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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Nixon Anxious:
TOUniteG.0.P.

NEW YORK. Nov. IA (AP).
Richard M. Nixon says the
best role he could play in
politics would be Ito unite the
party after the bloodletting"
over the 1864 Republican presi-
Dental nomination.
"It's getting very bloody"
the former Vice President told
reporters yesterday. b.
He reiterated that he is not
a candidate for the nomina-
ton, and said: p.
MY role as I see it is to be
a spokesman on great issues
where I have something i'm
portant to say and experience
and also to stay out Of the
fight within the Republican
Party which must 60 on until
the nomination so ! can use
my influence behind the candi-
date nominated =" .
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller OF
New York and Senator Barry
Goldwater Of Arizona are the
leading contenders.
"It's q rugged fight" Mr..
Nixon said. This Is not uns
usual. We already have seen.
bloodIetting. There1l be some
more blood spilled before it's
over. =.
"In 1860, President Kennedy
and Lyndon Johnson said
things far worse about each
other than what has been said
to this point. and they got
together. =
II want to see the Repub-
licans have their arguments,
but settle them without burn
ing their bridges behind them"
Mr.. Nixon, who lost the elecs
ton to Mr.. Kennedy in 1860,
was asked: eff nominated,
would you refuse to run?"
"If nominated" he replied.
81 would refuse to run because
you can't be nominated unless.
you run first and that means
that you would have to enter
the primaries, which I'm not
going to do. The question Is
completely unrealistic and by
pothetical. =
I'm not saying I don't want
to be President. I'm saying.
I'm not going to be a candi-'
date. Anybody in the United
States wants to be President.
There's a time and place for
everything"
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Mrs. Smith Seen
As Formidable

@. AS a possible candidate
for President, would you COM
ment on the possible candidacy
Of Margaret Chase Smith, and
specifically what effect that
would have on the New Hamp-
shire primary?
A. I would think If I we're a
Republican candidate I would
not look forward to campaign
ing against Margaret Chase
Smith in New Hampshire or,
as a possible candidate for
President, I think she is very
formidable. if that is the ap-
propriate word to use about q
very fine lady. She is very
formidable as a political figure
@. Getting back to Prof
Borghoorn for a moment, the
negotiations for renewal Of the
exchange agreement with the
Soviet Union are scheduled tt
begin next Tuesday and now
as I understand it, have beer
postponed.
A. That is right.
@. Do those negotiations de.
pend upon the release Of Prof
Borghoorn?
A. I don't think it is help
full to the professor to try to
put these conditions upon it,
I just say there is no sense
having a program If a man
who is innocent of any intel
ligence mission, which is true
in this case, Is subjected to
arrest and without means of
defense. How can you carry on
that kind of a program? I am
sure that everybody would
agree that it would be hopeless
under those conditions.
@. Would you comment on
the wheat deal with the So
Wet Union, and tell us whether
the Export = Import Bank, or
whether any other agency of
Government is doing more in
this field than it would for
any friendly country?
A. No, it will not do more
than it would for any friendly
country. The matter is now in
private negotiations, and
don't know what is going to
happen on the deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
u. S. Retreat
Is Doubted

