Evening star., 1961-02-08

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private business morality or
immortality on the community
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A. Well, having participated
in the investigation Of improper
practices in the labor or-manage-
ment field for two or three
years. and having had a good
deal Of public attention given
to 1t, I am hopeful that the
Department Of Justice, and the
Anti Trust Division which was
very effectively led in recent
months, and other agencies Of
the Government, will concern
us and the Congress will con-
cern itself about the problem
Of conflicts of interest and
monopolistic practices. as well
as Immoral practices con-
Quoted in the American busi-
ness community. And I hope
that the business community
itself will consider what steps
1t could take in order to lift
this shadow from its shoulder
Favors Ethics Code
@. Do you feel, sir, that per-
hapS business might well eS-
tablish codes Of ethical practice
such as the trade unions have
established?
A. Yes. I am hopeful that the
unions will live up to these
ethical practices which state a
very high standard for them;
and I think it would be very
beneficial If business groups to-
day would consider what they
could do to protect themselves
F., from charges Of conflicts of
interest Of the kind that we
have recently seen, and also
of the effort made by these
large electrical companies to
defraud the Government. And
I must say I would be inter-
ested to watch what progress
they can make in that area.
! Q. Mr.. President. Admiral
Burke's speech was originally
checked out and cleared Of cer-
tain things which I believe Mr..
Salinger said might have been
sources Of unnecessary friction
with the Soviet Union, and
some Republicans in Congress
charged that this was appease-
ment. Could you sketch in for
US the rather difficult ground
between appeasement and "un-
necessary friction?" ,
A. No. All I would say would
be that would hope that those
who make speeches in the area
Of national security, chiefs Of
staff and others, and all others,
would attempt to have those
speeches co-ordinated with the
Department of State and with
the White House, so that we
can make sure that those
speeches represent national pol
icy. I must say 1t seems to me
that Theodore Roosevelt set q
very good standard for us all,
and one which I hope this ad-
ministration will follow.
Cuban Problem
@. Mr.. President, on Monday
Mr.. Rusk said that the United
States was prepared to take
cooperative action with the
other American republics to
end tyranny against either the
left or the right. Is it con-
templated that we shall ask
1.-THE other American states to
join with US in some steps on
the Cuban problem?
A. The Cuban problem and the
problem of tyranny throughout
all Of Latin America is a matter
which is Of course Of special
concern to Mr.. Berle and his
group in the Inter-Departmen-
tai group, and they have not
concluded their analysis as yet.
@. Mr.. President, Castro is
reported to have built a new
radio station, one of the largest
in the hemisphere, which will
begin operations within a few
months to broadcast pro-Cas-
tro propaganda throughout
Latin America. Is there any,
thing we can do or plan to do
to counter this?
| A. We are giving the matter
of Cuba and its export Of its
revolution throughout Latin
America high priority I could
not state what actions will be
taken yet until Mr.. Berle, Mr..
Mann and Mr.. Rusk have con-
cluded their deliberations,
which are now going ahead
very intensely.
Tax Cut Studied
@. Mr.. President, one Of your
task forces recommended that
you use discretionary power
within limits to cut tax rates
as a counter-cyclical device.
Can you tell us what you think
Of this idea?
A. In 1858, there were two
proposals to cut taxes. One
was made in March and I be-
lieve the other was made In
June. I voted against it in
March and voted for it in June,
because 1t seemed to be. ac-
cording to the economists !
talked to, to be helpful. AS
you remember, I don't think it
got more than % or "a votes.
The recession was serious. We
ended up with a $12 billion
deficit. We are going to take
another look at the economy
in April and make a judgment
at that time whether we can
expect an upturn in the spring
or in the summer. I will say
that I am not convinced at the
present time that Congress
would entertain that proposal.
and I would not make it at
the r1reSeY1t time hecalise dn