https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/bd924ed98e63aed0a3eb0b02aeab2c53.pdf 2d63458b40dcd541ebee379277b6f38c PDF Text Text Document Hi<r,r.lraiaflHnriar t.ho Arcpxc f^ ^ f a r m n f / n f i fitf Document divi Igue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacce\ a Tinformation 2 7- '/- « D E P A R T M E N T OF E X T E R N A L AFFAIRS I Subject. Date £EL.£/$.? Publication TORONTO^GLOBE^ANDJ^IL^ 2 leading Democrats head group opposing Nixon's ABM policy work directly with members' of Congress to persuade them • WASHINGTON - Forma- to vote against appropriations tion of a national citizens' for the missile system. It was understood that affilicommittee to oppose President Richard Nixon's plan for ated groups were being organdeployment .of a modified ized onva number of college anti-ballistic missile system campuses and that additional was announced yesterday by committees of military men, businessmen, scientists and two prominent Democrats. They are Arthur J. Gold- others opposed to the ABM berg, former associate justice would be announced. Mr.' Goldberg, asked to of the United States Supreme Court and ambassador to the identify one or more RepubliUnited Nations, and Roswell cans on the committee, was Gilpatrick, former deputy sec- unable to do so, but there were several whose politics he retary of defense. Both men denied, however, said he could not identify, inthat their effort was a politi- cluding Dr. Herbert York, a cal move to lure Republican Pentagon official during the critics of the ABM program Eisenhower administration. Others on the committee ininto opposition to their own president. Mr. Goldberg spe- clude Whitney Young Jr., dicrifically criticized plans of rector of the Urban League; the Republican national com- Arjay Miller, vice-chairman mittee to campaign for Mr. of the Ford Motor Company; W. Averell Harriman, former Nixon's program. "I decry that," the former Governor of' New York and diplomat declared. "The great ambassador to the Soviet issues of public policy ought Union; Dr. Donald Hornig, not' to be reduced to the de- • science .adviser to President nominator of partisan politics. Lyndon Johnson; and ReinThere is no politics in this hold Neiburr, the theologian. The formal name of the group issue at all." Mr. Goldberg also said the is National Citizens Commitcommittee was operating in- tee Concerned About Deploydependently of Senator Ed- ment of the ABM. During the committee's forward Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts. Republican, mation, some Republican supporters of the ABM plan ABM critics were wary of the have been suggesting that group as a launching pad for Senator Kennedy was orgniz- Senator Kennedy. Some, such ing the opposition in order to as Sen. Jacob K. Javits of further k presidential bid in New York, have been convinced, however, of the bipar1972. In fact, the idea for such a tisan nature of the effort and group was conceived at a New are supporting its goal. York city . meeting a month . Mr. .Goldberg was asked if ago that was organized by Mr. Nixon defer action on the Richard Goodwin, a long-time system while a special .comKennedy aide, and attended mission' conduct a st&dy-'Dur-. by such other associates of ing such an intervaL.he said, the senator as' William Van- arms talks with the Soviet Union could begin. den Heuvel. Mr. Goldeberg was asked if The list of 11 sponsoring committee members .made the committee might not be public yesterday included no given a political cast by rereal "Kennedy names," how- ports that he was planning to ever, and two of the principal run for the Senate next year staff contacts were 1968 cam- against Senator Charles Goodpaign associates of Senator ell of New York. Without taking himself out Eugene McCarthy of Minneof possible contention,, the sota. Mr. Goldberg said the group Democrat replied: "I'mbasiwould undertake a public edu- cally ' out of politics. I've cation campaign and also never run for public office." By WARREN WEAVER © New York Times Service 000252 � 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDBM00228 Title A name given to the resource Transcript from Globe and Mail Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/21/1969 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 6, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). 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