Evening star., 1961-06-06
KENNEDY
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Senator Dirksen, asked abou
his discussions with the Presi.
dent, said Mr.. Kennedy ap,
peared to have been "ver,
much impressed" with Gen. d.
Gaulle and very much pleased
with his conversations with thu
French President.
He said Mr.. Kennedy also
was pleased about the result.
of his conversations with Mr.
Macmillan.
Senator Dirksen declined tt
say anything as to Mr.. Ken.
nedy's impressions of Mr.. Khru.
Shchev.
II will have to wait until
have a chance to ask the Presi.
dent what I can say about this,
Senator Dirksen told reporters
Il always did that with Presi.
dent Eisenhower and President
Kennedy is due the same con.
sideration."
Asked for his own reaction.
in his brief chat with Mr.. Ken.
nedy, Senator Dirksen said it il
his nature to be always cheer.
full" He would not expanc
on that statement.
At the White House, Mr.
Kennedy planned to work dur.
ing the day on the speech he
will broadcast at 7 pm. (EST)
tonight. 1t will be carried BY
all major television and radio
networks.
In tonight's talk. Mr.. Ken
nedy is expected to deal largely
an generalities in reporting hi;
conversations with Mr.. Khru-
shchev. But it seemed Certain
that he will reaffirm the Vests
determination to stand solidly
against any new Communist
thruSts in Berlin and other dan
ger spots.
Members Of CongreSs-di-
vided between hope and skepti-
ciSm-eagerly awaited Mr.. Ken
nedy'S report.
Six Hours Rest
The Presidents jet transport
reached Goose Bay, Labrador
at 1887 am. after a flight ot
about 5l2 hours from London
Mr.. Kennedy remained aboard
the plane for about six hours
rest before taking off for
Washington. Most of the 81
aboard the plane-including
Secretary of State Rusk-went
to barracks at the Labrador all
base to relax until takeoff time
Congressional Dem ocrats
generally were optimistic that
some improvement in East
West relations might grow out
of the Kennedy Khrushchev
meeting in Vienna. even though
no concrete results had been
anticipated. Republicans were
more skeptical.
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield said he believed the
conversations we're well worth
while" and may have contribu-
ted to laying the ground work
for lower-level negotiations on
East-West differences.
IF some reasonable agree
ments can now be reached at
the ambassadorial level, the
talks with Khrushchev may
have enhanced, indirectly at
least, the prospects for a real
summit meeting in the future, II
Senator Mansfield said.
Senator Fulbright said it
seemed to him the Vienna
meeting well served the pur-
pose of getting the two leaders
acquainted" and giving them
an opportunity to talk over
the world situation.
1T seems to me they were
very polite to each other, and
the meeting went off without
acrimony." Senator Fulbright
said. mo attempt was made
to give the informal talks a
big buildup and no one was
led to believe there would be
anything of a substantial ma
ture accomplished"
Dirksen Sees No Gains
Senator Dirksen, in q sep
arate interview in advance OF
Mr.. Kennedy's return, described
the Khrushchev session as "a
sparring match that solved
nothing" He added:
by the very nature of the
meeting not much could be
achieved. 1t was a showcase
in which two men of sharply
differing ideologies could con-
cede nothing to the other"
Three members of the For
eign Relations Committee
Senators Hickenlooper, Repub-
lican of Iowa; Sparkman, Dem
ocrat of Alabama, and Cape
hart, Republican of Indiana
expressed differing views.
Senator Hickenlooper saio
the conference may furnish Mr.
Khrushchev with a lot of griSt
for his propaganda mill"
Senator Sparkman said he
looks for Mr.. Kennedy to make
"a frank and direct report" tc
the American people on his
talk with Mr.. Khrushchev. He
added, II think the two had 9
profitable exchange, even il
the meeting was without posi-.
tive accomplishment =. I hope
the President is able to tel
us something about Laos anc
Berlin"
Senator Capehart said hi
can't see any particular bene-
fits from the informal size-ur
talks.
Just what was the purpose
of this meeting, anyway
Senator Capehart asked. "Wa'
it to build up Khrushchev anc
Russia as our equal in inter