Word: mcgoverns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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James Vorenburg '48, professor of Law and a top McGovern advisor, has challenged Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst '47 to a public debate on the Nixon Administration's record on crime...
Vorenburg, co-chairman of the McGovern-Shriver Policy Panel on Crime and Justice, outlined Tuesday ten "questions relating to this Administration's alleged attempts to deal with crime and drug abuse." All ten points accused President Nixon of not carrying out promised anti-crime and anti-drug programs...
Weiss said that McGovern has assured full U.S. support of Israel, but that he still supports the Roger's Plan. This plan, issued by Secretary of State William Rogers, calls for the return of Israeli occupied land to Egypt, Jordan, and Syria before negotiations begin...
Weiss said that this plan is "contrary to Israeli security." Weiss and the others feel McGovern is contradictory. "McGovern has called for 40 per cent defense cuts, which in our opinion would eliminate chances for peaceful settlement in the Middle East," Weiss said...
...Should McGovern become President, Weiss said, confrontation and war would be inevitable since the USSR will probably challenge the U.S. authority in the Middle East...