THE SANTO DOMINGO HEARINGS BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

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FOOD AND AGRICUL11.11-tE ACT OF
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Mr. CARLSON. Mr. president, I sub-
mit an amendment to the farm bill for
printing, and ask that it lie at the Vice
President's desk until the farm bill is be-
fore the Senate for consideration.
The amendment provides that, not-
withstanding any other provisions of
law, the Commodity Credit Corporation
shall not make any sales of wheat at less
than 110 percent of current support
prices plus reasonable carrying charges;
and for the unumbering of subsequent
sections accordingly.
It is my intention to discuss the
amendment more fully at a future date,
but I wish to have it printed and lie at
the desk so that other Senators who are
interested may consider the proposal,
which I think is important to the Na-
tion's agriculture and the wheat farmers
of the Nation.
The PRESIDING OrviCER. The
amendment will be received, printed, and
will lie on the desk, as requested.
CHANGE OF REFERENCE
Mr. GORE. Mr. President, I am ad-
vised that the chairman of the Commit-
tee on Armed Services, the Senator from
Georgia [Mr. RUSSELL] has no objection
to the re-referral of Senate bill 1391, to
authorize the Secretary of the Army to
convey certain lands at the old Hickory
lock and dam, Cumberland River, Ten-
nessee, to the Tennessee Society for
Crippled Children and Adults, Inc.
I ask unanimous consent that the bill
be re-referred to the Public Works Com-
mittee.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT?CHANGE
OF CONFEREE
Mr. DrRKSEN. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that the Senator
from South Dakota [Mr. MUNDT] be ex-
cused as a conferee on the bill (HR.
6927) to establish a Department of
Housing and Urban Development, and
for other purposes, and that the Senator
from New York [Mr. JAvirs] be appointed
In his stead.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
PRINTING OF REVIEW OF REPORT
ON LYTLE AND WARM CREEKS,
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. (S. DOC.
NO. 53)
25X1 Mr. McNAMARA. Mr. President, I
present a letter from the Secretary of the
Army, transmitting a report dated June
2, 1965, from the Chief of Engineers, De-
partment of the Army, together with
accompanying papers and an illustra-
? tion, on a review of the report on Lytle
? and Warm Creeks, San Bernardino,
Calif., requested by a resolution of the
Committee on Public Works, U.S. Sen-
ate. I ask unanimous consent that the
report be printed as a Senate document,
with an illustration, and referred to the
Committee on Public Works.
' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSOR OF BILL
Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that the name of
the distinguished Senator from Mary-
land [Mr. TYDINGS] may be added as co-
sponsor to S. 1927, to preserve as an area
of historic interest certain structures and
lands comprising the Washington Navy
Yard, at the next printing of the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
NOTICE CONCERNING NOMINA-
TIONS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON
THE JUDICIARY
Mr. EASTLAND. Mr. President, the
following nominations have been re-
ferred to and are now pending before the
Committee on the Judiciary:
Robert Nelson Chaffin, of Wyoming, to
be U.S. attorney, district of Wyoming,
term of 4 years?reappointment.
George A. Bukovatz, of Montana, to
be U.S. marshal, district of Montana,
term of 4 years?reappointment.
Keith Hardie, of Wisconsin, to be U.S.
marshal, western district of Wisconsin,
term of 4 years?reappointment.
On behalf of the Committee on the
Judiciary, notice is hereby given to all
persons interested in these nominations
to file with the committee, in writing, on
or before Wednesday, September 1, 1965,
any representations or objections they
may wish to present concerning the above
nominations, with a further statement
whether it is their intention to appear at
any hearing which may be scheduled.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
A message from the House of Repre-
sentatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its
reading clerks, announced that the
House had passed a bill (H.R. 10586)
making supplemental appropriations for
the Departments of Labor, and Health,
Education, and Welfare for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1966, and for other
purposes, in which it requested the con-
currence of the Senate.
HOUSE BILL R.L.t. hitRED
The bill (H.R. 10586) making supple-
mental appropriations for the Depart-
ments of Labor, and Health, Education,
and Welfare for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1966, and for other purposes,
was read twice by its title and referred
trt tha-Ciarnmittpe? nn Annrnnrintinns
THE SANTO DO1V1IN ?A MUNI
BEFORE THE S PO IF FOREIGN
RELATIONS COM i EE
Mr. SYMINGTON. Mr. President, it
Is with regret that note the altercation
_ -between the chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and com-
mittee members as to actions incident to
U.S. intervention in the Dominican Re-
public.
I,agrec with the actions of the admin-
istration in this regard, and so stated
at The time of these hearings. But I
most certainly do not agree with a state-
ment made on the floor yesterday that
"a methodical effort was made to prove
that the United States was wrongly
within that Republic."
The document compiled by the com-
mittee staff was not one analyzing the
developments in Santo Domingo, or one
based on an effort to pass judgment on
administration policy.
It was meant to be a working paper
with which committee members could
outline the subject matter to be dis-
cussed during the hearings.
