GOP ENDS THE TRUCE ON JFK'S CUBA POLICY

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: October 30, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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On JFK's Cuba PoIiq, :,
By MILTON V IORST
New York Post Correspondent
Washington, Oct. 30-The moratorium on politics Is over.
Republicans, who refrained from criticism of the President during the heat of the
Cuban crisis, have resumed their role as the opposition party and begun questioning the
'
,6P "? lta
Ends the lIEU
President
s policies during re-_, P trtsi,
cent weeks.
Sen. Goldwater (R.Ariz.)
threw cold water on the week-.
end agreement with the Russi-
See William V. Shannon on
Page 3.1.
OW.
ans by condemning the LT. S. Democratic chances to wins eats
pledge not to invide Cuba-. Ile in the House and Senate.
urged the President to get rid Lost In the maelstrom of re?
of advisors who have "consist- cent days have been the debates
ently urged a soft policy toward over medicare, an Urban Affairs
communism." Dept., aid to education and other
Sen. Capehart (R-Ind.), whom domestic issues. The Cuban
President Kennedy charred with crisis is certain to obscure the
warmongering several weeks t meaning of any major change
ago. warned that the U. S. must
not "-give communism a deed to
Cuba forever."
Sen. ;Miller (R-Iowa) has call-
ed for an investigation of U. S.
Intelligence activities, on the
grounds that they failed to tell
the President what all Republi-
that may result from the vot?
The President for his part has
reaffirmed his determination to
stay out-of the remainder of the
campaign, as well as his decision
to keep his closea dvisers and
-had become a Soviet base in the President has grown mightily, in
away, there is no clear con running for reelection, most'Qti.#1
ensus here on what the Cuban t4'rvers believe his action would
millions of votes from an op-
ponent.
,But there Is no certainty that'
he can transmit this electoral)
credit to Democratic candidates.
Democrats are hoping to capital-
iz~ on the -argument that a vote
for them is a vote of confidence
ipPresident Kennedy.
risis did to Republican and iri'bbably" ' have 'a~VOtt atvatl "
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