DODD DISPUTES FULBRIGHT ON DOMINICAN INTERVENTION

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• Publication Date: September 17, 1965
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SEP 17 1965
DDodd'Disputes Fulbright
?n' Dominican'InterventionF
By JOSEPH R. L. S'TERNE
[waehington Bureau of The Sun]
But-Young also suggestedlhit' Case -Disagrees
Dndd's fight with Fulhrightmight l Still another comment came
he due in part to Fulbright's,' rv- I from Senator Case (R., N.J.), who
posure of the fact' that. Podd had said he had heard noting in the
attended only one of thihteen com- Foreign Relations Committee's
mittee hearings on the l ominican closed hearings that would justify
situation. ? FulbrighL's conclusion.
Fulbright got more,direct sun- This, In much greater detail,
port today from Senator Morse was the chief argument embodied
(D., Ore.), a member of the com- in the Dodd speech.
mittee. The Connecticut Senator said he.
Morse chargeel'that the:Depart-ih d
Washington, Sept. 16-SenatorJack Hood Vaughn, Assistant See.
Dodd (D., Conn.) said tonight the retary of State.
attack by Senator Fulbright (D., "Therefore, I consider it all the
Ark.) on United States interven? more regrettable that the chair-
tion in the Dominican Republic
would man of the Foreign Relations
help the Communists
vivo a re- Committee with the great pres-
dying issue. tige that attaches to his position,
Fulbright, chairman of the Sen?
ate has seen fit to reopen the entire
Foreign Relations Committee, issue of American intervention in
caused a furor yesterday by label- the Dominican' Republic in , this
ing the intervention a 'grievous tendentious manner," Dodd stat-
mistake" that has alienated social ed.
reformers in Latin America. Publicity Expected
Today Dodd disputed this view
by telling the Senate that many "Although the reports are not
e in, I am certain that his
members of the democratic left s
s
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k
p
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n Latin countries hai t
ed up and
ve coneo believe that last April's action played heavily by every Commu-,
staved off another Communist fell and crypto-Communist and
take-over in the Caribbean. fellow traveler eler and anti-American
Johnson Speech Cited leftist who wields a pen in the
Dodd cited. the "tremendous im- Latin American press."
pact" of President Johnson's An. Dodd predicted there would bet
gust 17 speech where he com- heavy emphasis on Fulbright's;
0
rye eomesetc great. Society pro.
gram.
The Senator also mentioned the
"tumultuous .welcome" recently
ens. of Defense and the Central, a no quarrel with FulbrIghts
Intelligence Agency.. cannot seem hclief ,that the United States
to. understand that the Alliance should oppose the vested interests
for Progress was; designed. not. to and side with social reformers on
the suppress but to aid and direct so- Democratic Left In Latin
cial changes In Latin America.. America. Morse said that right -w?itig But he said lie disagreed with
champions of the status quo ex- Fulbrighl's contention that Am-
plait the gullibility of United nssador William Tapley Bennett
Slates military and CiA officials exaggerated American officials had
by warning of communism to within ethe robot movement Influence
block reforms essential for 'the
success of the alliance. Recalling that there was no
ay , nu"w
to hasten the day when the great power, Dodd said "'""s"` erred
masses of people in Latin Ameri? Ito seeking "mathematical proof"
ca will have no other path to fol? that the Communists had seized
low to the. promise of economic control of the Dominican revolu.
freedom than the Communist tiod.
path," Morse said. ' He suggested that American Of.
Committee in the Smtale In the g?` ape:ecn.. a"1 i.nev,slon oroaa?i
Senator Dirksdn fill 1 II IA lie- nsls by the rebels bore the hea?I
HDoddaspoke lseve^vd thm n.sl ifIo, publican leader, said the ll resi? vy nod unmistakable imprints o(l
posing rather than supporting so- " ""'"111 a raise promise. An I .. "awls ur certain criteria that
cial reform. other intervention on behalf of the he found convincing. These were:
likes of Donald Reid and Elias', 1 Seventy-seven ideniiliable
Before Dndd took the floor to Wessin Y Wessin gusted Domini
(,n eb la held cpmmand posts
speak ton h, -nher where the can leaders and the people nF:La fn the the rebel movement.
temporary p i>tdmg officer was,tin America will know onee`and 2. The general political co pa,
the only other senator present -- `- sition ofi the revolt was shifting
for all Ilan lhn
Progress dirdreal Alhante (m
Senator Smathers (D Fla.), from the democratic Loft, to the
e
praised, him for offering an ' ex. ` with John Filzgr?,r three Communist pat-ties.
cellent, accurate and logical" re? aid Kennedy' I
sponse to Fulbright. r 1'he two Senate flnm l Ira{]u?s 3'T~te revolt was highly or
Smathers contended that Dodd's apparently took appnsuig views zed and "a lo.Nibnok opcal , innin
views represented those of the ma- led." n.,......"..._ ,. , the seizure Of
n
Luther Icing, ;Jr,, the civil righlsl with Communi t~threat in Santo
leader; was promoting appease-I Domingo but h e added that once
meat by offering proposals W;ondf4l!la revolt: starts the'Commgnlsts
ibexietn$nlwan;irJi ,,.w6iaA'l -c.tfl slvarm 1U .l ',; l,,,s::
Communist Conspiracy " I, among the rebel forces.
Youngs cr't{ciao u is sharked',' Senator Mansfield (Montt, the,
primarily by D(dd's assertion lusty Democratic leader said he agreed)
week that the Rev Dr Marl
"
?rv"?,~?~.. v,gua,or wno Seeks amigo ant( aI pgildup' in the
to play God with the ]iiira.e)strcngfh'of, communist elements
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anti-Communist progressives.
Tq.flocument his view that the
United States has not forfeited
the sgpportof social reformers in
Latin America has Fulbright held?
Dodd recited Slate~ients byvar?
ious.- progressive -organizations
and newspapers.
1p I find It most regrettable (hats
the Senator from Arkansas ig-
Inored this mass of evidence,"j
Drcff said.
"Indred. I fail (o understand
show he could have Ignored it SSnntehrnr, it seems In me that he:
has shutout from his mind all
faclswhk'h fail in I m?monizc.withl
,the' Recnncelvcd thesis that tile'
rebels were right and tj]p Mini?i
triktration was Mng " .:.r J