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Together are you gentlemen all set already frankly mr. Vice president wait just wait just like a

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Bill this is your first giant appearance the two leading candidates for

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1960 those are your words the last

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See neither the senator or I have become candidates as yet is that right?

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On which ticket on the Republican ticket

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Well, I'd never indulge in that game of trying to nominate the

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candidate of the opposition

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first of all, I don't think people would take it at face value and

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Second, I think they have a right to select the man that they think would best represent their party

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I'm sure that as far as the those who opposed Secretary straws are concerned that they

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did so because of a

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Contrary belief a belief that I respect but one that I also respectfully disagree with

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Senator Kennedy, why do you think that the

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nomination of Louis straws aroused so much

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Bitterness in the Senate led to his defeat

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The thing that doesn't happen very often why do you think it happened in this case and why did you and so many other?

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Democrats vote against him

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Because we felt that it was in the best interest of the country

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Based on a rather lengthy hearing and based on a lengthy debate in the Senate that it was in the national interest

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that Mr. Straws not be confirmed and

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We took that decision with great deliberation

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but we do have a responsibility under the Constitution to advise and consent and

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We could not in this case

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I shared the majority opinion that

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Incidentally, I'd like to point out that that's the book the senator's been reading the new one by Alan Drury on advice and consent

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Oh, yeah

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It's too early to judge the record

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But up to this time it has been very disappointing

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As far as the accomplishments are of the Congress are concerned I would add one other thing that

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Sir between the administration and the Congress no

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I believe that although no, I do not although tempers are played as they always are when issues of great controversy arise

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When the interests of the country are concerned

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on future issues I

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am confident that the

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Congress and the president will find a formula for

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Putting the national interest above partisan interest and that will particularly be the case

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I believe in the field of foreign policy. I do not anticipate that in the foreign policy area

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We well end up with an impasse as you have described it between the president and the Senate

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Despite what happened on the straws game vice president. Do you think that Senator Johnson did this with an eye for gaining liberal support for his presidential ambitions?

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Oh, I wouldn't want to impute any motives to Senator Johnson. I

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Have great respect for his leadership abilities. I have never questioned his motives. I would only say this

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Whether it will help his ambitions if he has them I think is most questionable

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Because as I've indicated before I think the people of the United States

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elected

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President Eisenhower president of the country they did so by an overwhelming majority

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All the polls show that they overwhelmingly support him today

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And I think they think he's entitled to have the men that he selects in his cabinet

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unless the Senate finds that those men have

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Something in their background on their character which completely disqualifies them from public service and certainly I didn't see anything of that sort arise

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Why were the Republicans taken so unaware? I?

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The fact the Republic is not having enough votes and as I should point out that

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We did get all of our votes there because senator young although

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He was not there obtained a pair from senator Mansfield and in this case may I say that was a very generous

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Move by senator Mansfield and typical of what we have learned to expect from him

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We don't consider this a blow to the Eisenhower prestige as some say

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No, I do not I think that

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Actually the country and of course, I am a little prejudiced perhaps on this the country is going to look upon the straws

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Rejection as

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Partisan politics and I think they are going to for that reason

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Not consider it a blow to the president

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in the final analysis it may prove to be a boon to the president in in

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Support for him because people think that the Senate is mistreated

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I believe it is too early to

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Excuse me did he want to cut it off?

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I believe that it is too early to

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Determine who the candidate should be for 1960. I've already indicated on many occasions that

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if this is not the time to

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Launch a campaign or to make a decision with regard to

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