@. Mr.. President. before you
leave the subject, sir, would
you comment just a bit fur
ther? It is still a fact that a
negative action by a Congress
is something that an admins
tration has great difficulty in
coping with. Has the admins
tration, has the Government,
looked ahead to the possibility
and prepared against it?
A. No, I can't believe that
the Congress of the United
States is going to be so unwise
unless we are going to retreat
from the world, give up in
South Wet Nam, give up in
Latin America.
I said before that what we
are talking about in the case of
Latin America Alliance for
Progress, for all of Latin Amer
lea, is what the Soviet Union
and the bloc are putting into
Cuba alone.
Can you tell me that the
United States is not able to
do that? In addition, these
amendments which are passed
because they don't like a
particular leader on a particu-
lar national policy at the
moment-it is a very changing
world.
Because they don't like the
fishing policy We are going to
decide to end all aid to the
three countries in Latin Ameri-
ca that are hard pressed, rather
than permitting us to negotiate
the matter out. But anyway,
as 1 say, they have their
responsibilities and I have mine.
I am just trying to make it
very clear that I cannot fulfill
my responsibilities in the field
of foreign policy without this
program.
Now, the most important pro-
gram, is our national security,
but I don't want the United
States to have to put troops
there. What will happen In
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next month. maybe sooner. The
tax bill hearings have been
quite voluminous. 1t would seem
to me that it might be possible
to end those hearings and bring
the matter to the floor Of the
Senate before the end Of the
year. Otherwise, the civil rights
bill will come over after the
first Of the year and there may
be a very long debate. The tax
bill may be caught up in that.
suppose some people are
hopeful that that is so. but I
am not. I think the economy
will suffer. The economy will
suffer and I think and I GER
tainly would not want to be
responsible for that. Therefore,
I would like to get the tax bill
out Of the way quickly and this
important piece Of legislation.
I would think the members Of
Congress would.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Working to Get
Orderly Withdrawal

On the United Arab Repub-
lie, the United States, as you
know, 80 per cent of its assist
ance consists of food, surplus
food. We have been working
to try to get a withdrawal, an
orderly withdrawal, in the case
of the Yemen.
There has not been a conflict,
I think a good deal as a result
of effort which we and others
have made, between Saudi
Arabia and the UAR. I am
concerned about the Yemen
because the rate of withdrawal,
of course, has been quite lin
tied.
There are going to be fur
ther Withdrawals by January,
but unless those Withdrawals
are consistent with earlier
statements, I would think that
the chance of increased tension
between the UAR and Saudi
Arabia would substantially in
crease.
But I don't think, Mr.. Ken
worthy. that the language that
the Senate adopted, which calls
upon me to make a finding
which is extremely complicated
to make, particularly strength
ems our hands or our flexibility
in dealing with the UAR.
In fact, it will have the op-
posite result.
These countries are poor-I
am not talking now about the
UAR, most of them these
threats that the United States
is going to cut off aid is a
great temptation to Arabic
countries to say, "Cut it off,"
They are nationalist, they
are proud, they are in many
cases radical.
I don't think threats from
Capitol Hill bring the results
which are frequently hoped.
A quiet word may not bring
it. But I think there is a
great temptation to Say-at
the time the ASwan Dam was
cut off, that produced-that
did not bring the Arab Repub-
lie to follow us.
It produced the opposite re-
suit.
I am afraid of these other
threats. I think it is a very
dangerous, untidy world. I
think we will have to live with
it. I think one of the ways
to live with it is to permit us
to function.
If we don't function, the
voters will throw us out. But
don't make it impossible for us
to function by legislative re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Disturbed Over
Tax, Rights Bills

@. Mr.. President, it now
seems unlikely that you will get
either your tax bill or your
civil rights bill in this session
Of Congress. Does that disturb
you?
"A. I think that the longer
the delay. I think, yes, I think
1t. Is unfortunate. The fact Of
the matter is that both these
bills should be passed.
The tax bill has been before
the Congress for nearly a year.
The civil rights has been there
for a much shorter time. 1t
didn't go up until June.
I am hopeful that the House
will certainly act on that in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Worst Attack
On FOREIGN Aid

