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...Deep South Congressman stood up in the House of Representatives to observe the 100th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan. He asked: "Shall we permit faceless men, under cover of robes and darkness, to imperil the liberties of our people?" No, he answered, urging that the K.K.K. be investigated forthwith by the House Un-American Activities Committee. "Honest men may differ in the precise limitations of the word 'un-American,' but surely all agree that the activities which by force and violence seek to deprive others of rights guaranteed them by the Constitution are un-American...
Diem. While all the world's attention was focused on South Viet Nam's bitter struggle against the Reds, the country was divided by a religious conflict that might imperil the entire course of the war against the Viet Cong...
...changed his mind in September 1941, when he exhorted the Congress to show a ''unity of purpose'' behind the President. To disavow or oppose F.D.R.'s policies now, cried Dirksen, "could only weaken the President's position, impair our prestige and imperil the nation." He foresaw even then the need for some kind of postwar rehabilitation program, and years later, when the Marshall Plan and other aid proposals were submitted to the Hill, Dirksen supported them strongly...
...what Mr. Hammarskjold's policy towards Tshombe would have been after the Katangan attack on U.N. forces in early September. His "consistent refusal to use force" before then was, I think, simply a reflection of his belief that the U.N. would have been defeated--the one thing which would imperil its future usefulness...
...Although the prospects of securing true neutrality in Laos are "not easy," the Geneva talks must succeed. "I cannot be lieve." he said, "that anyone would imperil the peace by failing to recognize the importance of reaching an agreement in Laos, by breaking up a conference and refusing to agree to a cease-fire." Cf No decision has been made to supply atomic information to France; Kennedy pointedly noted that any reinterpretation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is "of great concern" to Congress?which has little interest in letting France in on U.S. nuclear secrets...