Evening star., 1960-06-10


A. Yes. sir.
@. Chairman Morton said
that Gov. Rockefeller had at
tackled the Eisenhower admins.
tration program yesterday and
that he did not believe that a
man who attacked the admins
tration's record could be nomi-
mated at the Republican con-
vention. Do you agree to that
sir?
A. I believe that the posi-
bility Of Gov. Rockefeller OF
anyone else who diSagrees with
the Presidents program being
nominated can't be ruled out
1t means. Of course. a majority
Of the delegates to the Republi-
can convention would have to
share the Governors views on
the issue. I would not go so far
as to say that as you had lndi-
Gated Chairman Morton says
that because Gov. Rockefeller
had indicated sharp disagree
ment with President EiSenhow-
er's policies in some fields, chat
this rules him out as a preSi-
dental nominee. He is defi-
nitely one Of the major leaders
Of the Republican Party today
and If he chooses to become an
active candidate and announces
that he is an active candidate
he will of course be before the
convention in that capacity
and there would be a possibility
that he could be nominated.
Backs Right to Criticize
@. Mr.. Vice President, Gov.
Rockefeller has said you have
insisted in making your views
known after the nomination
and not before. What comment
do you have on that?
A. Well, let me say first with
regard to Gov. Rockefeller'S S
statement that l do not
share the views of some of my
Republican colleagues to the
effect that the Governor should
not speak out in those areas
where he is critical in the ad-
ministration's policy. I've
known Gov. Rockefeller for a
number of years and I have
always respected him as a man
of integrity. one who has a
deep interest in Americas fu-
ture and in the policies which
will insure peace and freedom
for ourselves and the world. I
am confident that the state
ment which he made was one
that was motivated by his con-
cern over some of the admins
tration's policies. He disagreeS
with these policies in some re-
spects, as he indicated. For
him not to indicate his dis
agreement publicly as he has
would not be being true to
himself, and I think would
not serve either the party or
the country.
Cites Al Sessions
l was checking in my office
Just before / left as to the
number of press conferences
and radio television forum
shows and question -and-an-
swer sessions with no holds
barred that have had within
the last FIVE months. That
number is now 46. This makes
Al. They have been some
times at great lengths, and I
believe that of all the potential
candidates. think we could
put Gov. Rockefeller in that
position properly on the
American scene today. : have
set forth with greater precision
and in more detail my views
on the major issues than any
Of the others.
do not say that in ex-
pressing criticism of them, be-
cause they, too, have had OPP
portunities to express theirs,
I only say it by way Of OBJ
servation and because over a
period of IA years in the House,
in the Senate and as Vice
President, I have cast votes. I
have made speeches, and as
I have indicated in the past
five months, I have answered
questions on every major issue
before the American people.
Now, if I can be specific. The
Governor raised 10 points in
his statement in which he
expressed concern over the
administrations policies and
indicated in some respects a
different point of view. If you
will read the statements that
l have made over the past five
months alone, you will find
that on each Of these 10
points l have discussed them
and set forth my position in
more detail and more precisely
than did the Governor in his
statement.
Now, this does not indicate
he has not expressed his views
as he believes them to be and
that he may not have, at other
times, gone into more detail.
But, just to give you perhaps
two or three examples.
For example, in the field of
labor legislation, the Governor
indicated that he has favored
compulsory arbitration OF labor
disputes.
have stated on several occa-
sions that 1 am against COM
pulSory arbitration of labor
disputes, because I know that
compulsory arbitration, from
my study of this matter as a
member Of the Labor Commit
tee Of the House and from my
observation of compulsory arbi-
tration laws in operation in
Australia and in certain Euro
pean countries, inevitably re-
suits in wage control by gov
ernment, and that means in
evitably price control by gov
erment, and that means in my
opinion, q government-con-