Word: evens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...precipitate withdrawal from Viet Nam. Among the most frequent suggestions from war critics: give less solid U.S. support to the present Saigon regime, grant more political concessions to the North, perhaps including the acceptance of a coalition regime in South Viet Nam. Admittedly, such moves would be risky. But even the present cautious program of withdrawals might be carried out less hesitantly and confusingly...
...lashed by a familiar adversary. After brooding for nearly two months about the effect of his fatal Chappaquiddick Island accident on his credibility in raising a moral issue, Senator Edward Kennedy converted a routine dinner speech in Boston into a chance to resume-with even more sting than before-his attack on the Administration's war policy. "We have made only token troop withdrawals on the battlefield, an exercise in politics and improvisation," he charged. He called Viet Nam "difficult to justify, impossible to win-a war not worthy of our lives and efforts, a conflict that has made...
Nixon has never utilized the arm-twisting powers of his office to force Congress into action-not even when his ABM system seemed in danger of defeat. But last week he said that "if Congress fails to act, we will take appropriate executive action" to amend the draft. Trouble is, the most important section of the Nixon bill-that calling for random selection of draftees-is prohibited by the 1967 draft law. It would take congressional action to change this...
...resolution still has a long road to travel before it becomes the 26th Amendment to the Constitution. Determined resistance awaits it in the Senate, where a two-thirds vote is necessary for passage, and many Senators oppose any measure that will reduce their states' leverage in presidential elections. Even if approved by the Senate, the amendment must be ratified by 38 states, some of which are understandably reluctant to give up political power that is often far out of proportion to their population. The amendment does have the support of President Nixon, who has said he will sign...
Actually, the Republicans preferred, if possible, to avoid an ideological showdown in this week's voting. For one thing, the minority leader under a Republican President acts more as an executive officer taking orders from the White House than as a commander in his own right. Even so, the liberal-moderates and the conservatives, divided more or less evenly, were guarding their interests...