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/, no doubt in my view.
Students should be permitted
: to attend school in accordance
with court decisions. The
broader question. of course. is
5 regardless of the court deei-
: sions, I believe strongly that
2 every American should have
an opportunity to have maxi
mum development Of his
talents, under the most bene-
, ficiaI circumstances, and that
, lis what the Constitution pro-
!, ,vides. That Is what I strongly
believe.
Il Waits on Analysis z
On the question specifically
Of what we can usefully do in
New Orleans in order to pro-
lvide q more harmonious ac-
! lquieScence with the court de-
cision, I would feel that we
could perhaps most usefully
wait until we have concluded
our analysis Of it.
@. Mr.. President, the Con-
greSs has spent a good deal Of
time investigating regulatory
agencies and executive inter-
ference in them. Now, your
assistant, Mr.. Lands, has
suggested that a White House
office be set up to oversee these
agencies. Do you feel this
might lead to the same kind Of
executive interference that the
Congress has been investigat-
ing?
A. Mr.. Lands recommended
such a White House office in
his study. ] have asked Mr..
Lands to come to the White
House, not to fill such an office.
of course, which is not estab-
Ilished, but merely to work with
the White House and with the
interested members Of Congress
who are concerned about i'm
proving our regulatory pro-
cedures.
| Works With Harris
He is going to stay some
months and do that. I con-
ferred yesterday with Congress
imam Harris, who has q special
responsibility as chairman Of
1.-THE House Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce.
and we are going to continue
to work together to try to speed
up the procedures of the reg
ulatory agencies and improve
their action.
Whether we should have
such a White House liaison
or center is a matter We are
going to consider. The Con-
gress bears special respon-
sibility for these agencies and
therefore. I think it is prob
ably not likely that major
responsibility in this area
would be released to the White
House, and am not completely
sure 1t is wise.
A. Mr.. President. Sir, this
} question is a bit on the per-
sonal side. You have available.
Sir, to you at the Catoctin
Mountains in Maryland a very
fine weekend retreat used by
former Presidents, Sir. Do you
plan to use it and If so. do you
plan to rename it back to
Shangri-la? And also, I believe,
you have two Government
yachts at your disposal. Do
you plan to use them, too, Sir?
Won't Use Yachts
i A. I am not going to use the
yachts at the present time. /
don't plan to use Camp David
very often. Now, I will keep,
I think the name should be
kept Camp David. I doubt II
will go there very often. On
the question Of the yacht, we
will have to wait and see what
; happens. We have the Bar
bara Ann and am not familiar
with the other yacht.
@. There is a report from
Australia this morning, quot
ing an American scientist as
saying that you will have a
man in space within six weeks.
I wonder II you have ordered
an acceleration Of our space
program, or If you consider
that for psychological or other
reasons we are in a race with
the Russians to get q man into
space?
A. No. in the first place, /
don't know anything about that
report. We are very concerned
that we do not put a man
, in space in order to gain some
additional prestige and have a
man take a disproportionate
risk. so we are going to be
extremely careful in our work
and even If we should come in
second in putting a man in
space, ! will still be satisfied
II when we put a man in space
his chances of survival are as
high as I think that they
must be.
@. Mr.. President, it has been
rather reliably reported that
you and some Of your staff
members and cabinet members
were quite active on the Hill
by phone and otherwise In the
recent Rules fight. Could you
give us your views as to what
your activity and that of your
cabinet members and staff
members will be in the coming
legislative year, as far as get
ting your program going2
}. In Close Contact.
i A. We have a liaison officer,
Mr.. O'Brieny and he has Mr..
Wilson who is liaison for the
House, and Mr.. Manatose, liai-
son for the Senate, and we will
attempt to keep close contact
hptween the White IIo,,sa ood