[From the WASHINGTON POST]
Senators John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
pledged yesterday that if elected they will "use the full power of the
executive branch of the Government to assure the early enactment" of District
home-rule legislation.
The Democratic presidential nominee made the
pledge in a letter to W. John Kenney, Chairman of the District Democratic
Central Committee
Kennedy said he and his running mate will
continue to urge prompt ratification by the States of the constitutional
amendment that would give District residents the vote for President and
Vice President.
But, Kennedy said, he and Johnson will not
allow this "to deter us from the basic task of securing local self-government
for the District."
Kennedy said he is confident that his and
Johnson's efforts for self-government will "have the full cooperation of
the party's floor leadership in the Congress."