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...dissent was far from a revolt against Johnson and was much milder than some of the Senate's historic uprisings against the White House. It was a challenge nonetheless, and a reassertion of the Senate's constitutional mandate to give "advice and consent" to all treaties and, by projection, to all U.S. foreign policies. Irritating as it may seem in times of crisis, the founding fathers intended that the Senate should act in just this way-as a chamber of deliberate counsel, second thoughts and extended debate, a guardian against rashness on the part either of the popularly...
Private Bickering. If Bourguiba's memo was a devastating blast at Nasser, he was not the only critic. At the opening meeting of the Arab League, the conference host himself, Morocco's King Hassan II, repeated Bourguiba's themes but in milder terms. As conference chairman, Nasser weathered the storm with considerable aplomb, pointing out that the conferees would get nowhere if they limited themselves to diatribes. Then he cleared the hall of all but the twelve heads of state so that the Arab leaders could bicker on in privacy...
Still unsatisfied, Hué's big-men-on-campus called a mass meeting in a downtown cinema, attacked the milder draft law as a government conspiracy to "regiment" the intellectuals. They also sent a delegation to line up the students at the University of Saigon. Saigon would not line up. One reason: the city seems tired of marches, demonstrations and coups. Another is that many students who might otherwise be plotting to issue manifestoes are busy with more wholesome activities...
...Wall Street, the combination of stronger earnings reports and milder presidential action than many people had expected was bullish news. After having been in the doldrums for weeks, the market started a rally on the morning of President Johnson's televised speech. Defense stocks ticked up, and so did steels, autos, railroads, airlines, oils and most other major industry groups. The Dow-Jones industrial average advanced 4 points on the day of the speech, 6 points the next day, 71 points the next day-and closed the week with a gain of more than 18 points...
Across Brazil, the general reaction among liberals and middle-roaders was somewhat milder than the critics had anticipated. Many politicians felt that the ineligibilities bill was a relatively small price to pay for prompt elections, particularly since only a few major-party candidates were likely to be affected. In fact, the reaction seemed to be exactly what Castello Branco had hoped for-a backing away from unsavory candidates who might run afoul of the bill...