https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/444e5402bc862c32f9c9cf85079766da.pdf 8475df0e5db482475d9539d994842812 PDF Text Text D p UNITED STATES sC<2 <r>^ United States Embassy, Ottawa Document T- - Deiument d €^7C^/ sf d under the Access to Information Act vert c t^e<^d!fc3«jU^fc«£ a I'information I N F O R M A T I O N T^Th^J^ SERVICE -yrr^ys^f ^JexTC Telephone: 613 2 3 6 - 2 3 4 1 / 2 3 2 - 8 0 2 0 JO I NT JOHNSON-MCNAMARA-WHtE.LER__PRg3S CONFERENCE JOHNSON CITY, TEXAS, NOV. \\, 1966—FOLLOWING JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE HELD HERE NOVEMBER 10: M_JQF A S THE THE PRESIDENT: GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. rz. I ASKED SECRETARY MCNAMARA AND GENERAL WHEELER TO COME flERE'TODAY] ^ I — -h> . - &U< GENERAL WHEELER HAD GONE TO SOUTH VIETNAM WITH SECRETARY MCNAMARAJ / BUT DID NOT COME W"|TH HIM THE OTHER DAY. I WANTED TO REVIEW \T '" WITH THEM TOGETHER SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM THA'T7THE.Y t OBSERVED WHEN THEY WERE THERE, SOME PLANS THAT WE MUST MA'KE FOR THE NEXT YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR DEFENSE DEPARTME^T-BUDGEti: AND MATTERS THAT THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE NORMALLY DISCUSS WITH THE PRESIDENT. x/*/k MR. CHRISTIAN TELLS ME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH SECRETARY MCNAMARA. HE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WILL GENERAL WHEELER. AFTER YOU FINISH WITH THEM AND THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK, I WILL BE GLAD TO MEET WITH YOU AND DISCUSS OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY INTEREST YOU. SECRETARY MCNAMARA. SEC. MCNAMARA: GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED, GENERAL WHEELER AND I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH HIM THIS MORNING OUR OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM AND THE OUTLOOK FOR THE DEFENSE PROGRAM AND THE DEFENSE BUDGET IN FISCAL I968. GENERAL WHEELER WILL COMMENT UPON OUR REPORT IN VIETNAM AND I WILL SPEND A FEW MINUTES BEFORE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS REVIEWING REVIEWING CERTAIN OF THE ASPECTS OF OUR DEFENSE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. THIS WAS THE THIRD OF THESE DISCUSSIONS. WE HAD OUR FIRST WITH THE PRESIDENT LAST FRIDAY, OUR SECOND ON SATURDAY, AND THE THIRD TODAY. WE, OF COURSE, ARE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE TOTAL FUNDS TO BE REQUESTED, NOR EVEN TO REVIEW IN ANY DETAIL SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THAT BUDGET. BUT WE DID COVER FOUR ASPECTS OF IT THIS MORNING. (MORE) 000100 FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR BACKGROUND, AS DESIRED, WITH OR WITHOUT CREDIT TO USIS �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information —c— % FIRST, WE" DISCUSSED THE ANT I BALL I ST IC MISSILE SYSTEMS, THE ACTION THE SOVIET UNION IS TAKTNG TO I NI TI ATE ...DEPLOYMENT OF SUCH A SYSTEM, THE DEPLOYMENTS OF THE U.S. ANT I-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM, STARTING WITH THE N7KE^ZETr5~^TEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND A MUCH MORE ADVANCED-.SYSTEM. WHICH WE; HAVE UNDER. DEVELOPMENT . TODAY, AMD ON WHICH WE HAVE.SPENT OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN \ IH. THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE CONSIDERED THE POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF SUCH.SYSTEMS, BOTH AGAINST THE CHINESE COMMUNIST NUCLEAR THREAT AND AGAINST. THE.. SOVIET OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS AS WELL. WE CONCLUDED THAT IT IS MUCH e TOO EARLY TO MAKE A DECISION FOR DEPLOYMENT AGAINST THE .CHINESE j THREAX AND WE HAVE NOT ARRIVED AT A DECISION" ON ANY OTHER DEPLOYMENT. 1| WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE WEEKS TO COME. SECONDLY, WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF.THE POSEIDON MISSILE. YOU MAY RECALL THAT THIS IS A NEW MISSILE FOR DEPLOYMENT AT SEA, THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH WE INITIATED"AS PART OF THE'FISCAL I967 BUDGET AS AN INSURANCE PROGRAM. WE ESTIMATED AT THE TIME THIS PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED LAST YEAR THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE ALMOST 2. BILLION DOLLARS TO.DEVELOP, AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BILLION TO DEPLOY, WE RECOMMENDED, AND' I BELIEVE W|LL_PRESENT TO THE CONGRESS, A PROPOSAL TQ PRODUCE AND DEPLOY THAT SY.SIEM. THIS WILL REQUIRE A |j COMPLETE REFITTING OF MOST OF OUR POLARIS SUBMARINES AT A COST SOMEWHAT IN EXCESS OF 60 PERCENT OF THE INITIAL COST OF THOSE' 1 POLAR IS SUBS. WE THEN CONSIDERED THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1967 DEFENSE BUDGET. AS THE PRESIDENT REPORTED TO YOU LAST SATURDAY, IT