AUGUST 16, 17, 21, 23, AND SEPTEMBER 19, 1967

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CONTENTS

Statements by-

Bartlett, Prof. Ruhl J., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.....

Broy, Mrs. Cecil Norton, Alexandria, Va...

Pam

9

317

Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr., U.S. Senator from North Carolina__.

Findley, Hon. Paul G., U.S. Representative from Illinois_-.

Katzenbach, Hon. Nicholas deB., Under Secretary of State....

Holt, W. Stull, professor, University of Wisconsin

Lévitt, Judge Albert, Hancock, N.H.

Montross, George M., Detroit, Mich.........

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225

71, 128

237

279

304

Percy, Hon. Charles H., U.S. Senator from Illinois...

Insertions for the record:

Text of Senate Resolution 151

"Advise, or Just Consent?", editorial from the Philadelphia (Pa.)

Evening Bulletin, August 3, 1967-

112

4

4

"The Fulbright Resolution," editorial from the Boston (Mass.) Globe,

August 2, 1967__

4

"Fulbright Move Is Timely," editorial from the Los Angeles (Calif.)

Time, August 2, 1967.

4

"What Is a Commitment?", editorial from the Christian Science Mon-

itor, August 3, 1967.

5

"Lassoing the Locomotive," editorial from the National Observer,

August 7, 1967__

6

"Who Makes Foreign Policy?", editorial from the Wall Street Journal,

August 8, 1967_.

8

Letter dated August 15, 1967, from Hon. William B. Macomber, Jr.,

Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, commen-

ting on Senate Resolution 151 and enclosing a list of U.S. defense

commitments and assurances

Text of statements by Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, December 8

and 11, 1941____

49

100

Text of President Johnson's news conference of August 18, 1967-

Letter to Under Secretary of State Katzenbach from Senator Ful-

bright, August 18, 1967..

121

129

Text of President's message to Congress, August 5, 1964, regarding

the Southeast Asia resolution.

135

Excerpt from Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearings,

April 27, 1949, on the North Atlantic treaty.

Citations from the Law of Nations, by Herbert W. Briggs.

Letter from Under Secretary Katzenbach to Senator Eugene J.

McCarthy, August 31, 1967....

172

175

184

"Promotion of Peace and Stability in the Middle East," remarks by
Hon. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., February 20, 1957, in the Congressional
1ecord.

200

Text of President Johnson's address to the Nation, August 4, 1964,

regarding the Gulf of Tonkin incident

208

Prepared statement of Hon. Paul G. Findley

228

Statement of Hon. Peter H. Dominick, U.S. Senator from Colorado__

Letter to Hon. Dwight D. Eisenhower from former Senator Arthur V.

236

Watkins, March 12, 1954, enclosing the latter's remarks in the

Senate, February 19, 1952.

260

Extension of remarks in the Senate of Hon. Robert A. Taft, January

29, 1952, submitting the article, "War by Executive Order," by

Senator Arthur V. Watkins_

268

Excerpts from "The Mandate for Change," by former President Dwight

D. Eisenhower

275

Biographic sketch of Judge Albert Lévitt_

277

Prepared statement of Judge Lévitt....

280