The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-07-05

Barry GOldWater may have had
what will prove to be their first
encounter of the fateful 1854 cleo
ton battle.
The President fired the first
shot and got an immediate and
combative rejoinder.
Goldwater went to the White
House at the Presidents request
for a discussion of his plans to
persuade Premier Khrushchev to
come to a nuc!ear test ban
agreement Undersecretary Of
State Averell Hartman is fly
ing to Moscow shortly in an eff
fort to negotiate such an &C
cord.
AS Goldwater was leaving, the
President remarked smiingly.
Barry. the way things are shap-
ing up, it looks as if you and !
may 60 to the mat next year.
Looking the President square
ly in the eye and without smil-
ing, the arrow straight Arizonan
replied, II haven't made up my
mind yet. But / can tell you one
! thing. If l ann nominated, you
will have the political fight Of
your life"
I'm quite sure OF that" said
the President quietly and ser
iously.
At the behest Of the Senate
Armed Services Committee. Of
which Goldwater is a member
he inspected the Defense Depart
ment's far-flung communications
system in the huge Pentagor
building. This network includes
the Washington end of the re-
Gently installed 'hot line tt
the Kremlin. The committee ask
ed Goldwater to make this scrut
my because he is a major gen
eral Of the Air Force Reserve
and knowledgeable about com
municatiOns.
He reported to the committee
that he was greatly impressed
by the scope and efficiency o.
the Pentagon sytem. In Il
minute period, he talked to q. S
BASES IN - 10 countries.
FAMILY WRANGLE-SenatOr
Estes Kefaver, D-Tenn., mill
tant antimonoply crusader, anC
Thomas .Corcoran, one-time in
fluential New Deal brain-truster
are old friends, but that didn't
keep them from claShing angri
ly at a closed-door meeting Of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
Corcoran, now a highly sue
cessful corporation lawyer. tru
culently challenged a Kefauvel
accusation. and made him bach
down.
The committee was consider
ing measures advocated by Ke
fauver to reduce the price o.
drugs. CorcOran, representing
large pharmaceutical interest
was taStifyinp on this issue Sud
denly, Kefauver asked him
about a report that he had in
pired an article infelring the
drug industry would oppose
funds for the Alliance for Prog
ress if Kefauver. persisted in his
proposals.
That is absolutely untrue.
Numbered Corcoran. Now, Els
ties, you either prove that Or take
it back"
Obviously startled by Corcor
ans vehemence, Kefauver hem
med and haWed. But Corcorar
held adamantly to his demand
Brushing aside formality ane
senatorial courtesy, the one
time top New Dealer truculent
ly insisted, i Estes, said prove
it or take it back, right now!
For a long moment the two
men looked intently at one an
other. Finally. Kefauver sale
placatingly II take it back
After the meeting, he and Cor
coran agreed to ask that thu
explosive incident be expungee
from the transcript of the pro
cedings. That was done.
Corcoran's eldest daughter i.
following in her fathers foot
steps. She has completed hel
first year at Harvard Law
School. from which he graduated
some 40 years ago. His frs
job was law clerk to the latt
famed Supreme Court Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
COP POLITICAL - Former
President Eisenhower may bt
the keynote speaker at the Re
publican national convention
in San Francisco next July. Ma
tional Committee strategists ar
seriously considering that. If i
id decided to have someone els
make his address, it is certain
Eisenhower will be one Of thu
main speakers at the convention
That has been definitely deter
mined. It's also likely that ex
Vice President Nixon will b.
asked to talk. He has let it bt
known he is eager to be Of
the program as he will not be {
delegate. New York party chief,
have no intention of including
him in their delegation Rep
resentative Charles Matthias Jr.
/ R-Md., is considering a primal.
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