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There is a little doubt that the criticism of the young Democratic senators, now secure in positions of authority in that house, represents an effort to exert a greater influence over the conduct of foreign affairs. The trip to Russia of Senator Humphrey, the remarks of Senator Fulbright both before and since his ascension to the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee, and the speech last week of Senator Mansfield on Berlin are recent examples of their endeavors to shape and influence policy...
Green's successor: Arkansas' Democratic Senator William Fulbright, 53, who was born in Missouri, went to Oxford with a Rhodes scholarship, served for two years as president of the University of Arkansas, was elected to the House in 1942 and to the Senate in 1944, was one of the 96 signers of the Southern manifesto attacking the 1954 Supreme Court decision on segregated schools. A longtime critic of Eisenhower Administration foreign policy, Bill Fulbright nonetheless wasted no time in getting in touch with State Secretary John Foster Dulles, promised his cooperation...
WASHINGTON, Feb 2--Sen. J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) said tonight Secretary of State Dulles is seriously considering a counter proposal to Russia on the German issue...
...Fulbright, soon to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told this to newsmen after an hour-long conference with Dulles at the secretary's home...
...Fulbright said he and Dulles discussed various possibilities, including one proposal that both allied and Soviet troops be withdrawn a substantial distance from both banks of the Elbe River. This would leave a wide zone through Germany devoid of either Soviet or allied forces. Fulbright gave no details on the discussion about this suggestion...