WILL BE NECESSARY • TO HAVE SUCH A SUPPLEMENT. THE PRODUCTION OF AIRCRAFT, HELICOPTERS, GROUND ORDNANCE, AIR ORDNANCE HAS EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATION. THE . COMBINED TEAM OF AMERICAN MANAGEMENT AND AMERICAN LABOR HAS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED MIRACLES I N THE''LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THAT PLUS THE. NECESSITY TO CONSIDER FINANCING OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEAST AS IA ' BEYOND JUNE 30, 1967, WHICH WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE 1967 PROGRAM, .WILL QUITE CLEARLY REQUIRE A SUPPLEMENT TO THE DEFENSE.BUDGET. WE REVIEWED CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THAT. ;•'. FINALLY, WE CONSIDERED'THE BASIC POLICY WHICH WE WILL FOLLOW AS A.FOUNDATION FOR THE DEFENSE PROGRAM IN FISCAL 1968, AND UPON THE PRESIDENT'S INSTRUCTIONS. WILL DEFER EVERY POSSIBILITY OF THE DEFENSE PROGRAM THAT CAN BE DEFERRED WITHOUT ADVERSELY AFFECTING ."OUR SECURITY, THIS IN ORDER TO SOFTEN THE TRANSITION FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION OE HOSTILITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE TRANSITION TO OUR PEACE TIME'ECONOMY,. WE WILL FOLLOW THEREFORE THE SAME POL ICY IN 1968 THAT WE HAVE. TO SOME DEGREE TO THE PRESENT. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT IN 1966 WE WERE AUTHORIZED A MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM OF ABOUT' E.,2 BILLION DOLLARS, AND HAVE DEFERRED FOR FUTURE START ABOUT 600 MItlION'DOLLARS OF THAT. THIS REPRESENTS CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS WHAT WEE NEED'''FOR DEFENSE, BUT WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED AT THE MOMENT.. WE BELIEVE THAT CONSIDERING THE: SHORTAGE OF CON- (MORE) 000101 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Met Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces aM'infor\ation •3- STRUCTION. LABOR-AND THE SHORTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, WE ARE WELL ADVISED TO DEFER THE START OF THAT CONSTRUCTION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OUR ECONOMY CAN BOTH ABSORB IT AND BENEFIT FROM I T . WE WILL FOLLOW A SIMILAR POLICY IN DEVELOPING THE 1968 PROGRAM. UP WE WE WE OF I THINK THIS WILL MEAN THAT,- FOR EXAMPLE, WE WILL DEFER BUILDING CERTAIN INVENTORIES OF MUNITIONS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, THAT DON'T NEED AT PRESENT, THAT WE WON'T NEED NEXT YEAR, BUT WHICH WILL REQUIRE AT SOME TIME IN. THE FUTURE, PRODUCTION OF WHICH CAN USE AS A MEANS OF SOFTENING THE IMPACT OF THE TERMINATION HOSTILITIES IN SOUTHEAST A S I A . I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING I HAVE SAID TODAY OR ON ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE DEFENSE PROGRAM. Q. MR. SECRETARY, DID YOU SAY THAT THE SOVIETS WERE DEPLOYING AN ANT I BALL I STIC MISSILE SYSTEM? ' ~ SEC. MCNAMARA: YES. THAT THEY ARE. Q. IS IT AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM, SIR? SEC. MCNAMARA: Q. I BELIEVE THERE IS CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE . I THiNK YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THEM. I MEAN, S I R , DO WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS? SEC. MCNAMARA: IT IS VERY DIFFICULT , OF COURSE, FOR US TO APPRAISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR SYSTEM. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ASSUME IT IS EFFECTIVE AND, OF COURSE, THAT WILL BE THE ASSUMPTION ON WHICH WE BASE THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF OUR OWN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES. Q. MR. SECRETARY, I KNOW-YOU SAID YOU CAN'T GO INTO DETAIL WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT IS THERE ANY INDICATION NOW AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN YOUR EARLIER INDICATIONS? SEC. MCNAMARA: NO. WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED OUR REVIEW OF I T . THE JOINT CHIEFS ARE S T I L L REVIEWING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM. THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO ME, NOR HAVE I TO THE PRESIDENT. SO I AM NOT IN ANY POSITION TO EVEN APPROXIMATE THE TOTAL AMOUNT. OF FUNDS TO BE REQUESTED OF THE CONGRESS. BUT I THINK IT IS QUITE CLEAR, AS THE PRESIDENT SAID LAST SATURDAY AND AS I AM REPORTING TO YOU NOW, THAT WE WILL HAVE SUCH A SUPPLEMENT/ Q. MR. SECRETARY, WHEN DID THE RUSSIANS START DEPLOYING THIS SYSTEM? J7 $• ^ T ^ SEC. MCNAMARA: I WOULD RATHER. NOT TRY. TO APPROXIMATE THE DATE. I WILL -SIMPLY INDICATE TO. YOU WHAT WE HAVE SAID HERETOFORE., THAT THEY HAVE STARTED SUCH DEPLOYMENT AND WE MUST ASSUME, AS I HAVE. REPORTED TO THE C O R G T ^ ' s T S R E T T C ^ ^ THAT THEY i WILL DEPLOY AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM. I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY