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...fact, Trudeau's administration will probably be somewhat more "sound" than many of his supporters were hoping when they elected him. The new P.M.'s foreign policy (with Mitchell Sharp as External Affairs Minister) will probably not differ radically from Pearson's, although Trudeau has announced that he will seek to decrease Canada's military commitments to NATO and the United Nations. No break with the United States over Vietnam is forseeable, although there is considerable opposition to U.S. policies both in Canada generally and within the Liberal government. Trudeau has already made it clear that he will not attempt...
...said that it is more effective to seek student opinion on an ad hoc basis, that is, seeking student consultation on individual issues...
...President Johnson deserves lasting praise for his courageous decision to withdraw from the race [April 5]. Let his action serve as a final and sobering answer to those Americans who questioned his personal integrity. And to those who seek his office, may they be prompted to ask themselves: "Would I, given the same circumstances, have handled the present spate of world problems any differently...
Indeed, most white Americans were moved by conscience and events to seek means of cementing racial amity rather than further polarize black and white animosities. Some proposed "neighbor-to-neighbor" visiting programs to ease psychological prejudices. Universities and colleges from Massachusetts to Oregon instituted Martin Luther King scholarships for black students; Berkeley and Stanford pledged to double their minority-group enrollment by 1969, and more than 30 Stanford professors agreed to donate 10% of their salaries to a King fund. A group of San Franciscans moved to rename the Bay Bridge for King, reasoning that "he himself spanned...
...channels. At the President's orders, Under Secretary of State Nicholas Katzenbach called in Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and delivered a caustic protest over Tass's violation of diplomatic etiquette. At the White House Presidential Press Secretary George Christian said: "Those acting in good faith will not seek to make this a matter of propaganda...