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Senators Javits and Church certainly showed their true colors. Little wonder the polls reflect a great distrust of politicians; our Senate deserves better.
When Baker indicated a willingness to talk further, Ribicoff found Senators Church and Jacob Javits and brought them to Baker. Ribicoff told the group: "Look, this is a tough one for everybody. I think Howard has the makings of working something out."
After Baker left, Ribicoff took Church and Javits into a private room behind the chamber. Church was angry about the President's having presented the three sales as a package.
"It's an insult to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee," he said. "The President has no right to do this to us. Each proposal has to come up separately. If that is done by the President, and we can work out something along the lines Baker suggested, I'...
Ribicoff was delighted. "If there's agreement between Baker, Church, Javits and Ribicoff," he said, "there's no one going to oppose it against that combination."