Questions were asked of administra-
tion witnesses about the purported facts
in the articles in question. From the
answers received I reached my conclu-
sion that the action of the administra-
tion was proper and sound under the
circumstances.
I do not believe that my friend the
Senator from Connecticut would have
criticized this development in the man-
ner he did if he had been present. For
example, a key witness for the admin-
istration was just as critical of some of
the newspapermen praised in the state-
ment of the Senator from Connecticut
as he was about some of the newspaper-
men criticized by the Senator.
The Senator from Arkansas mentioned
in the RECORD that he was considering
resigning as chairman of the committee.
In my opinion that would be a most un-
fortunate occurrence. The chairman is
a man of character and integrity; and
he has a profound background of long
experience in the field of foreign rela-
tions. I am proud to serve with him
on this committee. We do not always
agree, but that is characteristic of the
nature of our Government.
I am equally proud that he is not
either a rubber stamp for the executive
branch, or for any particular group on
this committee. He makes a sincere ef-
fort to develop the truth; and the way
the world is today, the truth would seem
of utmost importance.
Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. SYMINGTON. I am glad to yield
to my friend from Kansas.
Mr. CARLSON. I associate myself
with the remarks that the distinguished
Senator from Missouri has made regard-
ing our distinguished and most outstand-
ing chairman of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee. I cannot think of
anything that in my opinion would set
back our international programs and
policies more than even the suggestion
or thought that our chairman might
consider resigning from that great com-
mittee.
It has been a pleasure to be associ-
ated with the Senator from Arkansas
[Mr. FT:11BM=]. He is not only able, but
also a great student. As a member of
the committee, I cannot think of any-
one more able or better qualified. He
possesses qualities that make it a joy
to work with him.
I appreciate very much the comments
that the Senator from Missouri has
made.
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Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Peesident, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. SYMINGTON. / shall yield. But
nrst. Mr. President, I thank my able eel-
league, also a member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, the tits-
tingunhed senior Senator from Kansas.
Knowing him. I am not surprised at his
statement- I am grateful for what he
said.
I am glad to yield to the Majority
leader.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
Join my distinguished colleagues in the
remarks they have made about the chair-
? man of the Committee on Foreign Bela.-
.' tions. I. too, hone that be does not in-
tend to give serious consideration?or
any consideration?to the possibility of
resigning as chairman of the committee
which he now heads. He is the one Sen-
? ator who is present at every meeting.
He must undertake onerous responsibil-
ities, but he faces up to them with in-
dependence, with vigor, and with knowl-
edge
I came to the Congress 23 years ago
with BILL rineRIGHT. I have watched
him in those years with admiration and
respect. I have also noted that in the
press on occasion he takes unmerciful
beatings because he has the temerity to
express his independent thoughts on is-
sues of great Importance to the country.
I point out that a Senator has a respon-
sibility, and a Chairman of a committee
has a little added responsibility.
What Senator FIII.BRIOUT has done has
always been in the beet Interests of the
country, and what Senator PULSAIGIIT
? has done in conducting the affairs of the
committee has been fair and Impartial to
all concerned.
I believe he is one of the great chair-
men of that committee in the history of
the Republic.
' Mr. SYMINGTON. I thank the dis-
tinguished majority leader. In that be
Is also a member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, what he says in this
connection is of special significance.
SUBCOMMITIME ittErrnao mango
SENATE SESSION
Mr. CARL/30N. Mr. President., at the
suggestion of the majority leader, I ask
unanimous consent that the Suboommit-
tee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the
Committee on the Judiciary be author-
ized to meet during the session of the
Senate today.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
THE ADMINISTRATION CASE FOR
THE VIETNAM COMMITMENT
Mr, PROXMIRE. Mr. President, the
administration has assembled as persua-
sive a document on why we are in Viet-
nam and why we are staying there as I
have seen. It contains concise state-
ments by President Johnson, Secretary
of State Rusk. and Secretary
McNamara.
It also contains the letters from Pres-
[dent Eisenhower and President Ken-
nedy, which constitute the basis for our
national promise to Vietnam to assist.
Since these documents are all rela-
tively brief I ask tinsualnsons consent that
the monograph entitled "Why Vietnam?'
be printed in full at this point hi the
Rsocete.
There being no objection. the mono-
graph was ordered to be printed in the
Raman as follows:
WIRT trariveart
TOSIXWOILD
MT FELLOW Anzeicares? Once again to
inane age-old struggle for a better life and
a world' of peace, the wisdom, courage, and
compassion of the American people are being
put to the teat. This la the meaning of the
tragic conflict in Vietnam.
In meeting the present challenge. it is es-
ranee] that our people seek understanding
and that our leaders speak with candor.
I have therefore directed that this report
to the American people be *implied and
widely distributed. In its pages you will
find statements on Vietnam by three lead-
ers of your Ooverounent--by your President,
your Secretary of State, and your Secretery
Of Defense
These statements were prepared for differ-
ent audiences, and they reflect the differing
responsibilities of each speaker. The con-
gressional testimony has been edited to avoid
Undue repetition and to incorporate the
sense of the discussions that ensued.
