The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-06

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that he is personally master.
minding an extraordinary high
pressure drive to gain this end
Every possible wire is being
pulled and every influence ex.
erted in this massive backstage
effort. Nothing is being left un
done to put it over including
yachting trips for senators dowr
the Potomac in the cool Of the
evening"" and carefully planned
and timed publicity pronounce
ments by notables of all kinds
The yachting parties are BE-
ing given by Secretary Dear
RuSk and Lawrence O'Brien
chief Of White House liaisor
with Congress. Using the Of
ficial yacht Of the Navy Secre
tary, they are taking senators or
cruises down the Potomac dur
ing which they are luxuriously
Wined and dined.
In the course of these sooth
ing jaunts, the test ban pact is
invariably brought up, ane
stress placed on the President {
urgent desire for prompt ane
decisive ratification.
The President is busying him
self comforting personally anc
by phone with senators of bott
parties. This is also being done
by top officials ard importan,
administration supporters out
side the government, particular.
" women active in local anc
state politics.
It was the President who di
rectly initiated the vigorous
backstage move to obtain un-
animous favorable report from
the Foreign Relations Commit
tee, and to induce the Senate to
begin debating the treaty BY
early next week.
Told the former would be very
difficult to omplish, the
President asked why.
There are two main obsta
cles." replied Senate Democratic
Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont
Frank Lausche tD-O) ano
Karl Mundt IR-S.D.l. The !
have strong misgivings. OF the
two, Lausche is the most crit
cal. He has asked some very
tough questions of administra
ton witnesses.
PUTTING RUSK ON THE
SPOT 49, Senator Mansfield was
not exaggerating.
Graphically illustrative O.
Senator Lausche's bare knuckleo
grllllng was the difficult time he
gave Secretary Rusk on Russia (
long record Of broken and be
trayed International agreements
Citing detailed list of them
Lausche compelled Rusk to ad
init that entering into a treaty
with the Soviet is risky.
Following are highlights @
this significant unreported ex
change:
Lausche: Russia takes the
position that when it makes {
treaty, in the absence of speci
tying a particular period Of time
that it is to endure, it has the
inherent and sovereign right K
terminate that agreement when
ever it pleases?"
| Rusk: Il would not want t.
say that is flat and incompre
hensive on every issue
Lausche: If we approve this
treaty, ! am quite certain thai
| Congress as well as the admin
istration would contemplate exc
cutting it in the spirit and in the
letter.
Rusk: Il think there is nc
question about that
Lausche: I'm that event. no
only Congress- but the admins
tration and the people shoule
weigh what the probability is o.
Russia attitude concerning full
fillment Of the promise. On the
basis Of that premise, want to
recite in detail Russia S conduc
IN the past on breaking treaties
starting in February 1920, wher
IT made separate peace treatie.
with Estonia. Latvia, Lithuania
recognizing their independence
and sovereignty, and the1
breaking every one Of these
treaties"
Lausche then recited a Ions
list Of pacts violated by Russia
Nov we come to the las
agreement that the Sovie
broke" continued Lausche. :.
am referring to the commitment
! that we would have the right t.
inspect whether those missile.
were removed from Cuba. Tha
promise was not kept"
Rusk: That is correct. Castro
would not acede to that"
Lausche: But a commitment
was made that neutral nation.
would be permitted to ascertain
whether the missiles were re
moved. And that commitmen
was not fulfilled"
| Rusk: THAT is correct"
Lausche: In the face Of thi,
far-from-comple recitation O
breaches Of pledges and commit
mentS. ask YOU if we are Il