Evening star., 1961-06-26
GOVERNORS
3GOVERNoRS a.. '
AIobomo Executive Is Critical
Of Robert Kennedy in Roce Case

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.phaSizing the seriousness of the
international situation.
Mr.. johnson arrived on the
scene last night to take the
place Of President Kennedy.
who last week cancelled his
scheduled appearance before
the Governors.
Speaking yesterday at the
dedication Of the Los Angeles
International airport's new Jet
age terminal, Mr.. johnson
charged that Russia alone is
responsible for a new inter-
national tension. Stating that
Mr.. Khrushchev had compelled
another crisis by again threat
ening to make a separate peace
with East Germany, the Vice
President said: -
MIR. Khrushchev will be
making q tragic mistake if he
assumes that these principles
and allegations count for little
in Washington or with the
American people"
Gov. Patterson complained on
q local television program that
Robert Kennedy's actions have
made race relations worse than
they were previously in the
South.
THE racial problem is get
ting worse each day and the
two sides are being driven
further apart by Federal inter-
vention," he said. He criticized
Robert Kennedy for encour-
aging the mixed bus riders on
their strife-marked tours.
Mr.. Kennedy called me up
on the telephone in the middle
Of the night and issued orders
like I was a private in his
army" Gov. Patterson said.
That's not what I am and
that's not the way I conduct
business" !
Quinn Is Critical
Republican Gov. william F.
Quinn Of Hawaii let fly at Mr..
Kennedy's domestic policies. He
said the executive program on
area redevelopment is so con-
fused nobody knows how it is
going to work.
Gov. Quinn said the admini-
stration has failed to produce
on its glowing promises" and
is offering nothing new to back
up its pledge to accelerate the
Nations economic growth.
On the volatile political
front. Gov. Rockefeller closed
no doors against the possibility
that he might seek the Repub-
lican presidential nomination
three years from now.
Gov. Mark o. Hatfield of /
Oregon let it be known that
he may be in there pitching for
the same nomination. Both
Gov. Hatfield and Gov. Rocke-
feller are up for reelection
next year. s.
Gov. Brown predicted that
the Republicans will lose Cali
fornia in 1862, when he is ex-
pected to be running again.
The Democratic Governor made
it plain he thinks Mr.. Nixon
will be his opponent. K
Civil Defense Log Cited
The governors committee on
civil defense reported to the
conference that sit is still a
sobering fact that today our
people lack the capacity to pro-
tect themselves and their fami-
lies from the most dangerous
aspect Of nuclear war. fallout.
Our civilian population is
almost totally exposed and to-
tally vulnerable to the fallout
from nuclear weapons, the re-
port said.
The committee. headed by
Mr.. Rockefeller. recommended
income tax deductions for the (
cost of fallout shelters, the
stockpiling of food in private
shelters thus constructed and
revision of building codes to
make construction Of such shell
ters mandatory.
Gov. Quinn told the Cover
norS in a speech prepared for
their opening business session
that Hawaiian statehood had
proved "a dramatic demonstra-
ton Of the American ideal" by
providing full citizenship to
our multi-racial people out in
the middle of the vast Pa
cific."
Gov. McNichols urged hts
colleagues in q prepared talk
to support a proposal for an
exchange Of teachers with
Latin American countries. I
I'VE must develop a new
sense Of unity and common
purpose in our own hemi-
sphere" he said. Carefully
selected teachers exchanged be-
tween us and the South Ameri-
can nations will greatly in /
crease mutual respect and un-.
derstanding - and this will
strengthen us immeasurably in
the struggle that looms before
democracy in the years ahead"