SAFE \ ASSUMPTEON THAT WE CAN MAKE IN PLANNING OUR OWN STRATEGIC FORCE. ' THAT HAS BEEN THE ASSUMPTI ON WE HAD AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE H S C A L , �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -H7 BUDGET AND'IT WILL BE THE SAME ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL"APPLY THE 1968 PROGRAM. * Q. MR'. SECRETARY, HOW. ABOUT OUR OWN --.IT IS THE NIKE-X, ISN'T IT? SEC. MCNA;MARA> YES. WE HAVE THE NIKE-X SYSTEM UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT THE PRESENTuTI-ME. . ON THAT SYSTEM WE HAVE SPENT OVER A HALF BJJJ.1QN D_OL.LARS ,A yYEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS^ WE BELIEVE IT TO BE A'~VTRT^ADVAN.Ctp-. S Y S T T N T O F ANTTBACLI ST I C~MI SS I LE DEFENSE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DISCUSSED TODAY THE POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF THAT SYSTEM IN.RELATION TO BOTH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENTS AND THOSE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. ...Q. WHAT DO YOU MEAN: BY DEPLOYMENT? "'.'.',:.'.',.. " SEC. MCNAMARA: PRODUCTION AND LOCATION OF UNITS IN THE UNITED, : : STATE'S. " ~~ ~ r Qr HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU COULD FULLY DEPLOY IT? . • SEC. MCNAMARA: ANY DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD TAKE PLACE.OVER SEVERAL YEARS. ONE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS TO YOU IS~nTAT THE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED TO DEPLOY SUCH A SYSTEM IS LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED FOR THE CHI NESE'"COMMUN I STS TO DEVELOP. NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAT.CONCEIVABLY COULD THREATEN THIS NATION. THEREFORE, I T I S. NOT TIMELY TO AT TH I S_DJ^MAJ1E__A_ DECISION. TO DEPLOY SUCH 'A_ SYSTEM TO DEFEND AGAINST THE CHINESE : : COMMUN EST THREAT^ ~ " ~~ ~~ Q. DOES RED CHINA HAVE A NUCLEAR ANT I BALL I ST IC SYSTEM? SEC. MCNAMARA: NOy^THE COMMUNIST CHINESE, AS YOU KNOW, ARE-JUST IN THE E A R L Y T S T A G E S ' Q F fHE.DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND, ;,''; SO'FAR AS''WE;'rK'NdWy:i:AND F BELIEVE WE DO KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT;BEGUN TO DEVELOP AN ANT I BALLISTIC 'MISSILE SYSTEM.' • .y , • ., y i '•••• i-.. . • -X. Q. DOES'-THIS AFFECTyTHE WAR IN VIETNAM? . SEC. MCNAMARA.:: NO, NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE. Q, MR. SECRETARY, WHAT EFFECT WILL YOUR ANNOUNCED DRAFT CUTBACKS HAVE..ON OUR MANPOWER SITUATION OTHER THAN VIETNAM? i AM THINKING IN,TERMS OF EUROPE PARTICULARLY. SEC. MCNAMARA: WE WILL KEEP OUR EUROPEAN FORCES, AND BE PREPARED TO KEEP THEM, AT CURRENT LEVELS. EARLY THIS YEAR WE ANNOUNCED THAT. WE WERE TEMPORARILY UTILIZING 15,000 MEN FROM OUR EUROPEAN FORCES' l,N. THE. TRAIN i'NG OF. THE EXPANDED. ARMY IN THIS COUNTRY.- AT THE BEGINNING: OF THE' YEAR,' WE.'HAD SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF 225,000 • MEN .IN OUR ARMY' FORCES IN WESTERN EUROPE. I STATED WE WOULD DRAW. THEM DOWN BY ABOUT' 15,0.00 AND REPLACE THOSE MEN BY THE END OFTHJS YEAR. WE ARE WELL ON THE WAY.TO DOING SOMETHING. I HAVE .FORGOTTEN, THE EXACT STRENGTH IN WESTERN EUROPE TODAY, BUT I WOULD THINK IT WAS ON THE ORDER OF 218,000. BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, IT (MORE) ° 00103 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a.11information WILL B E - 2 2 3 , 0 0 0 OR 2 2 H , 0 0 0 . WE WILL PLAN TO BE PREPARED TO . , . MAINTAIN IT AT THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR. ; ." , T : 4 : NOTICED IN THE PRESS THAT I. WAS ACCUSED OF PLAYING POLITICS BY ANNOUNCING THE CUT IN THE DRAFT CALL LAST SATURDAY. "I THINK SOME MIGHT HAVE ACCUSED ME BY PLAYING REVERSE POL ITlCS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WHAT IT MEANT WAS THAT WE HAD FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER ANNOUNCED A RATHER HEAVY DRAFT- CALL IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT IS NOT'...;. UNTIL AFTER THE'ELECT I ON THAT WE WILL BE.CUTTING THE DRAFT AS MUCH AS ; "WE ; 'ARE.' IT IS CUSTOMARY TO ANNOUNCE THE DRAFT ' CALLS TO THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM BY A LETTER FROM MY OFF ICETO GENERAL HERSHEY, IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SECOND PRECEDING MONTH, WHICH MEANT, OF COURSE, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SENT THE LETTER TO GENERAL HERSHEY ON LAST SATURDAY OR EARLIER FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. ACTUALLY, BECAUSE GENERAL WHEELER AND I HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT WITH THE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE ITS SIZE DEPENDED IN PART UPON DECISION WE HAD NOT YET HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE