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Among both the law's defenders and its opponents, some highly unlikely political coalitions sprouted. Its sponsors in the Senate included New York's Jacob Javits, a highly vocal dove in Viet Nam's latter years, and Armed Services Committee Chairman John Stennis, an unabashed hawk. Both men agreed in this instance that Presidents Johnson and Nixon arrogantly evaded their responsibility to consult with Congress about Viet Nam. The measure's opponents included Vice President-designate Gerald Ford, who argued that it would damage the President's "credibility" in handling international crises like the current...
...SENATOR JACOB K. JAVITS...
...York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits has special reason for examining the problem. He opposed U.S. policy in Viet Nam. Yet like many other congressional doves he felt compelled to vote for military appropriations as long as U.S. fighting men were "over there" by presidential order. "That miserable war has given us pause," he says. "The issues that it raises about the way we conduct our national affairs have driven me to the pages of history where I find strange analogies that sound the themes of the present...
...conflict is that some of Israel's strongest supporters are liberals who led antiwar sentiment in the U.S. during the Viet Nam years. The Senate resolution urging the continued delivery of Phantom fighter-bombers and other war materials was introduced by, among others, Viet Nam Doves Jacob K. Javits and Abraham Ribicoff. Among the "American Professors for Peace in the Middle East" who signed an ad in the New York Times advocating support of Israel was Martin Peretz, an assistant professor of social studies at Harvard and a major contributor to George McGovern's campaign...
British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home said that he believes Kosygin is in Cairo seeking peace. Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) predicted a cease-fire would come in a matter of days rather than weeks, but he gave no evidence to support his prediction...