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...counselor who has witnessed some of the good results of the war on poverty, I feel that those who knock it must be as far as Fulbright from "the loneliness of combat...
...subject of brothels came up again last week-at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings-and again it was William Fulbright who brought it up. "I have been criticized recently for having cited a story from the New York Times," drawled the Arkansas Senator, adding blandly that "the word which seemed to be so offensive was not of my origin-that Saigon was an American brothel." However, said Fulbright, "I did inquire some-from men who had been there in our aid program-and by and large they confirmed...
...directly." He asked, nonetheless, how the Secretary viewed the question of prostitution in South Viet Nam. Crisp as always, McNamara replied: "I have not been to Saigon since Nov. 30. It was not a brothel then and I do not believe it is today." "You do not agree?" demanded Fulbright. McNamara emphatically did not. "I think we do a disservice to the Vietnamese and to our own men when we characterize it as such," he said quietly. "I do not mean to say there are not prostitutes in Saigon. There are in Washington, and I do not mean...
...that matter, not everyone in Fulbright's own Arkansas cities of Little Rock and Hot Springs patronizes prostitutes either, though there is an abundance of whores, ranging from massage-parlor employees ($5) to $200-a-night hotel call girls. And at Little Rock Air Force Base, every airman so inclined knows that he has only to call FRANKLIN 4-2181, ask for "Rocket" or "Houston," and find out if "the ice is on." The price of ice starts at $15 a dish...
Though no one is certain that a new generation of Chinese leaders would be any more moderate than the Maoists, the U.S. is already directing its policy more at the future generation than at the present regime. Well before the Fulbright hearings, the Administration had been constantly reviewing its China policy. Though the term "containment without isolation" is now in vogue, the U.S. has actually been pursuing such a policy for some time. If China is isolated, she has herself to blame. While opposing China's designs on Southeast Asia by arms, the U.S. has made several overtures...