WITH RESPECT TO POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENTS TO SOUTH VIETNAM IN I.967 WE DEFERRED THAT JANUARY CALL UNTIL MONDAY IN ORDER THAT WE, MIGHT COMPLETE OUR .'i : DISCUSSIONS. WITH. THE PRESIDENT ON SATURDAY. . WE:,DlDE SO,, AND WE TRANSMITTED THE LETTER TO GENERAL HERSHEY ON MbWpAY..: , IT .WAS FOR A •(C-ALL, OF 2 7 , 0 0 0 FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. T HAT. -,CpMp'ARES WITH CALLS FOR "THE FOUR MONTHS OF AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER^ OF BETWEEN 3 7 , 0 0 0 AND .50,000,- AND REPRESENTS,. THEREFORE, A VERY SUBSTANTI AL CUT. THE CURRENT OUTLOOK FOR THE DRAFT FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, WHICH. IS OUR PLANNING PERIOD, IS TO CALL IN TOTAL ABOUT 8 l , 0 0 0 MEN, THIS FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH.' FOR DECEMBER WE HAVE A CALL OF 1 2 , 0 0 0 , FOR JANUARY WE HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED THE CALL AT 2 7 , 0 0 0 , AND FOR THE REMAINING TWO MONTHS WE HAVE NOT YET ESTABLISHED THE SPECIFIC ALLOCATION BY MONTH. IN . TOTAL, THEY WILL.ADD TO DECEMBER,,AND -JANUARY AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO BRING THE FOUR-MONTH TOTAL TO ABOUT 8 ] , 0 0 0 MEN. THAT COMPARES WITH THE TOTAL FOR THE FOUR MONTHS OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER, OF ABOUT l 6 2 , 0 O O , A VERY SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION. Q. MR. SECRETARY-,' JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, THE, BALLISTIC M I S S I L E , SYSTEM. , : SECE MCNAMARA: SURELY. '" "" ..'; IF YOU PLEASE, OH ...... rE / Q. IN LAYMAN'S LANGUAGE, DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE RUSSIANS NOW ! HAVE THE CAPACITY TO KNOCK DOWN AMERICAN BALLISTIC MISSILES BUT i WE DO NOT? SEC. MCNAMARA: CERTAINLY NOT. THERE . I S ABSOLUTELY NO. QUEST I.ON ABOUT OUR CAPABILITY OF PENETRATTNG THE. SOVIET DEFENSES .WITH 7\';\7 : ; BOTH OUR Ml SSI LES AND AIRCRAFT. /THERE ..HAS:'BEEN NO 'QUEST I 0N : .' ' ^ '•; ABOUT THAT AT ANY TIME DURING THE PAST 15 YEARS AND THERE.IS N O ' . QUEST I ON ABOUT IT NOW. THERE WAS NOT ANY QUEST I ON ABOUT.TT.WHEN THEY ERECTED THE ANT I -A IRCRAFT DEFENSES. AND ..INTENDED TO; PREVENT OUR BOMBER AIRCRAFT FROM PENETRATING. ..AT THAT Tl ME,. WE ;HAD ;A ;'(MO'RE) 000104 4 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -6^PABILITY OF ASSURING BOMBER PENETRATION. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT NOW .WHEN THEY ARE SIMILARLY TRYING TO DEFEND" :AGA I NST INTER-CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES. Q. MR.. SECRETARY, IN YOUR SUMMARY YOU DID NOT MENTION MANNED. BOMBERS: AND .PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR'S DEFENSE BUDGET. WHAT ARE,THE:: PLANS? SEC MCNAMARA: NO, WE DID NOT MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE;DID NOT DISCUSS THAT WITH THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING. 1 HAVE JUST RECEIVED WITHIN THE' PAST TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS A REPORT ON THIS SUBJECT' FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE. WE HAVE NOT HAD AN-OPPORTUNITY YET TO ANALYZE IT FULLY IN' MY OFFICE AND WE DID NOT HAVL' THAT ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING. THIS MEETING TODAY, WHICH AS:T' SAY IS THE THIRD WITH THE PRESIDENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FISCAL 1968 . PROGRAM, IS' BUT ONE OF SEVERAL. I AM SURE WE WILL REQUEST AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ON FUTURE OCCASIONS. AMONG THE SUBJECTS WE WILL DISCUSS AT THAT TIME WiLL, OF COURSE, BE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADVANCED MANNED BOMBER. IF'THERE'ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, GENERAL WHEELER WILL COMMENT UPON SOUTH VIETNAM. GENERAL WHEELER: AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED, I DISCUSSED WITH • HIM THIS MORNING THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR IN SOUTH VIETNAM. IT IS 'iNTERESTING'TO NOTE-THAT IT'-IS JUST :ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN A SERIES OF BATTLE'S IN THE ANDRANG VALLEY NEAR THE CAMBODIAN BORDER, GENERAL WESTMORELAND•S TROOPS, IN THIS CASE THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, DEFEATED, WITH SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY, 325TH INFANTRY DIVISION. .SINCE THAT TIME, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE. AND THE VIETCONG HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF EFFORTS TO SEIZE THE INITIATIVE FROM GENERAL WESTMORELAND'S FORCES. WHEN I SAY HIS FORCES, I AM SPEAKING NOT ONLY OF AMERICANS, BUT ALSO THE AUSTRALIANS., THE NEW ZEALANDERS, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FORCES, AND .THE. REPIJBLI C. OF VIETNAM FORCES. IN A SERIES