@. Year by year, the foreign
aid program seems to encounter
more and more resistance in
the Congress. This year, we are
seeing Senators who ordinarily
in the past have gone along
with the program
A. Yes, this is the worst at
tack on foreign aid that we
have seen since the beginning
of the Marshall Plan.
@. In the event that one of
these years the Congress. the
arguments for foreign aid not
withstanding, surprises itself by
voting the program out, what
would we do then?
A. I think it would be a great
mistake. Of course, some of the
difficulty is where the President
sits and where the members of
the Senate sit. It has been said
very many times, and I never
questioned it, that the Senate
and Congress have every right
to decide how much money
should be appropriated. That
is their constitutional right.
But on the other hand, the
President bears particular re-
sponsibilities in the field of
foreign policy. If there are fail
ures in the Middle East, Africa,
and Latin America and South
Wet Nam and Laos, it is usual
ly not a Senator who is selected
to bear the blame, but it is the
misunderstanding President
of the United States.
I regard this President
Eisenhower regarded it, and
President Truman-it is no CO.
incidence that all three Presi-
dents since this program began,
and the presidential candidates
MIR. Nixon and Mr.. Steven
son, and Gov. Dewey, and all
of them, Gov. Rockefeller today
and others-it seems to me all
recognize the Importance of
this program.
1t is because it is a very val
liable arm of the United States
in the field of foreign policy.
I don't think it is recognized
what an important influence
this has.
Now, we have spent $51 bill
lion or $50 billion on defense.
We spent SIS billion on the
atomic energy program, and
we spent IS billion on space,
of which at least a good per-
centage has a military impli-
cation in the sense of our ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Aid Problems
In Hemisphere

@. Mr.. President, we will soon
be getting some distressing
news from Sac Paulo in Brazil
in relation to the Alliance for
Progress. The Post had a piece
this morning saying that an
idea has been circulated by
which the Alliance would be
made worldwide with the par
ticipation Of Eastern European
countries and the Soviet Union
in this to help the Alliance
reach its goals. Can you tell
us in principle what you think
about it?
A. No. I have never heard of
that. and we are not proposing
to engage in a joint effort with
the Eastern Europeans. That is
a matter, of course, of sovereign
decision, but I don't regard
them as interested at all in
the Alliance because the ALI
ance and the charter of Punta
del Este is based upon the de-
velopment of free, democratic
societies in Latin America,
which is our objective. Their
objective, of course, is different,
so I don't see how you can Join
them in the Alliance.
@. Mr.. President, several
months ago you nominated
David Rabinowitz to be a
Federal judge in Western Wis
consin. Since that time the
American Bar Association has
opposed this nomination and a
majority of lawyers polled by
the State Bar Association said
that he was unqualified. Do
you still support this nomina-
ton, or in view of this opposi-
ton are you going to withdraw?
A. No. I am for David Rabin-
owitZ all the way. I know him
very well, in fact for a number
If years. The American Bar
Association has been very
helpful in making the judg-
nent, but I am sure they would
agree that they are not in
.allible. Mr.. Brandeis was very
much opposed. There are a
good many judges who have
oeen opposed who have been
'ather distinguished, and I am
or David RabinowitZ.
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unwise to attempt to negotiate
out here, but we did recognize
the junta in Peru on the as
surances that they would hold
elections. They did hold them
and the result was very fair.
So it shows that 1t can be done.
That is what we would like to
see done in these countries.
@. Mr.. President, to go back
to the Russian-American prob
lem, given the fact that our
relations seem to alternate be-
tween hot and cold, the Barg-
hoorn case and the autobahn
at the moment, what do you
say to those Americans who
say that in such a situation
we should sell wheat to the
Soviet Union? In other words,
certainally not without trying
to use it as a method Of, say.
negotiating some better arrage-
ment on the autobahn.
A. Well, I think the wheat
deal is desirable for us. It is
desirable for the Soviet Union.
1 am not convinced-it may
mean 5000 million in balance
of payments for us. 1t means
wheat to the Soviet Union.
But in view of the supplies
that the Soviet Union has In
its own country, IN Australia,
in Canada, I am not sure that
the wheat can carry other
loads. I think it pretty much
stands on its own. 1t is of
some benefit to us, some bene-
fit to the Soviet Union, but
this idea that other things can
be hitched onto it-but quite
obviously this kind of trade
depends upon a reasonable
atmosphere in both countries.
I think that atmosphere has
been badly damaged by the
Barghoorn arrest. In the case
Of the autobahn, this is a con-
tinuing matter over a good
many years. We are going to
maintain our rights in Berlin
and we have made that quite
clear. I expect we are going
to have difficulties, and the
Soviet Union may have diff
culties in other matters. But
Prof. Barghoorn I regard as
a very serious matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Madame Mus
Return to u. S.

