York Robert Kennedy he readily admits that he receives More letters complaining about his Long hair than on another subject Many of them con Taining checks for the Price of haircut. Checks from democrats Are sent to the Juk Library fund those from republicans go to the democratic National committee he has a $10 million Trust fun Given him by his father. His wife Ethel Nee Skakel comes from family whose wealth approaches if not equals the $300 Millio Fortune of the Kennedy family. He waited Only three weeks tomake his Maiden speech la the sen ate. Some freshmen wait years his brother Teddy waited 16 months. He Learned to ski when Only six years old in Bronx vice n.y., and he and Ethel have skied All Over the world. When he toured Europe in Jan uary 1967, he sent Ethel a Tele Gram every Day always with the same fond message and always in the language of the country hews visiting. Ills food preferences Are very precise. Like his late brother he is a big milk Drinker likes his milk to be chilled exactly 15 min utes in a deep freeze. He also eats a lot of Tomato soup and ice Cream and while travelling will drive around until he finds a place that serves it. He likes Vodka on the rocks but also Bourbon and when flying at night in the family plane usually has a snack consisting of a bowl of Clam chowder or Bourbon on the rocks. There Are about 20,060 saunas finnish steam Bains in the United states and Bobby has one of them where he sweats at temperatures of 180 degrees or More. He likes to quote the German poet scientist Goethe who said the destiny of any nation at any Given time depends on the opinions of its Young men under 25." when a Young admirer once asked Bobby How he Felt about lowering the voting age mindful of his Large Brood of kids he dead panned i really favor lowering it to 12." on another occasion pointing out that two Rockefeller were running Tor governor of Arka Sasand new York he quipped if there s anything i hate in politics it s someone who runs on a famous Bobby has been the butt of Man jokes. Quipped one gangster i just realized Why Bobby is so excite about poverty. He did t have any when he was a and there s now a new dance the senator Bobby. You move around to another state every four or six the stars and stripes log