OF QUOTE ' EXTENSJVE BATTLES, HASTINGS, WHICH TOOK PLACE NEAR THE DEMILITARIZED ZONEV STARTING' IN APRIL, OPERATION PRAIRIE, WHICH, AGAIN, TOOK^ '''•''"•' PLAGE.;; AND r J Sb' TAKING. PLACE TODAY, NEAR THE DEMI LI TAR I ZED. ZONE, -..... THE THIRD MARINES HAVE MANAGED TO FRUSTRATE AND DEFEAT AN ATTEMPT. _ AT. AN...INVASION FROM NORTH VIETNAM INTO SOUTH VIETNAM BY THE NORTH: VlttNAMESE ARMY FORCES. WHILE WE WERE IN VIETNAM A COUPLE OF- : WEtkS'AGO, WE VISITED OPERATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF PHU'KOK," WHERE THE FIRST ARMORED DIVISION, AN ROK OUTFIT AND AN ARFV OUTFIT, MANAGEDETO-DEFEAT: AND. SERIOUSLY DAMAGE A NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCE. TODAY,: THE.OPERATION ATTLEBORO, IN TAINAN PROVINCE, NEAR THE CAMBODIAN BORDER,. NORTHWEST OF SAIGON, GENERAL BILL DEPEW AND TROOPS OF' THE:.FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION, THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION, AND THE 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN VERY SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST-THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS. I WAS ABLE TO REPORT TO THE. PRESIDENT THAT THE WAR IN MY JUDGMENT CONTINUES IN A VERY FAVORABLE FASHION. GENERAL WESTMORELAND RETAINS THE u^oc, „r �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -7INITI.ATEVE -AMD I.N EVERY OPERATION TO DATE, HE HAS MANAGED Tp. r. DEFEAT'' THE- ENEMY,' 'I ALSO COMMENTED ON THE VERY SATISFACTORY" ::-,,.,,. LOGISTIC BUILDUP WHICH WE CHECKED IN TO DURING OUR VISIT TO VIETNAM. i BELIEVE THAT THE LOG 1STiCIANS, THE ENGINEERS, THE ORDNANCE TYPES, THE QUARTERMASTERS, AND SO ON, ARE PERHAPS THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THIS PARTICULAR WAR. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANY CE YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO CHECK MY WORDS TO VISIT CAM RANH BAY v AMCNG-.CTHER PEACES., J N BRIEF, THEN., I WAS ABLE TO REPORT.TO,THE PRESIDENT MY.SAT.ISEACTION;.FROM A MILITARY POINT OF VIEW AS TO 7 THE PROGRESS OF THE.WMRYY--..j ALSO TOLD HIM SOMETHING THAT:HE, OF -COURSE^ SAW FOR H I MS-EEFYDER | NQ HIS VISIT TO SOUTH VIETNAM,' AND THAT IS THE OUTSTAND FNCy MORALE., THE OUTSTANDI NG DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION OF THE AMERIXAN EORCES. AND THEIR ALLIES OF-ALL RANKS, FROM THE COMMANDERS YDO-YN •TO THE G.I-.'S IN PURSU I NG TH I S, PART I CULAR WAR. | THINK THAT IS, ALL I HAVE TO SAY FORMALLY. I WELL BE GLAD TO TRY.'TO ANSWER YOUR- QUESTIONS. • ': Qv GENERAL, ACCORDING TO THE NEWS REPORTS TODAY, THE VIETCONG HAVE, I BELIEVE, USED NONLETHAL GAS_ FOR THE FIRST Tj_ME_AGA I NST-: • OUR TROOPS... IS.THERE ANY SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN'THAT ACTION? GEN, WHEELER: i DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS TRUE. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE, LEFT WASHINGTON- AT A RATHER EARLY HOUR, THIS -, MORNING AND WHEN..I CHECKED WITH THE COMMAND CENTER BEFORE I LEFT,. ;;, i RECEIVED NO SUCH REPORT. IF IT IS TRUE, I WOULD SAY IT REPRESENTS A CERTAIN SOPHISTICATION, ADDITIONAL SOPH I ST I CAT I ON, OF THEIR EFFORTS IN RESPOND IHX TO OUR OFFENSIVE AGAINST THEM.. : ryy, THE'PRESIDENTE I WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. I WOULDyy-.' LIKE TO ASK THE NETWORK PEOPLE OR THE BROADCAST ING PEOPLE, IF .. " :. THEY WANT TO ORIG! N.ETE SOME 3ACK 'THERE i N THE BACKv'; THEN I •.' "..., /: WILL MEET WITH;.ATbL OE'rOU FCR EXTENDED VISITS, SUCH-VIS ITS-AS Y'.T YpU W A N T . .yi'-'-xxA.- yrnr-T": •_..;• yy;,^,',,. Q: MR. PRESii^SNI-Y-,'NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO FURTHEREE Ei;' jByALyATE^HE.ELECTl'cN RETURNS, HOW DO YOU, SEE THE ' CHANCES OF KEEPI NG YOUR GREAT ~SOCJ.ETY. LEG! SLAT ION, GO ING !N THE CONGRESS-NEXT-YEAR?: Yv', L T H I N K I T WILL' BE ' MORE DIFFICULT FOR A N Y N E W E r _ LE0|SLATjONVr'MfGHr :: PROPOSEY -; -': ;"r -••/•.••, -i X7:X. .- -\ X7~- X.(„THE'.P'R'E§IDEW:: I THTNK./1TE SYV'ERYTCLEAR THAT .A 'HOUSE WITH 29.5 TO 300 DEMOCRATS •• IS M O R E Y L T - K E L Y TO..APPROVE DEMOCRATIC RECOMMENDATIONS'THAN A HOUSE . Y .wrry rg/H5vTo.^ 250. yYY: •'- •-.'.. •:•••,,'.•.:•' •'•..-::.•" WHILE I DON'T-'THINK IT WOULD MAKE ANY GREAT DI FFERENCE- IN THE • r SENATEfWoU DO HAVE ARSENATE THAT IS REDUCED'FROM 67 TO 64. '•"'' '' (J;blrTOLDYMR.Y|C.HRISTIAN3WHEN' HE-ASKED ME, YESTERDAY ABOUT THE ' r ELECT I -QN',;' THAT Yl THOUGHT WE L O S T ' M O R E SEATS" -I N THE, SENATE, THAN WEE HAD ANTICIPATED-, ' [ y..'.y y ' YY 7." -YY -.",", • 'yy ; : ; t : VERY- 'FRKNKLY,-Yl : DON 'T LJKE TO 'EVERT RECOMMEND' THAT WE LOSE A N Y , , ^ ^ : '-..vcvr \-E,i".' • ry. ..:7\y\y XAX-Xr Er.bE-r. .'.:;."