CANDIDATE WITH THREE SUITS OF COURSE, HE GOT 90 MINUTES OF FREE, 
PRIME TIME ON TV AND WAS ABLE TO MEET THE FOLKS 
IN THE KREMLIN'S MIGHTY MARBLE PALACE OF THE CONGRESSES OTHERWISE NIKITA 
KHRUSHCHEV'S STUMP SPEECH TO HIS CONSTITUENTS FROM MOSCOW'S KALININ DISTRICT SOUNDED 
AS IF HE HAD TO RUN FOR DEAR LIFE TO GET 
RE-ELECTED TO THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC THIS WEEK 
NATURALLY NIKITA CLAIMED SUCCESS FOR HIS OWN FOREIGN POLICY THE COMMUNISTS 
WERE WINNING THE COLD WAR AND ALL THAT TALK ABOUT TROUBLE 
WITH THE CHINESE WAS AN ILLUSION . SAME DAY PEKING LAUNCHED 
A NEW ATTACK ON MOSCOW'S FIERCE VISAGE BUT FAINT HEART . 
THEN IN HIS FOLKSIEST MANNER KHRUSHCHEV TOLD THE PEOPLE JUST HOW 
PLUMB LUCKY THEY WERE TO BE IN RUSSIA AND NOT IN 
THE U.S . WHERE ELECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY CONTESTED SORT OF A 
SHOW TAKES PLACE HE SAID MARCHERS DEMAND VOTES FOR THE ELEPHANT 
WHILE THE OTHER PARTY CANVASSES VOTES FOR THE DONKEY I REALLY 
CANNOT SAY WHICH OF THE TWO ANIMALS IS CLEVERER . POLITICAL 
ADVERTISING IN THE U.S . HAS MUCH THE QUALITY OF CONSUMER 
ADVERTISING . IT IS RATHER LOUD, EVEN SHOWY , I WOULD 
SAY . ALL SORTS OF PROMISES ARE MADE ON MOUNTAINS OF 
GOLD AND RIVERS OF MILK . DESCRIBING A TYPICAL U.S . 
CAMPAIGN SPEECH NIKITA SAID THAT ONE CANDIDATE PROMISED HIS CONSTITUENTS TO 
BUILD A NEW BRIDGE FOR YOU IF ELECTED . BUT WE 
HAVEN'T GOT A RIVER SO WHAT DO WE NEED A BRIDGE 
FOR ? ASKED THE PUZZLED VOTERS . NEVER MIND, REPLIED THE 
CANDIDATE . WE'LL MAKE A RIVER FOR YOU TOO . NO 
SLOUCH HIMSELF WHEN IT COMES TO CAMPAIGN PROMISES, KHRUSHCHEV TOLD THE 
FOLKS THAT / PROBABLY EACH ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 
HAVE A BETTER SUIT OR DRESS TO WEAR . " WELL, 
SAID HE, " THE TIME WILL COME WHEN EVERY SOVIET CITIZEN 
WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THREE SUITS OF CLOTHES ONE, PRESUMABLY FOR HIS 
BIRTHDAY ONE FOR HIS WEDDING AND ONE FOR HIS FUNERAL . 
NOW, ADDED ARTFUL NIKITA, IF I WERE TO PROMISE YOU THAT 
YOU'LL HAVE THREE NEW SUITS NEXT YEAR, YOU'D SAY THAT I 
WAS DRUNK . TO STORMY APPLAUSE THE OLD PRO SAT DOWN 
IN KALININ HE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE EVEN IF 
THEY HAD ONE . 