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the country that they still fact
a most serious situation.
think it would be premature tt
make a judgment that oul
economy is on the rise and
therefore, that there is NJ
necessity for action. I dom
take that view at all. I thinE
all of these programs art
needed.
I am hopeful that it will bt
poSSible-1 am hopeful that w
will see the economy move ur
in the spring and summer, but
we can make no prediction.
about it. There is not suffi.
cient evidence at hand yet BY
any Government department tt
indicate an upturn has taker
place as of today.
Comments on Congo
@. Mr.. President. Under the
present U. N. troop command in
the Congo. the pro-Communist
Gizenga government seems to
be gaining ground. expanding
its influence there almost daily.
Is this Government satisfied
with the conduct of that COM
mand and. if not, have we
made any representations to
Secretary Hammarskjold?
A. Well the situation is now
uncertain in the Congo and it is
not possible to accept the pre-
mise upon which your question
is based.
The U. N. resolution, and
therefore. the new mandate
given to the secretary is really
only a week old. I am hopeful
that the resolution will be car
ried out effectively. We are
going to continue to concern
ourselves. as members OF the
United Nations, with its sue
cessful implementation.
@. Mr.. President, what is the
role Of Mr.. Sargent Schriver in
the Peace Corps. sir?
A. He has been working in
organizing the Peace Corps.
@. Will he continue? Will he
head it now that it is set up?
A. Well. We are going to
make a judgment about who
will be the head and what
its staff will be in several days.
He has been working on q
voluntary basis up to this
time.
Civil Rights Query
@. Mr.. President, back in
January the Civil Rights Com
mission recommended tn a t
Federal funds be withheld
from public colleges and uni
verSitieS that discriminate on
grounds Of race, religion or
national origin. How do you
feel about this?
A. Well, 1t is not part Of
the-this matter, this recon-
mendation. as you know, is not
included in the legislation that
we sent to the Congress. AS
to whether we should by. ex-
ecutive order withhold funds
from certain schools, that is
a matter which is under con-
sideration. 1t will be more as
a part of our general, overall
study Of where the Federal
Government might justfully
place its power and influence
to expand civil rights.
We hope in the next few
days to have an executive Or
der forthcoming which will
strengthen the employment
opportunities. both in and out
Of the Government, for all
Americans, and it will be fol-
lowed as time goes on with
other action by the Federal
Government to expand en-
ployment possibilities.
One Of the areas which is
being considered, Of course,
is the field of education, an
other is the field of housing,
a great many areas where &C
ton might be taken. The one
that will be taken first will
be in the field Of employment.
@. Mr.. President.
A. Miss Craig.
@. Thank you. It has been
suggested. Mr.. President, that
when we give food to hungry
people in other countries, we
put it into an international
pool so that they will not know
where it comes from.
My question Is, If our system
can produce an over-abundance
OF food, and the Communist
system is not able to produce
enough sometimes for their
own people. why should we not
advertise this to the world and
label 1t as a gift Of the Amer
lean people?
A. I think we should. One
OF the matters discussed with
them and McGovern informed
me on. was this question, and
he told me that in his trips to
Brazil, on all of the food that
he saw being distributed which
had originated in the United
States, there was clearly
marked on it, "a gift from the
people Of the United States"
which I was glad to hear.
@. Mr.. President, there was a
great deal Of interest abroad In
your attitude and feeling to-
ward the Algerian peace talks