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Sen. John F. Kennedy replied with an emphatic “no“ to Harry Truman's suggestion that he drop out of the presidential race for 1960. “I do not intend to step aside at anyone's request,“ the Massachusetts Democrat declared Monday. “I was the only candidate to risk my chances in all the primaries - the only one to visit every state.“ Kennedy, 43, told a nationwide television and radio audience he is ready for the presidency because a new generation of leadership is needed to cope with new problems and new opportunities. Sen. Lydon B. Johnson of Texas, a contender for the nomination who has echoed Trumans charges of a stacked convention, also declined immediate comment. Kennedy interuppted a Cape Cod vacation to fly here for his rebuttal to Truman. At his side, at the crowded news conference at the Roosevelt Hotel sat his wife, Jacqueline, looking even younger than her 29 years. About his own youth, the senator explained that young men throughout history - including Washington, Jefferson, Pitt, Napoleon and
