frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington.in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for id

frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington.ond in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for president of the united states at the same time; and never until this series have americans seen the candidates in face-to-face exchange. tonight the candidates have agreed to devote the full hour to answering questions on any issue of the campaign. and here tonight are the republican candidate, vice president richard m. nixon, and the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy.

this frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington.d in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for president of the united states at the same time; and never until this series have americans seen the candidates in face-to-face exchange. tonight the candidates have agreed to devote the full hour to answering questions on any issue of the campaign. and here tonight are the republican candidate, vice president richar n president richard m. nixon, and the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy. now representatives of the candidates and of all the radio and television networks have agreed on these rules. neither candidate will make an opening

this frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington. this is the second in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for president of the united states at the same time; and never until this series have americans seen the candidates in face-to-face exchange. tonight the candidates have agreed to devote the full hour to answering questions on any issue of the campaign. and here tonight are the republican candidate, vice president richar n president richard m. nixon, and the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy. now representatives of the candidates and of all the radio and television networks have agreed on these rules. neither candidate will make an opening statement or a closing summation, each will be questioned in turn, each will have an opportunity to comment upon the answer of the other; each reporter will ask only one question in turn. he is free to ask any question he chooses. neither candidate knows what questions will be asked and only the clock will determine who wi

frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington. this is the second in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for president of the united states at the same time; and never until this series have americans seen the candidates in face-to-face exchange. tonight the candidates have agreed to devote the full hour to answering questions on any issue of the campaign. and here tonight are the republican candidate, vice president richard m. nixon, and the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy. now representatives of the candidates and of all the radio and television networks have agreed on these rules. neither candidate will make an opening statement or a closing summation, each will be questioned in turn, each will have an opportunity to comment upon the answer of the other; each reporter will ask only one question in turn. he is free to ask any question he chooses. neither candidate knows what questions will be asked and only the clock will determine who will be asked the las

frank mcgee, nbc news. calm on fram, cbs news. roscoe drummond, the herald tribune. as you probably noticed the four reporters included a newspaper man and a magazine reporter. these were selected by the press secretaries of the candidates among the reporters traveling with the candidates. broadcasting representatives were chosen by their company. the rules of an agreed upon by the representatives of the radio television networks. there will be no opening statements by the candidates or closing summation. the entire hour will be devoted to answering questions from the reporters. each will have an opportunity from comment -- for, from the other. each response will be limited to 2.5 minutes and comment to 1.5 minutes. reporters can ask any question they choose on any subject. neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. time alone determines who will be asked the final question. the first question is for senator kennedy. >> yesterday used the words trigger-happy to describe president nixon. you said the next president would come face-to-face with a serious cri

frank mcgee, nbc news; charles van fremd, cbs news; douglass cater, reporter magazine; roscoe drummond, new york herald tribune. now, as you've probably noted, the four reporters include a newspaper man and a magazine reporter; these two selected by lot by the press secretaries of the candidates from among the reporters traveling with the candidates. the broadcasting representatives were chosen by their companies. the rules for this evening have been agreed upon by the representatives of both candidates and the radio and television networks and i should like to read them. there will be no opening statements by the candidates nor any closing summation. the entire hour will be devoted to answering questions from the reporters. each candidate to be questioned in turn with opportunity for comment by the other. each answer will be limited to two and one-half minutes, each comment to one and a half minutes. the reporters are free to ask any question they choose on any subject. neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. time alone will dete- determine who will be asked the final qu