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Though the late Adlai E. Stevenson has also been posthumously characterized by antiwar dissenters as an ardent dove on Viet Nam and a pooh-pooher of the theory that China may one day endanger the U.S., the fact is that he shared J.F.K.'s views to a striking extent. In a memorandum written in November 1964, eight months before his death, Stevenson warned: "The principal threat to world peace and Western security in the foreseeable future will almost certainly be Communist China." As China's nuclear-supported military strength and prestige grew, he predicted, "it will use that...
...good showing by McCarthy may convince Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats in private disagreement with the President that an alternative to Johnson does exist. It may cause President Johnson to moderate his Vietnam policies. It may convince the Republicans that by nominating a dove they will attract a large and well-organized number of Democrats. Finally, the campaign promises to have a good effect on the country by bringing back into the political system those persons whose frustrations over the war have led them to take actions outside our democratic structure...
Gatto and Zimmerman moved the ball to the 13 where rarely-used fullback junior Ken O'Connell dove for the first down. Hornblower ground for six yards on two carries and then Zimmerman added to his Harvard career touchdown passes record by hitting Lord on a quick look...
Returning to Michigan aboard his chartered plane-appropriately, a de Havilland Dove-the Governor went straight to the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak to pick up his wife Lenore, who had suffered a broken arm and dislocated shoulder two days earlier when she slipped in the shower at the Romneys' Bloomfield Hills home. For reasons that go beyond personal affection, Romney's aides are hoping she mends swiftly. Lenore is a considerable asset on the stump, provides a warmly feminine counterpoint to her husband's granite-jawed, combative style, and helps calm him when the going...
About Viet Nam Reischauer is far from the conventional dove. He believes that getting involved there was a mistake, chiefly because the U.S. can not from the outside provide the leadership, the will and the social reforms that Vietnamese society itself has failed to supply. He also believes that if Viet Nam had gone Communist in the early '50s, it would not have mattered much to U.S. interests. At present he favors cessation of the bombing but a continued, strong military buildup behind a barrier along the 17th parallel, to persuade the Viet Cong that they cannot...