• ' • ^ 000106 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information ^ T i HAD ANTICIPATED A LOSS OF NOT OVER ONE IN THE'SENATE; AND1 WE LOST THREE, ALTHOUGH ONLY ONE'VAS AN INCUMBENT "-L'SENATOR DOUGLAS. THE OREGON SEAT:WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR SENATOR NEUBERGER. TENNESSEE "SEAT "WAS ^'REPLACEMENT FOR SENATOR BASS. THE WE THOUGHT WE-WOULD LOSE ONE BUT. WE LOST THREE. IT IS-PRETTY. DIFF(CULT.TO GUESS WHEN THEY ARE .VOTING ON 435 PEOPLE IN 50 STATES WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE. BUT THE NUMBER OF LOSSES IN THE HOUSE SOMEWHAT EXCEEDED WHAT OUR BETTER PEOPLE WHO HAD REPORTS .ON IT •• • WOULD INDICATE, ALTHOUGH I WAS CLEAR TO POINT OUT THAT THEY RECEIVED THE REPORTS FROM THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES.;y THE MARGIN WAS SOME FIVE TO TEN MORE THAN THE TOTALYAMOUNT THAT WE HAD. ANTICIPATED, AS I TOLD YOU IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE THE OTHER DAY AND AS I TOLD YOU AT JOHNSON CI'TY'. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO OBSERVE: FIRST, A'S A GOOD AMERICAN, brJHI.NKyWE ARE ALL GLAD TO SEE A HEALTHY AND COMPETENT EX iSTENCE"' OF''THE: TWO-PARTY SYSTEM. I THINK THERE' IS NO QUESTION BUT WHAT THE'OTHER PARTY STRENGTHENED ITS POSITION. SECOND, I BELIEVE, A.Sr.,fHE'"'LEADERSH I PrOF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER,;SENATOR'DiRKS^N,':ANDYoTH^R'BEL! EVE, THAT :-!!-': IT WILL NOT IN ANY :WAY CHANGE OUR COURSE' O'F"' ACT I ON IN CONNECTION' WITH'SECURITY MATTERS. r HAVE:'HAD'"RATHER' GOOD COOPERATION FROM" TH'E; OPPOSITION PARTY, : ' AS I HAVE'STATED ON A 'GOOD MANY OCCAS PONS'"/ ON ALL MATTERS' AFFECT I NG THE SECURITY OF THIS NATION, AND I EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT. THIRD, WHILE YOU REGRET TO SEE SOME EFFECTIVE CONGRESSMEN AND CERTA INLY YSENATOR..D.OUG LAS, AN EFFECT I VE SENATOR --:'LEAVE '"' "• "WASHINGTON, NOT MANY PRES I DENTS HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT FO'fSb V^RY'H-ONG WITH 248; 2U9 OR 250 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, AND' 64 MEMBERS-OF THE : : SENATE, . • AS: -.1-: SAIDrTO MRS.: JOHNSON LAST NIGHT, IT JUST . LOOKER LJ KE, WE WILLCHA^E' TO GET BY WFTH A 2H8.-MARGIN, WHICH WILL BErSOME-'63-.:,•. . MARGTNi .AND IN THE SENATE- ALMOST TWO TO ONE. '. '77:'-':, I HOPE WHAT WE PROPOSE WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY MERITORlOUS'TO • COMMAND. A MAJORITY VOTE"; .,. THE ,;.MOST EFFECTIVE DEMOCRATIC OPERATION THAT I EXPERIENCED IN THE DAYS' I SERVED THERE WAS WHEN WE ONLY HAD A ONE M A N ' M A R G I N IN THE SENATE. THERE WERE LESS ABSENTEES AND MORE PEOPLE THERE. . OF.COORSEYYANYONE WOULD RATHER HAVE 67 ON HIS SIDE THAN 64. , BUT I W6;ULD RATHER'''HAVEY'64 THAN 36. I WOULD RATHER HAVE 248 THAN'-'145. : I WOULD-BE LESS;,THAN- FRANK- IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT I AM .-., SORRY WE LOST ANY DEMOCRATIC SEATS. .BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU.v Y THAT OVER A PERIOD O.F .TEARS THE.. AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A WAY, I GUESS, 000107 OF BALANCING "THINGS. :'!" ' (MORE)"' �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information WHEN THE PENDULUM SWINGS ONE WAY AS IT DID IN 196U PRETTY STRONGLY, IT HAS A TENDENCY TO SWING BACK AND SOMEWHAT BALANCE IT, AS IT DID IN 1936 WHEN WE HAD AN UNPRECEDENTED MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS, ANDr 1 N ' T938 IT SWUNG BACK. SO WHILE WE WERE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE SOME OF OUR FRIENDS LOSE, I CAN'T THINK A PRESIDENT SHOULD BE TOO UNHAPPY AFTER HE HAD HAD THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE' HAD-IN 1963, I96H, 1965 AND 1966. WE HAVE HAD A; REASONABLY G'OGDfTIME TO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO GET MOST OF THEM ACTED UPON. Xs7IT MAY BE PERTINENT TO OBSERVE THAT WHEN I BECAME PRESIDENT YlN • 1963 WE HAD ABOUT 256 MEMBERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE FIVE, SIX OR' SEVEN LESS NOW. •'• WE HAD A REASONABLY GOOD PROGRAM, AS YOU WILL REMEMBER, IN 1963. AND 1964. ..- I WOULD. EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FAVORABLY; ACTED.UPON IN MOST INSTANCES, WHERE THEY ARE DESERVING. • LWOULD LIKE-TO:;P0T'NT OUT ONE OTHER THING, THAT ON MOST OF THE ROLL CALLS ON--PASSAGE OF WHAT YOU WOULD CALL GREAT SOCIETY. . BILLS, IF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MERITORIOUS, THAT THEY WI LLY COMMAND. •S.UPPpRTT FROM SOME OF THEM IN THE DAYS AHEAD. Q: MR. PRESIDENT, ON SUNDAY YOU MADE AN APPEAL FOR THE VOTERS TO REPUDIATE, THE ,.,'.'WHITE BACKLASH" IN THE ELECTION. COULD YOU TELL US TO WHAT EXTENT YpU THINK.THE BACKLASH DID PLAY A PART IN THE VOTING? , Y--YY; THE PRESIDENT: THAT; IS A LITTLE-BIT DIFFICULT TO APPRAISE,,AL. I DON'T-THINK I AM REALLY IN A POSITION TO BE AN AUTHORi TY ON JUST WHAT THE RESULTY OF MY APPEAL