Word: dovishness
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...Dovish Crows. There is speculation that the North Vietnamese will not begin bargaining seriously until November, in hopes of dealing with a more dovish U.S. President. Hanoi denies such talk. "To us," said a North Vietnamese diplomat in Paris, expanding the ornithology, "all crows are black...
...around him will certainly try to allay Gorton's fears. They feel that Australia's 19th Prime Minister, a comparative novice in world affairs, may have read too much significance into U.S. election-year oratory-notably Bobby Kennedy's and Eugene McCarthy's dovish stand against further Asian involvement. Still, Gorton intends to test the candidates' attitudes for himself; before he returns home, he expects to have private talks with all the U.S. presidential aspirants...
Charlie Whipple set theGlobe'sfirm but moderate dovish position last May with a series of six page-long editorials criticizing American involvement step-by-step. (A reprint of the series has gone through three printings and has sold 20,000 copies.) Silnce then theGlobestaff has become increasingly dovish. Whipple is still wary of immediate withdrawal, but adds that "conceivably it might come to that under some conditions...
...POPULAR, powerful local transfers his allegiance to Kennedy, he is likely to carry his district with him, even if it is not a dovish district. The Eighth Congressional District in Queens Country is a perfect example. Queens, the eastern-most borough of New York City, is one of the few downstate counties which can be called a Johnson strong point. It has few of the Negroes and Puerto Ricans who tend to be Kennedy supporters, and Frank O'Connor--who is running LBJ's statewide campaign--is a favorite with the hometown voters. While Johnson is heavily favored to sweep...
...Johnson Administration, of course, is unwilling even to consult dovish Senators before it makes decisions on the war. Last week Fulbright had to threaten a delay of the foreign aid authorization to compel Secretary of State Dean Rusk to testify, but Gore would rather not use that sort of pressure. He is confident that the complexity of world problems and the force of public opinion will lead future Administrations to seek the Senate's advice, if only to share the blame for their policies...