Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-07-27
Progress Stressed in PIonks
On Defense, Foreign Policy
The stars Convention Bureau

CHICAGO. July Exchanges
in the defense and foreign pol
icy planks of the platform to
be submitted to the Republican
Convention tonight proclaim a
stronger sense of urgency and
need for stepped-up programs.
The planks revised by the
Resolutions Committee yester-
day before adoption of the full
platform come closer to pro-
posals in the recent Nixon
Rockefeller statement Of sug-
gestions. But the new language
IN the defense plank particu-
larly resulted from views voiced
by Vice President Nixon since
his arrival here, committee
members said.
They also disclosed that a
new section mentioning the
Polaris missile had the express
approval of President Eisen-
hover.
New York Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller had protested that
the defense plank as originally
adopted by the committee
tended to emphasize "continu-
ing" progress in several defense
programs in which he believed
there had not been enough to
begin with.
AcceleratiOn Stressed
The revision by the full
committee yesterday substituted
the words accelerate as nee
essary" in sections referring to
the defense hardening process,
mobility, and dispersal of bases.
The new version added to this
the words land production pro-
grams" 1t also contains a new
paragraph maintaining that
archaeological changes and
signs of renewed Soviet ag-
gressiveneSS make clear that
intensified and courageous eff
forts are necessary for the
1905" This, the plank adds,
will demand new efforts on the
part of our entire Nation"
Similarity, the platforms
formal conclusion emphasizes
an imperative need Ito meas
use the new situation by their
special requirements and ac-
celerate as appropriate our eff
forts in every direction, eco
nomic and military and political
to deal with them"
The concluding statement as
we'll as revised language in the
foreign policy plank warn that
United States chronological eff
forts never must be permitted
to lag, especially in nuclear
and propulsion fields unless
honest safeguards of inspec-
ton and control" are assured.
Additional Promise
The defense plank's declara-
ton that there is no price
ceiling on national security"
now makes an additional prom
Use to provide ANY necessary
Increased expenditures to meet
new situations. The plank still
specifies no money total. Gov.
Rockefeller suggested some time
ago that another $3.5 billion
should be made available for
defense spending.
I The new language mention
ing the Polaris missile grew out
of a conference yesterday be-
tween Mr.. Nixon, Platform
Committee Chairman Charles
H. Percy, Representative Laird
of Wisconsin, committee vice
chairman, and Representative
Lipscomb of California, defense
subcommittee chairman.
The revised foreign policy
plank also contains clearer and
more positive language about
nuclear tests. In addition to
the original pledges of readiness
to negotiate realistic methods
and safeguards for suspension
Of tests and international
agreements to forego nuclear
tests in the atmosphere, there
is a new sentence promising
support of the President in.
any decision regarding reSump-
ton Of underground nuclear
testing if the Geneva confer
ence does not arrive at a sat-
isfactory agreement.
Education Plank Adopted
Besides amending the de-
tense plank after voting by a
two-thirds majority to recon-
slider the previously approved
draft, the committee also
adopted an education plank.
This supported Federal aid for
primary and secondary school
construction, but not for
teachers salaries.
The proposal specified no
money totals or specific for
mula for allocating Federal
funds to States to build more
claSsrooms in elementary and
secondary schools. But it said
that the admitted shortage
Of clasSroomS throughout the
country is decreasing due to
the vigilant action of State
legislatures and local school
boards"
While praising school teach
ers, the plank cautioned against
direct Federal contributions to
or grants for teachers salaries.
1t warned that this would
lead ultimately to Federal
domination and control of
our schools"
The education plank also