@. Mr.. President, Madame
Nhu has now left the United
States but indicated that she
intends to return. viii we
renew her tourist visa?
A. Yes, sir.
@. And if she asks for it,
will we grant her permanent
residence?
A. I think we will certainly
permit her to return to the
United States If she wishes to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Sukurno Blasts
In Senate Brine
Official Protest
By the Associated Press

Indonesia has proteste d
against Senators who referred
to President Sukarno as a
bandit and a no-good man.
A written protest was de-
livered yesterday to Secretary
Of State Rusk by Indonesiari
Ambassador Zairin Zain, who
told reporters:
I'm this type Of democracy.
a free expression is all right.
but it is not democratic to
insult chiefs Of state.
you are a powerful and
wealthy country, but it does
not give you the right to insult
and SANDER the chief of state,
Whether you like it or not.
President Sukarno is the rem
reSentative of 100 million Indo-
nesians. He is their idol. 1t
is only the Indonesian people
who can pass judgment on
him"
Mr.. Zain was referring to
remarks made during Senate
debate on the foreign aid bill
by Senators Morse, Democrat
of Oregon, and Dominick, Re-
publican Of Colorado.
Senator Dominick referred
to Mr.. Sukarno as a bandit
and Senator Morse called Mr.
Sukarno a no-good and corrupt
man who would be in bed with
the Communists were it not for
American aid.
Both the Senate and the
House have voted restrictions
on further United States aid.
to Indonesia. unless President
Kennedy finds it in the ma
tional interest to continue the,
aid.
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me the best way to do It Is to
confine my remarks to what I
have said. I am merely say~
ing-in fact. I wouldn't even
say it any more.
@. Mr.. President, the Sena.
tors from New England met
this morning in the office Of
Senator Kennedy and agreed to
renew their annual appeal for
relief on wool and for the lift
ing of restrictions on residual
oil. What can you do and what
will you 10 to help the people
in New England on these prob
lens? "
A. Well, as I understand 1t,
on one case there is a desire
to limit imports and the other.
is to encourage imports. I used
to take par: ir those meetings
myself.
On the other hand-and
there is a matter of concern
as a matter of fact, yesterday
I met with the head Of the
coal producers, the Coal As
ISOLATION are very concerned
about the imports of residual
oil. But it is a fact that the
imports Of woolens and worsteds
have gone up from about is to
% o. % per cent, so there has
been a sharp increase, and it is
matter Of concern. In the
case of residual, we are at
tempting to-that Is a matter
Of great interest, as you know,
to Venezuela, which is q coun-
try that is under Communist
attack and, therefore, we have
to consider that obligation as
well as our obligations to the
domestic coal industry. So we
have not forgotten New Eng
land.
Thank you, Mr.. President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Plans to Keep
Horkins in Job

@. Mr.. President, there have
been published reports that
Gen. Harkins may have lost
his usefulness in Wet Nam
because Of his Identification
with the Diem regime and lack
of contacts with the new gen.
erals running the country.
Would you care to comment on
that?
A. I think it is wholly I'M
true. I have complete con-
fidence in him. He was just
doing his job. I think he said
In the interview yesterday that
he had seen Mr.. Nhu, I think,
only three times. He had seen
President Diem on a number
Of occasions. That was his job,
and that is what he was sent
for-to work with the govern
ment in power-and that Is
what he will do with the new
government. I have great con-
fidence in Gen. Harkins. There
may be some who would like
to see Gen. Harkins go, but
I plan to keep him there.
@. Mr.. President, following
up that, sir. would you give US
your appraisal Of the situation
in South Wet Nam now, since
the coup, and the purposes Of
the Honolulu conference?
A. 1t is to review the situa-
ton there, because we do have
a new government, we hope an
increased effort in the war. The
purpose of the meeting at
Honolulu, which Ambassador
Lodge will be there, Gen. Har-
kins will be there, and others,
Secretary Mcnamara and
others, and then later, as you
know, Ambassador Lodge will
come here, is to attempt to
assess the situation - what
American policy should be, and
what our aid policy should be,
how we can intensity the
struggle, how we can bring
Americans out Of there.
Now, that is our object, to
bring Americans home. permit
the South Wet Namese to
maintain themselves as a free
and independent country and
permit democratic forces with
in the country to operate.
which they can. oflcourse, much
more freely when they are
solded from the inside, and
which is manipulated from the
north. is ended. So, the purpose
of the meeting in Honolulu is
how to pursue these detectives.
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No implications
On Wheat Seen

