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That may not happen so easily. One staunch supporter of the spending bill was Republican Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon, chairman of the Appropriations Committee. He threatened to work assiduously against any future defense increases if the President vetoes the legislation. If new defense appropriation measures are blocked in the Senate, the military will probably be forced to operate under makeshift "continuing resolutions" that will simply extend funding at current levels. These are roughly $500 million less per month than Reagan wants. Hatfield also pledged to work against reauthorizing spending for the C.B.I, if the bill is vetoed. These bleak...
...that point, U.S. patience began to wear thin. In Congress, Republican Senator Mark Hatfield called on the Administration to suspend military aid to Israel. Said he: "I am very much afraid that Israel's leaders of today have taken violence as their birthright." In the House of Representatives, eight members introduced a resolution demanding an investigation into a possible Israeli violation of American laws prohibiting foreign countries from using arms purchased from the U.S. for offensive purposes. In Bonn, Haig announced early Thursday evening that he would not accept Begin's invitation to go to Jerusalem, because...
...threat to human survival a freeze on the arms race is the only way to prevent such a catastrophe, and ordinary citizens have the power. If they act now, to make the superpowers agree to a freeze. And it is indeed a compelling message Kennedy and Hatfield or more correctly, their staffs, who are cited in the acknowledgements as the true authors of the book--ably recount the horrible facts about atomic destruction. They also provide an interesting and useful history of the freeze movement, and of how nuclear weapons have overnight become the hottest issue in the nation...
Kennedy's willingness to take these risks, however, speaks well of his sincerity. After all, he could have let others--like Mark Hatfield, a tireless exponent of peace--speak out for the freeze resolution. But his presidential aspirations also make Kennedy's support for a freeze an act of opportunism. Ironically, this opportunism may damage the freeze movement in the long...
...taking the freeze issue out of the streets and into Congress. Kennedy and Hatfield have turned arms control into a political football. This was inevitable, but many in the freeze movement believe that the Kennedy-Hatfield resolution came too early, before public opinion had shifted far enough in its favor. The freeze movement has lost the element of surprise, which was its greatest advantage. Now Reagans and Jacksons and Warners have been handed an opportunity to package their phony proposals as genuine "arms control." In other words, Kennedy challenged the nuclear hawks before they were completely on the defensive, while...