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Secretary of State William Rogers testified for 3½ hours on the Indochina situation before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Chairman J. William Fulbright then took the Senate floor to warn that Vietnamization could lead to "a major military disaster in Indochina." He also argued that North Viet Nam has proved itself to be "the paramount power in Indochina." Said Fulbright: "We ought to welcome North Viet Nam's preeminence, because while North Viet Nam has shown itself strong enough to dominate Indochina if left alone by outside powers, it has also shown itself willing and able to resist...
Also this week, the University received a letter from the State Department demanding quarterly reports on the activities of students who have qualified for government funds-such as Fulbright scholarships-for traveling overseas...
...instance a few years ago Fulbright called us. asking for a study to prove that if the U.S. got out of Vietnam, China would invade within two weeks. We told him that we weren't sure that anyone would be interested in doing the research: and that we couldn't predict that we could prove what he wanted. He said. "The Senate won't be very happy, 'and hung...
...since they could explain that they merely wished to have new questions looked into. Only four Republicans have publicly announced that they would vote against Carswell on the Senate floor, but burial in committee now looks attractive to a dozen G.O.P. Senators, maybe as many as 15. Democrat William Fulbright of Arkansas, a onetime law teacher who voted for Haynsworth, joined the defectors from Carswell while protesting that he does not concur in "the lack of enthusiasm in some circles for the appointment of a Southern judge...
FELLOWSHIPS. The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded about 25 grants to blacks out of 186. Since 1952, about 35 blacks received Fulbright scholarships in the arts out of a total of 968. One bright spot was the Opportunity Fellowships granted in art by the John Hay Whitney Foundation, set up specifically to help disadvantaged students. Out of 74 awarded, 32 went to blacks...