@. Mr.. President, sir, do you
mean to leave the implication
by your remarks on the wheat
thing that if the Barghoorn
case is not satisfactory
A. No, I wouldn't attempt to.
I want to get Prof. Barghoorn
out of prison and it seems to
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the tax bill are very compli-
Gated and important pieces Of
legislation, in fact more sig
nificant in their own way than
legislation which has been sent
up there for a decade.
Ny judgment is that by the
time this Congress goes home,
in the sense of next summer,
that in the fields Of education.
mental health, taxes, civil
rights. this is going to be q
record that is going to be
however dark it looks now.
I think that Westward look
the land is bright" and I think
by next summer it may be.
@. In view Of what you Just
said, sir, you listed certain
items, you did not mention
medical care for the aged. Even
though Chairman Mills has
promised to hold hearings this
month, there does not seem to
be any immediate prospect of
clearing it.
Since he was so helpful on
the tax bill, are you prepared
to ask him to cast his vote to
get that out of committee so
that the House can vote on it?
A. I think that we are going
to get that bill out of commit
tee, not this year, but next
year. and I think we will have
a vote on it, and I think it will
pass. But I don't think it viii
pass this year. But I think
it will next year.
I did not mean to make an
exclusive list. I am looking
forward to the record of this
Congress, but it may not come
until-this is going to be an
18-month delivery.
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tional security. and we spend
all of this money and yet we
are going to deny the Presi-
dent of the United States a
very, very valuable weapon in
maintaining the influence Of
the United States in this very
diversified world.
I can't imagine anything
more dangerous than to end
this program. 1 can assure
you that whoever is President
Of the United States succeed
ing me will support this pro-
gram.
The second point I want to
make is that what we are now
talking about is only a fourth
of what we tried to do in the
early sos. What I said in
the-I don't understand why
we are suddenly so fatigued.
I don't regard the struggle
as over and / don't think it is
probably going 10 be over for
this century. I think this is
a continuing effort, and it is
not a very heavy one. 1t is a
fraction Of our budget, a frac-
ton of our gross national prod
uct, and the gross national
product of the United States
has increased 500 billion, will
have by the end Of this year,
in a three-year period.
So what we are asking is a
billion dollars less the average
program since 1947. The need
today is greater, these countries
are poor. there is a good many
more Of them; and yet, we are
being denied, the President of
the United States is being
threatened with denying him
a very important weapon in
helping him meet his RESPONSE
bilities. The Congress has its
responsibility, but in the field
of foreign policy there are
particular burdens placed on
the President, whoever he may
be.
The Supreme Court in the
Curtis rider said the President
is the organ of the country in
the field of foreign policy. I
just want to say personally, as
President, and my predecessor
said the same, that this pro-
gram is essential to the conduct
of our foreign policy, and,
therefore, I am asking the Con-
gress Of the United States to
give me the means of conduct
ing the foreign policy of the
United States, and if they do
not want to do so, then they
should recognize that they are
severely limiting my ability to
protect the interests. That is
how important I think this
program is.
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u. S. Recognition
OF Peru Junto

Q. In general terms. sir, can
you say whether we would be
prepared to accept the same
conditions for reorganization
there as we did in the case of
the junta in Peru, elections
within one year. for example?
A. Well, I think it would be