FULBRIGHT HITS PRESIDENT ON RED GAINS

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 1999
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: November 4, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

PhV .; 1960
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Ibright Hits
President on
Red Gains.
By J. A. O'LEARY
8taT Staff Writer
Senator Fulbright, Democrat
of Arkansas, has challenged a
statement by President. Eisen-
hower in New York Wednesday
that the Communists have
'made no territorial gains dur-
ing his administration in any
area "where American influ-
ence ;and arms were involved."
Senator Fulbright said that
"surely the President is not un-
aware of the following:
"1. The evacuation of the
. T a o h e n Islands and their
abandonment to Communist
China.
"2. Recent events in Laos,
where a government. friendly
to the United States and one
to which', we havj supplied
nearly $250 milliow in assist-
ance has been rep, iced by a
government friendly to the
Communists.
3. The loss of the northern?
half of Viet Nam to the Co
munists.
"4. The large-scale penetra
tion_ of the Communists into
the Middle East, in Iraq, Syria,
and, as a result of our with-
drawal from the Aswan Dam,((
into the United Arab Republic.
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"5. The well-advertised in
fluence of the Communists in'
Guinea, Ghana and in the yet.
unsettled and chaotic Belgian
Congo.
"6. And finally, at Qur very
.doorstep, how does one regard
the recent developments in
Cuba where, for many years,
our arms and influence have
been heavily Involved?"
Sees Partisanship
The Chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relatiora:, Committee
accused Mr. EisertSower of be,
coming "bitterly partisan"
after having established an ex
ceptional record for handling,
foreign policy matters in a non-
partisan manner for nearly
eight years.
"I shudder to think," Senator
Fulbright added,, "what will.
happen if we should have a
controversial and partisan oc-,
'cupant in the White House and
a Congress controlled by the
1
The Arkansas Senator in-
terpreted Mr. Eisenhower's
Wednesday night speech as a
criticism of Senator Kennedy
for having' read and written'
books. The-'Senator noted that,
the President said of Vice
President Nixon and Mr. Lodge:
"These men didn't learn their
lessons merely out of books, not
even by wrting books. They
learned them by meeting the
day-in, day-out problems of
our changing world."
Defends Book Reading
Senator Fulbright said he was
"brought up with the idea that
reading books - of course I
don't mean comic books or!
Westerns-was a good thing.
'I thought it was universally;
accepted by. all modern men,
that the reading of 'books is
one of the most- efficient ways
to acquire the knowledge and
understanding which equips I
one better to deal with and tol
solve the 'day-iri and day-out'
problems which confront us.
Surely the President cannot
wish to discourage our citizens
from reading books.
"On the other hand, he can-
not be serious, in view of
Senator Kennedy's 14 years'
of political life, considerably.
longer than that of 'the 1~resi-
dent himself, and in view of the
Senator's very creditable com-
bat record in World War II, in,
implying that the Senator is a
bookworm in an ivory tower
who knows nothing of the
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