STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY ON NIXON STAND ON
QUEMOY-MATSU, OCTOBER 10, 1960, ISSUED DURING THE CAMPAIGN
SWING THROUGH GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AS REPORTED IN
THE NEW YORK TIMES

     Senator John F. Kennedy charged today that Vice President Nixon's stand on Quemoy and Matsu may involve American boys in an unnecessary or futile war".
     "He wants us committed to the defense of every rock and island around the world," Mr. Kennedy said "but he is unwilling to admit that this may involve American boys in an unnecessary or futile war." Moreover, he asserted, Mr. Nixon had "sought to have us involved" in the Indochina war in 1954.