SENATOR SUGGESTS TALENTED YOUNG MEN AID IN NEW NATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200190053-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: November 3, 1960
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2014/03/19: CIA-RDP68-00046R000200190053-0
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. Mr. Kennedy said this would
Senator Suggests 'he' a voluntary corps. drawn
?frcin every race and walk cif
? Talented Young Men life from among young people
Aid in New Nations "eager to serve the cause of
iwce;11 the mast useful way."
I r.-1-1 convinced," Mr.X.en-
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov body said, "that our young
qn?Senator Kennedy propused.men and women, dedicated to
tonight tho establishment of rifreeciorn, are fully capable 'of
? overcoming the efforts of Mr.
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w i
are corps n which younil
men conld serve in under: who .aet
Khfushchey's mi&sion a r I e 5,
dedicated6 to. under*
develepen nations for three mining- that freedom:" ?P' ' ' win the 32 electoral votes of!
years insteati of being' drafted mita Timing On rands i California.
for military duty. ? ? I Kids were cheered by the:
? it The senator said these prop- tumultuous reception the sena-
Warning tiiat "the 'enemy osals offered no quick :.nd easy i
lo
advances now by non-military solutiod to the pioblems ,. ( yesterday. received in Los Angeles: -
methods," the r) e in.o crati,c, peace but he called them. "es- : Sen. Clair Eagle (D., Calif.)..:
presidential candidate said thicential tools.," ',traveling a boa . d. Mr. Ken- t
country must have representa4' In ? a statement released in nedy's -plane. predicted Mr. ,
tives abroad of greater talent. Los !Angeles. before flying to .. Kennedy would carry the state.:
and .training, especially in the San Diego, 'San Jose and San ? by 500,000 votes. lie called that ..
newly emerging nations that.
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need speciaiized help, Francisco, Mr. Kennedy celled :. a conservative estimate.
- ? ?-.. ?
? money 'released .for the 870 i .. .. _
"We can push a button tii,:. program. use of defense ftindx .
start the next war but there, for political purposes .
is no pushbutton magic to ? He said "transparent politi-1'
bring A ? just and lasting:
t?
peace," Mr. Kennedy mad al maneuver lies behind the 1??
f de-:!..pr
in', Administration's decision. to
a speech pritpared :
livery it the' Cow Palitee. release an additional $155 inil-1; ;
. 'z' lion for development" .of-?thel
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Ends Califmn!:1 Diva . +supersonic 870 bomber.
The talk tnarkeer the wind-1 He-ssid that amount of mon-
up of Mr. Kennedy's final two-. ey, and more, was, thade?avail.: .,
day bid for the 32 electoral:. able for the 870 by the Demo-,
votes of Califottia, hOine tate: eratic Congress a year and a , ?
of his Repubriean opponent,!: half ago. ?
Vice ? President Nixon: ' .. "The Republican administra-'?
' Ferlier, Mr: Kennedy acon wait until A week. before ,
(-used the Eisenhower admin..; election to release the funds .
istration of using national de- speaks ? for. itself." ...Kennedy ;? .
fense funds for political ?ends' sai ? "The objective:di not to r
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and pledged, if elected, to; increase. national defenses'. it .
push for epeedY actien on, is to ihcreas.e Bepub.lican 1., ? ?-,
measurer; ;to -raise educatiprial votes*" .
standerds.% : ? ?School Aid Priority Pledged
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his speech hero,- Mr., Mr. Kennedy; .]so pledged at
Kennedy proposed that. prea??? a "key to victory" breakfast.
ent- eiforts to old- underde- Attended by about 1,500 women
veloped areas of the world; be
supplemented by a corps of
"talented young men willing
and able in serve in coun-
tries in this fashien for three
Years as an 'alterative .to
peacetime Selective Seriric'e."
Would onen Corps To Women
Tie s& 1 the *ebrps would be
open to women as well as men
and that ell its member&
1 Briefing Asked tty Kennedy
.! ? The .briefing was requested.
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. by Mr. Kennedy. An aid said
he wanttd "to' find out il there?
,
was Anything he should know
to fulfill his duty to the doun- -
try." Mr. 'Kennedy's last brief-
ing by the CIA took place in:
? Washington about 11. month ago.' .
Mr. Kennedy's rallies at San:
? Diego and San Jose prior to : ? ?
bis speech in Cow Palace
' rbunded out his final bid to
that a new Democratic admirus-,
tration would give top priority.' '
to legislation prnviding federal'
aid for school construction and,
teacher's salaries. .
On the flight An ,San Diego
aboard his private, plane, the:
Caroline. Mr. Kennedy re-
ceived his third ateret briefing
from the Central intelligence',
Agency . since his, ;nomination ? *.
would he well qualified 2Ast.July. i ? e
through .r igor ous Standards Gen. Ch ries Ti, Cabell, .,
and well trained in the lan-
guage, skills and 'customs
.. . they would ne.741 to know.'
. ?we cannot ditc.catinua,
training our voting 'men' as
? ? soldiers-of war," he said. "But
. we also need them as ambas-
? sadors of neace.:!..,_ __.
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deputy dtte tor of the CIA, was, ?
closeted with SIE. Kennedy for. ?
10 to 15 minutes:Genera, Cabell, ? .:
told newsmen be hnd prepare.'
a. written TrimrerintsItirV And-r- 7
went over it oraiTy ? with the . ?
minsitot. . , ' '
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