Evening star., 1961-02-08

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would increase our control
directly over long-term rates.
NATO Arms Issue
@. Mr.. President, in regard
to NATO. have you looked into
the problem or the recommen.
dation Of the previous admin.
istration that NATO be giver
its own nuclear weapons, Of
will this be left up to thu
Acheson group. and when viii
that group be expected tC
report?
A. Well. that was one Of the
matters, Of course, which Gen.
Norstad briefly discussed. It is
a matter now which is being
Reviewed by Ambassador Fin.
letter with the aid Of Mr..
Acheson. That Is one Of the,
I would say, central matters of
Interest to us now, and both
of these men will be working
on it.
@. When will that group
report to you. approximately d?
A. I haven't got a time on
it, but I think we ought to
move with some speed in it.
@. Mr.. President, the States
now can set their own safety
and regulatory standards for
atomic industrial development
within their own borders. Crit
les Of this do-it-yourself pro-
vision believe that it increases
the danger of nuclear accidents
and favor complete Federal
control within these areas.
Would you give us your views
on it?
A. Well. will have to look
into it. I am not informed
about it.
@. Sir, in all the discussions
about the gold problem, there
keeps coming back West Ger
many doing more Of its share
in aiding underdeveloped areas
and taking on more commit
ments in the common defense.
Is your administration max
ing representations either
through the Treasury Depart
ment or through our Ambassa-
dor to get the Germans to do
more in these fields?
A. Yes.
@. Could you elaborate on it.
sir?
A. Well, I think that the pro-
posals that have been made, OF
course, in our opinion, do not
meet The problem or the OPP
portunity, and I am hopeful
that we can work out a more
satisfactory arrangement with
the West Germans.
Mr.. Brentano is going to be
in the United States, the For
eign Minister, In the month Of
February. / do hope to see
him. In addition, we are con-
sidering other methods which
could put these negotiations on
perhaps q more higher level.
European Ties Cited
@. Mr.. President, just to fol-
low that UP, sir, could you spell
out what you mean by higher
level?" Are you finding that
you are running into problems
with them because of their up
coming election?
A. Well, they have a good
many responsibilities and prob
lens of their own. In addition
to whatever they do in relation
to us they have other RESPONSE
bilities to the French and the
British. So in fairness, I must
say the matter is not wholly
easy for the Germans. How
ever, it is a matter Of great
Importance and I am therefore
thinking it might be useful to
provide that discussions should
take place on a higher level
than they have in the past.
@. Mr.. President, you spoke
during the campaign about the
need of getting things moving
again. I wonder If you could
tell us how we'll you think you
have succeeded so far in Gre
ating a new mood in Wash
ington?
A. AS far as the domestic
economy or as far as generallyI
@. Generally putting some
urgency in it?
Discusses Trust Case
A. I think we have talented
people in our Washington group
who are giving it a great deal
Of time and attention. There
fore, I am hopeful although we
have been in office only two
and a half weeks, I am hopeful
that before the snow is off the
ground that we would have
been able to stimulate action
in a variety of areas.
@. Mr.. President, in your
state-of- the Union address, yol
remarked that morality II
private business has not beer
sufficiently spurred by morality
in public business. In the light
OF the economy and such NAL
practice revealed to be carried
on by some Of the American
leading corporations, would you