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...recent address at Harvard, Chancellor Willy Brandt pledged $47 million for the formation of an American-run cultural foundation to be called the German Marshall Plan (TIME, June 19). Last week Japanese Ambassador Nobuhiko Ushiba announced in Washington, D.C., that his nation was giving the U.S. a reverse Fulbright program...
...study in Japan, and pay for Japanese scholars to study for six months in the U.S. The main point of the project, though, is to expand Japanese-studies programs at U.S. universities. Overall, the Japanese hope to improve somewhat strained ties with the U.S. Ambassador Ushiba praised the Fulbright program as a bridge to better understanding, pointedly adding: "This good will must be reciprocated...
...decision I have had to make," he said. He talked for just 15 minutes, took no questions and concluded: "If you can give me your support, I would appreciate it. If you cannot, I will understand." Admiral Moorer continued the briefing, and was told by both Senator J. William Fulbright and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield that they thought the decision was "provocative." Asked Fulbright: "Isn't this a dangerous escalation of the war?" Replied Laird: "You forget that the North Vietnamese invaded last month." As tempers warmed, Rogers interceded. "Let's not go into old arguments...
...Viet Nam to protect its original position If the President had been required to report regularly to Congress, he might have found alternative strategies. To some degree the President has become the captive of the huge Establishment that has grown up around him. "A strong President," says Senator William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, "has been regarded as not one who strengthens and upholds our constitutional system as a whole but as one who accumulates and retains as much power as possible in the presidential office itself." It is time not to weaken the President, but to make...
...Detroit responded to the INS thrust by raising $2,600 in pledges and donations that will be used to pay bail bonds and to help needy students over financial humps. Some of the community's leaders have complained to Michigan Senator Philip Hart and Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Hart called the Detroit crackdown "rather harsh and drastic," and urged that students from developing countries be allowed to hold jobs "in order to take advantage of the educational system" in the U.S. The State Department, concerned about international repercussions, has denied that...