WAS OR THE EXPRESSION OF--THE VOTERS IN EACH. OF THE STATES. I JUST DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO IT. I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT THE STATES WHERE YOU HAD SOMEE-PROBLEMS OF THAT KIND AND-SEE THE' ACTION TAKEN. WITHOUT GETTING SPECIFIC, I THINK IT DID PLAY'SOME PART, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY IT.WAS THE ONLY. FACTOR AT:RALL.,,; ,-, THERE WERE A GOOD MANY FACTORS, IF YOU WILL LOOK OVER THE LIST, I THINK.,IT IS ONLY FAIR TO SAY THAT THE-SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN.OCCURRED I.N STATES WHERE THEY HAD A POPULAR LEADER;,OF THE REPUBL-I CAN PARTY . IN...QHIO, GOVERNOR ..RHODES HAD A GREAT MAJORITY AND HAS BEEN A TVERYYEFFECTIVE LEADER-OFY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, A VERY POPULAR ONE AND VERY COOPERATIVE WITH OUR ADMINISTRATION; AND WITH ME PERSONALLY, HE MADE THE MOTION, YOU WILL REMEMBER, ON VIETNAM AT THE GOVERNORS CONFERENCE,YAND THINGS OF THAT KIND. WE LOST FIVE SEATS THERE BECAUSE HE RAN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AHEAD- OF'VH IS OPPONENT. (MORE) C �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information -10^ THE SAME THING WAS TRUE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE LOST, I BELIEVE, ^ H R E E SEATS BECAUSE GOVERNOR REAGAN HAD A SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY IN HIS ELECTION. : "'IN MICHIGAN, GOVERNOR ROMNEY GOT ALMOST 60 PERCENT OF THE VOTES. WHAT HAPPENEDafN tTHE,-STATE THIS TIME WAS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NATION -IN I.96H: WHENE THE -HEAD OF THE TICKET HAS-. A COMMAND I NG LEAD,, THE' OTHER MEN ON THE -JJ GKET SOMETIMES BENEFIT FROM IT. I AM NOT COMMENT I NG'-ON THE QUALITY OF THE FIVE REPUBLICANS ELECTED, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WERE HURT BY THE FACT THAT GOVERNOR' ROMNEY HAD A 59 OR 60 PERCENT VOTE. SO REAGAN, RHODES AND ROMNEY ACCOUNT FOR 25 OR 30 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL. IN OTHER INSTANCES YOU HAD VACANCIES AND YOU HAD MEN DYING -BEFORE THEIR ELECTION. YOU HAD MEN AFTER THEY HAD GOTTEN THEIR •NOMINATIONS NOT RUNNING IT OUT -~ THINGS OF THAT KIND, ONE OR TWO. . IN OUR STATE WE LOST TWO; IN VIRGINIA WE LOST TWO; IN WISCONSINY WE LOST TWO. BUT AS I HAVE OBSERVED TO YOU BEFORE, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR MADE A STUDY OF THIS QUESTION. SAVILLE DAVIS CAME TO OUR OFFICE AND BROUGHT ME THE RESULTS OF SOME OF HIS STUDIES. HE CARRIED THEM BACK TO l840. THEY SHOWED AN AVERAGE OF 41 PER YEAR. • SOME OF THE HIGH YEARS WERE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, WHEN HE CARRIED EVERY STATE OF THE'UNION, EXCEPT MAINE AND VERMONT, IN 1936. I BELIEVE HE LOST 86 VOTES IN I938. THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME I CAME INTO CONGRESS. I REMEMBER THAT VERY CLEARLY. ON OTHER OCCASIONS THEY HAVE LOST 60.' PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SERVED ONLY TWO YEARS BEFORE HE LOST THE CONGR.ESS.ENT I RELY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, A FELLOW WORKING FOR ME THE OTHER MORNING-, AFTER LISTENING. THE NIGHT BEFORE, THOUGHT WE HAD LOST THE CONGRESS ENTIRELY'. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE THOUGHT ALL DEMOCRATS, WERE ' GONE . I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE ELECTION, AND HE SAID, "I AM SURE: SORRY TO SEE THEM TAKE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATI VES y AND, THE SENATE.". WELL, WE STILL HAVE 248 OR 250 MEMBERS. ' THAT-' IS:SOMETHI NG TO BEAR IN.MIND., THEY MAY HAVE TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER, KNIT,- THEY MAY HAVE TO..HAVE. FEWER-ABSENTEES AND THINGS. '• . ' BUT A PRESIDENT THAT CAN'T LEAD WITH A 25O-85 WOULD'HAVE HIS PROBLEMS.WITH; 260rOR 270. I AM HOPEFUL THAT MOST OF OUR LEGISLATION THAT WE RECOMMENDED HAS BEEN ACTED UPON REASONABLY BI-PARTISAN.; I HAVE.NO REASON TO THINK IT WON'T BE NEXT YEAR. . Q:„.MR. PRESIDENT, IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU- CAN TELL US'AT; THIS TIME ABOUT WHEN AND WHERE YOUR SURGERY WILL TAKE PLACE? (MORE) 000109 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur 1'ac.ces a.I'information THE PRESIDENT;: NO. IT WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK. SO^ YOU., •' DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS WEEK. WHERE, THE DOCTORS HAVE NOT,DECIDED YET. WE HAVE SEVERAL DOCTORS LIVING IN VARIOUS PLACES THAT WILL NEED TO BE THERE. DR. BURKLEY IS NOW CONFERRING WITH THEM AND TALKING TO THEM, TRYING TO GET THEIR SCHEDULE ON A DATE THAT THEY CAN AGREE ON, SOMETIME, WE HOPE, IN LESS THAN THE 15-TO 20-DAY PERIOD THAT WE OR IGINALLY THOUGHT. JUST WHAT DAY-, IT WILL BE, WE DON'T KNOW. I THINK YOU. CAN BE C O M F O R T A B L E Y O V E R THE WEEKEND HERE, AT