Together, they construct a clear definition
of America's role in the Vietnam conflict:
the dangers and hopes that Vietnam bolds
for all free men, the fullness and limits of
our national oteectives in a war we did not
seek, the constant effort on our part to bring
this war we do not desire to a quick and
honorable end.
larmiore B. Jonissow
AUGUST 20, 1945.
Ties CO011it OV commerierree
In the historic documents that follow, two
American Prosidente define and Warm the
commitment of the United States to the
people of South Vietnam.
In letters to Prime Minister Churchill in
1964 and to President Diem in 1964 and 1960,
President Eisenhower describes the Mimes at
stake and pledges United States assistance
to South Vietnam's resistance to subversion
and aggression,
Andin December 1961 President Kennedy
reaffirms that pledge.
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(Preen Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Mandate for
Change, 1958--66," New Tort. 1955)
Dux Wierorrow I am sure ? ? ? you are
following with the deepest interest and anx-
iety the daily reports of the gallant fight
being put up by the Trench at Dien Bien
Phu. Today, the eltuetion there does not
seem hopeless.
But regardless of the outcome of this par-
ticular battle, I fear that the French can-
not alone free the thing through, this despite
the very substantial sesietance in money and
materiel that we arp giving them. It is no
solution simply to urge the French to In-
tensify their efforts. And if they do not
see it through and Indochina passes into
the hands of the Communists the ultimate
effect on our and your global strategic posi-
tion with the consequent shift in the power
ratios throughout Asia and the Pacific could
be disastrous and, I know, unacceptable to
you and me. ? ? ? This has led us to the
hard conclusion that the situation in south-
sant Asia requires us urgently to take serious
and far-reaching decisions.
Geneva_ is Mee than 4 weeks away. There
the possibility of the Communist/1 driving a
wedge between us will, given the state of
mind in Prance, be inenitely greater than
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at Berlin. I can understated the very natural
desire of the Preach to seek an end to this
war which hes been bleeding them for II
years. But our painstaking search for a way
out of the impasee has reluctantly forged us
to the conclusion that there is no negotiated
solution of the Indochina problem wine& is
Its essence would not be either a faos-eseing
device to cover a French surrender of a tees-
saving device to cover a communist retire-
ment. The first alternative is too serious in
its broad strategic implications for us and
for you to be acceptable. ? ? ?
Somehow we must contrive to bring about
the *woad alteniative. The preliminary lines
of our thinking were sketched out by
Poster [Dulles] in his speech last Monday
night when he said that under the conditions
of today the imposition on southeast Asia
of the political system of Communist Res-
ale and its Chinese Communists ally, by what-
ever means, would be a grave threat to the
whole free community, and that in our view
this possibility should now be met by united
action and not passively accepted. ? * *
I believe that the best way to put teeth in
this concept and to bring greater moral and
material resources to the support of the
French effort is through the establishment
of a new, ad hoc grouping or coalition com-
posed of nations which have a vital concern
In the checking of Cern/nu/ILA expansion in
the area. I have in mind in addition to our
two countries. Prance, the Associated States,
Australia, Hew Zealand, Thailand and the
Philippines. The U.S Oovernment would ex-
pect to play Its full part in such a coali-
tion. ? ? ?
The important thing is that the coalition
must be strong and it must be willing to
Join the fight if necessary I do not en-
visage the need of any apprecieble ground
forces on your or our part ? ? ?
If I may ref.'!" again to history; we failed
to halt iiirohlte, Mussolini. and Hitler by not
*eerie in unity and in time. That marked
the beginning of ninny yearn of stark tragedy
and desperate peril May it not be that our
nations have learned something from that
lesson? ? ? ?
With warm regard,
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Dais sec esasneare: / have been following
with great interest the course of develop-
meats in Vietnam, pa-ticularly since the
conclusion of the conference at Geneva. The
implications of the agreement concerning
Vietnam have caused grave 00000TLI regard-
ing the future of a country temporarily di-
vided by an artificial military grouping,
weakened by a long and exhausting We, and
faoed with enemies without and by their
subversive collaborators within.
Your recent requests for aid to assist in
the formidable project of the movement of
several hundred thousand loyal Vietnamese
citizens away from areas which are parsing
under a de facto rule and political ideology
which they abhor, are being fulfilled. I me
glad that the United festal is able to assist
in this hurnartitaxian effort.
We have been exploring ways and means to
permit our aid to Vietnam to be more effec-
tive and to make a greater contribution to
the welfare and stability of the Government
of Vietnam. I ern. accordingly. instructing
the American Ambassador to Vietnam to ex-
amine with you in your capacity as Chief of
Government, how an Intelligent program Of
American aid given directly to your govern-
ment can serve to assist Vietnam In Ws Prim-
ent hour of trial. provided that your govern-
ment is prepared to give east/repeal as to the
standards of performance it would be able to
maintain In the event such aid wore supplied.
The purpose of this offer is to assist the
Government of Vietnam In developing and
maintaining a strong, viable state, capable of
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