https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/46501bfba033fb9003f39e0ba6cbec1c.pdf 1209167d5a5c59ee47624ea71cb9c7c2 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformatio DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Subject Date <&. 7-rf- 7 &.^kU... July.....9.»...19.6.9 Publication The.....New..Y.prk ..Times. 1 For the moment, however,! ~~ Based -ori "cbiints by "bothmaintains a judicial distance sides; it appears -th&t'>-44 Senthe debate on the floor was are"forth'e" Safeguard 'de- from the press. but a backdrop to the inten ators ployment, 46'are Opposed and '- Shortly before the debate sive maneuvering behind the 10 are undecided. Of the unde- opened, Senator Stennis, at his scenes as each side sought to cidedEfoiir "appear to1 be lean- own initiative, appeared in the ing in favor of deployment; 'one Senate press gallery to tell solidify its -shaky position. • Notably absent during the appears' 'to'i'be leaning against startled reporters, "I feel like I am going to war." He added, first part of the Stennis and five are undecided. ' Put 'in^the- undecided -cate- "I thought I would drop in." speech were the opposition gory were Senators George p . Senators and their aides, Who Aiken;" RepEiblicari of Vermont; Senator Stennis acknowledged were huddled in cloakroom Alan' Bible, Dem'orat of Nesome doubt on whether the and hideaway offices in the vada"; .Mike Gravel/ Democrat Safeguard system would work. Capitol planning their, strategy of Alaska-; Ernest FrHollings, But his basic argument was Both Sides Maneuver for 10 against the Administration prothat, the Senate should approve Democrat of South Carolina;. it if the President thought it Undecided Votes as Stennis posal. . E ; • 'A Len .B:'< Jordan, Republican of was necessary for national se'.Last flight, in a meeting ar- Idaho; Warren G. Magnuson, • curity. Begins Oratory on Floor ranged by-the Council- for a Democrat, of b • Washington; 1 "I think it comes down to livable world, an antimissile Thomas J. Mclntyre, Democrat ;that in the final analysis," he lobby group, nearly 50 Sena- of New Hampshire; Winston L. 'said. "If he thinks he needs it, By JOHN W. FINNEY torial aides were given a final i Prouty,*Republican of Vermont; why that's a big factor." .. .Special to Th* New Yotfc Times p WASHINGTON, July 8—A "chalk talk" by such leading William B. Spbng Jr., Democrat Virginia, and John J. Wilnarrowly divided Senate opened scientific critics of the Safe- of liams,' Republican of Delaware. guard System as Dr. Jerome the antiballistic missile debate The'key, to the vote may well today in an oratorical exercise B; Wiesner and Dr. George W. depend liipbn the two Senators Rathjens of the Massachusetts aimed at influencing about 10 from' Vermont.-. In-particular ori wavering Senators who hold the Institute of Technology, and Senator Aiken, who; it is gen> Dr. Herbert F. York of thet balance^of power. erally presumed, would influr The first round on the Sen- University of California, San- erice his junior colleague, SenaDiego, as well as former offi-;. ate floor was a routine prologue te rProuty.. to what is expected to be a cials of the Arms Control and; A Tug of War ,.,... . r~ prolonged, .'increasingly bitter If the: opposition is to prevail, ARMS CONTROL] Continued From Page 1, Col. 4 debate on the proposed dethe Aiken and Prouty votes are AND DISARM. ployment * of the $10.8-billion Disarmament Agency. essential. With those two, the Safeguard ABM syBtem._ With the technical argu- Opposition is hopeful of a.bare As chairman of tfte Senate ments rehearsed for the last? majority by picking up the votes of Senators Magnuson, MclnArmed- Services .Committee, time, the opposition concen- tyre and Gravelj and perhaps Senator John Stennis of Mis- trated today on its political; Senator Williams. • strategy. Finally agreed upon sissippi, a sonorous Southern "Senator Aiken'is an enigmatic orator,* led off with an explana- was an amendment granting Yankee as he walks around the tion of howthe.committee had all. the Safeguard funds re- Senate with his • flaming red included .$759-million bi a mili quested by thef.Administration ~ I tary authorization b'ill'as'the but specifying-that none could! tie, refusing to Commit -himself be usedfdr deployment at thisj first installment' on the deployeither to reporters.or to close ment of two stations in the time. friends in the Senate. This has The.effect of the amendment! Safeguard system. would, be to keep the Safe-! set the stage for an unusual ' Storm Wanting Sounded guard program in the research! political tug of war. A taste of the. fight to come and development stage. The From one side, Senator Aiken being pulled by his party loywas provided when.Mr. Stennis amendment will be offered to- is morrow, by Senator John Sher- alty to a Republican Adminisupon, the conclusion of his hour- man Cooper, Republican of tration. On the other, he is belong speech, was blocked in a Kentucky, and Senator Philip ing tugged by his personal move to have the Seriate go into A. Hart, Democrat of Michi- friendship with the Senate Demone of its infrequent secret gan, who began the battle ocratic leader, Mike Mansfield against the antimissile system of Montana, his daily breakfast sessions. companion. , more than a year ago. Senator Stennis - said he Each side was claiming the --, So crucial is the Aiken vote wanted to discuss secret intel votes in what was turning into that • some Senate strategists,, ligence information about the a Congressional vote of confi- only half in jest, -were suggestthat the vote .might, well Soviet military threat unrelated dence in the Administration. ing depend on what weritj,On;dver a to the missile issue. breakfast table in. the. Seriate ' -•><'•. *• Senator Stuart Symingto,n A White HoUise aide said, "I cafeteria. - "knowjye have the votes." , For Senator Stennis, it was a Democrat of Missouri, and Sen Equally confident estimates' new and.awkward role to be ator Albert Gore, Democrat of 1 going to the Senate floor with Tennessee, two leading op were !' offered ' by opposition his committee divided and the leader's, "including Senator.; ponents of the antimissile sys- Cooper.' Senate challenging a recomtem, immediately objected, mendation of the Armed SerClose Outcome Conceded vices Committee.-It seemed to saying they would insist on discussing the ABM. With this rare Privately, however, both sides result in a new gregariousness conceded that the outcome was by the Senator,, who normally rebuff to a committee chair , so'close that it might well turnman, the secret session was put on who.was absent on the day off until tomorrow. of the vofe^-expected late this month—and on which -way a few; uncommitted- Sehators finaliy decided to go. y ": - _ 11 R OF MISSILE DEBATE 000119 � 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. 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