LEAST THROUGH SUNDAY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WILL BE BUSY AT.A HOSPITAL IN THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK RIGHT NOW OR NOT. JUST AS SOON AS WE DO, WE WILL TELL YOU. WE W I L L GIVE YOU AMPLE NOTICE. Q: MR. PRESIDENT, COULD YOU TELL US SOM' ETHING ABOUT YOUR ; PHYSICAL COMFORT NOW? ARE YOU FEELING WELL? THE PRESIDENT: YES, I FEEL F I N E . I S T I L L HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS WOULD JUST BE A REPEAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TRANSCRIPT, WE HAVE A LITTLE HUSK I NESS IN THE VOICE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO OBSERVE AND A LITTLE PULLING ON THE S I D E , THE PROTRUSION. IT IS ACTUALLY A PULL ON THE INNER WALL WHERE THE INCISION WAS.MADE. IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE A LITTLE WEIGHT ON -YOUR ARM. IN CARRYING IT AROUND, IT PULLS ON YOU, AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET UP IT BOTHERS YOU. I HAVE NOT BEEN WEARING. A BACK REST FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE- DAYS. IT IS A LITTLE- MORE COMFORTABLE. I FORGOT TO PUT IT ON. IF I. HAD KNOWN YOU WERE GOING TO BE HERE ON THIS OCCASION THIS MORNING-, I WOULD HAVE; DRESSED FOR. I T . BUT-'IT IS MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU DON'T WEAR IT. Q: IN TERMS OF YOUR GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM, WHEN THE 9OTH CONGRESS'MEETS, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS OR ARE YOU LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH PLANS OF ADDING ON AND EXPANDING THE. PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? , ; f H E PRESIDENT: WE WILL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE THAT WILL EXPAND AND ENLARGE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY MADE.;, UNQUESTIONABLY SOME OF THEM WILL BE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS. I ;' THINK MY PRINCIPAL JOB RIGHT AT THE MOMENT IS TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO FUND THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AUTHOR I ZED. AS I SAID "TO YOU IN FREDERICKSBURG THE OTHER DAY, WE HAVE AUTHORIZED SOME FORTY NEW HEALTH AND EDUCATION'PROGRAMS. WE HAVE QUITE A PROBLEM,.IN FUNDING THAT MANY. '''' WE WILL NOT FUND MOST OF THE PROGRAMS AT THE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED BECAUSE WE ARE:VERY ANXIOUS TO BEGIN SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, AND FORM THE PROPER KIND OF ORGANIZATION BEFORE WE' GO THE L I M I T , AS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CONGRESS. (MORE) 000110 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'informatio % -12I WOULD THINK THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS YEAR WILL BE LESS THAN THE ONES OF LAST YEAR, AS THE ONES LAST YEAR WERE LESS THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. BUT WE WILL HAVE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS. WE WILL BE BRIEFING THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THEM FROM TIME TO TIME. I HOPE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THE MOST OF THE NEW MEMBERS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE SESSION, CERTAINLY WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF BOTH PARTIES. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANY GREAT TROUBLE. A 65 MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND A 30 MAJORITY IN THE SENATE IS A REASONABLE WORKING MAJORITY. AS I TOLD YOU, IN SIX OF THE EIGHT YEARS THE REPUBLICANS SERVED, THEY HAD A MINORITY IN BOTH HOUSES. THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE ORGANIZATION AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN. SO WHILE I MUST BE FRANK, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN EVERY DEMOCRAT ELECTED, BUT WE ONLY LOST ONE INCUMBENT IN THE SENATE. I EXPECT THE SENATE WILL GET ALONG REASONABLY WELL WITH 64 INSTEAD OF 67. I HOPE THE HOUSE WILL BE ABLE TO. WE LOST TWO COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN. WE WiLL HAVE A FRESHMAN REPUBLICAN SUCCEEDING JUDGE SMITH AND A FRESHMAN REPUBLICAN SUCCEEDING MR. COOLEY. BUT i BELIEVE WITH 250 MEMBERS, SPEAKER MCCORMACK, MR. ALBERT AND MR. BOGGS WILL BE ABLE TO GET ADEQUATE AND FAIR CONSIDERATION FOR THE PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK THEY WILL BE DULY ACTED UPON. MR. KILPATRICK? Q: MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS NOT A MILITARY QUESTION. WOULD YOU COMMENT ON THE REPORTS THAT AMERICAN FORCES MAY MOVE INTO THE DELTA? THE PRESIDENT: NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SPECULATE ON ABOUT WHEN, WHAT, OR WHERE OUR FORCES MIGHT MOVE. (2B - PP) 000111 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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