Word: hatfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Senator Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) said last night that America is in the grip of "the subtle tyranny of no alternatives" and that Republicans can win the presidency in 1968 only if they offer "a choice, not an echo" on Vietnam...
...Hatfield drew two standing ovations from a Lowell Lecture Hall crowd of 300, about half of whom were Harvard Republican Club members. The club presented him its "Republican Man of the Year" award for 1966 before his speech because of his "responsible dissent" from administration Vietnam policy...
...alternative Hatfield offered last night was "de-Americanization" of the war through greater involvement of Asian allies. He suggested setting up a timetable to gradually replace American troops with Asian troops...
America became involved in Vietnam, Hatfield charged, because the administration has duped the people by consistently misrepresenting the situation. He devoted much of his time to pointing out contradictions in administration policy...
...Hatfield said before his speech that his closer contact with the Vietnam situation since becoming Senator in January had merely strengthened his opposition. He said his briefings with Rusk had been like listening to a record...