EAST CAROLINA COLLEGE

GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

24 August 1960

Honorable John Fe Kennedy
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.Ce

Dear Senator Kennedys

I am confident the people of this area will greet
you with enthusiasm during the forthcoming campaigne
You would be assured maximum television coverage in
eastern North Garolina by the Greenville and Washington
stationss. Some five thousand students and faculty members
of East Garolina College would form part of a most
enthusiastic audiences We have facilities for a large
outdoor rally and there is a convenient local airporte

t believe it would be fitting and appropriate to
address the young people of this section of the state.
Practically all of the counties of the state are represented
in our student body. We have a very active group of
ferry Sanford backers among the faculty and students.

Defection from party ranke, acts of political perfidy,
assumption of the "“sonservative™ label appeals to race
prejudice and religious bigotry have all made this campaign

year memorable for bitterness and hysteria. I hope this
state will be true to its liberal tradition in spite of

all the ordeals the candidates have had to face. The
primary results were encouraging and Kefauver's victory
in Tennessee was reassuring. But we are alli aware of an
uphill fight in the elections

We look forward to greeting you and the other
Democratic candidates during the campaigne

Yours very sincerely,

Joseph F. Steelman
Associate Professor of History