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...indicated the unusual crosscurrents. Uncharacteristically, more Democrats than Republicans voted against the foreign aid bill; 26 Democrats opposed it, only eight voted for it, while 19 Republicans supported the bill and 15 helped kill it. Negative votes were cast by such normally opposing Senators as Democrats J. William Fulbright of Arkansas and James Eastland of Mississippi and Republicans Mark Hatfield of Oregon and Paul Fannin of Arizona. The fatal vote came after more than nine hours of acrimonious debate and while Senators were yearning to get away for the weekend. Thirty-two Senators were absent...
...reflecting such a trend. Nixon can be faulted for stimulating an America-first mood by his protectionist New Economic Policy, including import surcharges. Some of his recent postures seemed to proclaim an attitude of "You won't have America to kick around any more." Even Foreign Relations Chairman Fulbright, long a champion of bridge-building internationalism, complained to a colleague last week: "Why the hell should I vote for this bill when we're waiting for sewers and roads in Arkansas...
L.B.J. could mimic Bill Fulbright ("the stud duck of the opposition"), Ev Dirksen and even Bob Kennedy until your sides ached with laughter. He knew men as no other national leader did. He knew their bank accounts, their mistresses, foibles, skills, their very hearts. Just how did he manipulate the Senate in 1957 to produce the first civil rights bill in almost a hundred years? For those of us in the gallery, it was an awesome display of leadership. How did he feel, and where did he go, and with whom did he talk when the moment came...
...China hands' testimony at Senator William Fulbright's closed hearing last week contained no surprises. They endorsed President Nixon's plans to normalize relations with Peking. Davies recalls that although there is no supporting text in State Department files, Mao and Chou En-lai appeared to make a bid early in 1945 to be invited to Washington...
...effort to negotiate peace in the Middle East, an enterprise that certainly depends on U.S. power and willingness to use it. Even the most publicized of the Senate doves who want a speedy and definite end to the Viet Nam War-such men as John Sherman Cooper, William Fulbright and George McGovern-are not isolationist in any real sense of the word...