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Show Kennedy Says U. S. Prestige Affects Freedom of World In a recent talk at Augusta, Maine, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts said America's global prestige has been on the wane in recent years, threatening threaten-ing the survival of freedom. Sen. Kennedy, a potential candidate can-didate for the Democrtaic Presi- i dential nomination, said: "Since 1952, the power, prestige pres-tige and standing of the U. S. in relation to the Communist world has declined," Sen. Ken- nedy spoke to a conference of Maine Democrats. i "Every time we fail, and demonstrate dem-onstrate that we are not No. 1, We not only let down our country, coun-try, but we let down the cause of freedom around the world." Sen. Kennedy said the very existence ex-istence of world freedom may depend on election of a Democratic Demo-cratic President and Congress in 1960. Sen. Kennedy was introduced to 500 cheering partisans by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. Muskie described his colleague as a man qualified 'for any office to which (Continued on Page 8) Kennedy Says U. S. Prestige Affects Freedom of World (Continued from Page 1) he may aspire." Sen. Kennedy arrived from Oklahoma with a stop at Hartford, Hart-ford, Conn., to pick up Gov. Abraham Ribicof f . Sen. Kennedy referred to Mus-kie's Mus-kie's report on a recent official visit to Russia, in company with Sen. Frank E. Moss of Utah and others, as "alarming" in its prediction pre-diction that by 1975, unless the U. S. pace increases, the Soviet will surpass this country in electrical elec-trical power production, one of the hallmarks of an industrial society. He said such a prospect means "there is no time to me wasted in constructing the half billion dollar Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power project between Maine and New Brunswick. . He predicted that the project, if fulfilled, would be a tremendous tremen-dous spur to the economic advancement ad-vancement of Maine, New England Eng-land and the nation. "By 1970 this state alone, according ac-cording to official estimates, will need 405,000 more kilowatts of capacity than all existing and planned private sources can possibly pos-sibly supply. At an earlier press conference Kennedy said the relative productivity pro-ductivity of the United States and Russia will be the "issue of the next 10 years." "And it should be an issue in this campaign." he said. The result of the economic race between this country and Russia, he said, may have a major ma-jor bearing on the alignment of the awakening African nations, most of which will be independent independ-ent by 1965 or 1970. . "They will control a quarter of the votes of the UN General Assembly. I woudl like to have them have some regard for our position." |