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the U.S. embassy. Beyond that was Thai- land, whose government is nervous about Communist inroads in nearby Laos and Viet Nam, expects to hear reassuring sigent’s that would come visits to Rome, Bertin, Bonn, The Hague and Paris—~and finally the return to Washington. What then? Because of his increasing activities in foreign affairs, Wachington is ais tinine ot dy, even while encouraging Bobby's glob en al interests, is blunt about saying RE Gs Ho iniention of moving his brother 3 once just a joke about the numerousness of the Kennedys, now sometimes tatked ReCY. rr. he says, “that it’s foolish. even as rumor.” Voters might agree. Bobby lacks his brotb- er's easy grace: he is sanhier bristling in his joyaities (the U.S., Jack, and his church: other Kennedys; other Demo- crats}, implacable in his enmities. Jack a te a has been called the Grst Irish Braimnin; Bobby is the Irish Puritan, not an ascetic but a man of burning zeal, If he does not want to become President, it is safe to say that he wants his brother to become a great President, assisted by g great At- Meanwhile, as President o John Kennedy of the U.S. had long known, as the U,S. has come to realize. woe ow ea Froier, ler . westigating military “muzzling.” McNa- mare wanted everything on the record for the showdown he knew was coming. Then the icular rs de- leted nerticular nacesoee fear, Berticuler ili . To justify his position, McNamara read s letter from President K asserting that such in- nt Kennedy formation would be “contrary to the pub- lic interest” and invok! +h ~ight, long : WALTER SENRETT Mazmas Sour & Kiuvruan _ "“Seddle up and go.” upheld by the courts, of “executive priv- 's nd. By his stand, McNa- mara (who had given the subcommitice the names and backgrounds of all 14 Pen- tagon censors, and had offered to explain himself why specific déletions had been made in military speeches) brought to a standstill the hearings that had been insti- ‘gated by South Carolina's Senator Strom Thurmond. But there was stil! plenty of peripheral excitement—for a couple of subcommittee staffers had ventured forth ’ on. ; With the full coopera- tion of the Corps, the pair asked for 32 marines, shut them up in a , an ordered them to answer a series of writs Cemmunism. Sample questions: “What fe the ‘At ; General's list?" “Name ee ET as subversive.” “Identify or Gescribe the following: Karl ate orks, Fro] Koz- lov, Mao * ; Lumumba, Moise Tshombe, Das Aapital, dialectical Waterialism. brainwashing. Fidel Castro.” “What are the populations of Russia. China, Cuba. France. United States?" Although be insisted that be had ant sicced Byme and Kaplan on the marines. Senator Thurmond declared: “1 heartily endorse what they have done.” But other Senators when they heard about it could wot have disapproved more. Cried the ’ Senate's Democratic Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. himself a former marine: “To say I was shocked and surprised ai this kind of questioning is ta state my position mildiy. The greatest outfit in the world should not be subjected to questioning in this respect.” Unable to Answer. If Mansfeld was irate, Marine Corps Commandant David (“Uncle Dave} Shoup was furious. Wrote General Shoup. an able. stumpy, blunt-spoken combat leader who won the Medal of Honor on Tarawa during World War TI: “I am quick to admit that I am personally unable to fully answer al! the questions. Yet. as a man who has spent his adult life in the military service of his country, and who believes be is a loyal and patriotic American willing to fight and die for his country should the necd again arise. I do not believe my ability or that of any well-trained marine to answer that questionnaire has any particular bearing on the effectiveness of the Corps.” , One of the bewildered marines who had been ordered to submit to the question- naire stated the case even more succinct- hy. Said First Sergeant John J. Kluyt- man, a veteran of 19 years’ service: “J am confused about why we got this test. We are professional men, When the President and General Shoup say to go somewhere, ‘we saddle up and go.” MICHIGAN ce in an Open Field Fresh , All the columnists started talking about him. He was introduced on Meet the Press: “as 2 “strong contender” Tor the 1964 Ri 3 4 Re- pubbcan tial nomination. Dwight Eisenhower aad Richard Nixon bo 3 [ th men- tioned him as a possibility. President Kennedy evett Went to the trouble of up- staging him when he was asked about the man’s presidential potential at last week's news conference, Not since Wendell Willkie had the Re- Publicans seen anything quite like him. For the man everyone was talking about lad only within the’ past year identified himself as a Republican, and it was not antil last weekend that George Romney, $4, ent and chairman «nf Lnthintend lp Lt St Américan Motors Corp., announced that dhe would make his first run for elective of- a ae re aN