Robert Kennedy, Barnett Blame Each Other for Bitter Oxford Riots
Brovn and Eixon Clash Head-On
In Debate Before UPS Editors
San Francisco - (WD - Gov. ,
Edmund G. Brown and chal
lenger Richard M. Nixon rode
into the final weeks of the
election campaign today on a
wave of bitter charges and
counter-charges.
Their reasonably polite race
for governor of California
changed overnight into a slug
ging match.
The Democratic incumbent
and his Republican opponent
clashed head to head Monday,
in their only joint appearance
of the campaign, before the
1962 Conference -of United
Press International Editors
and Publishers.
From that often-heated ex
change came two issues that
undoubtedly will draw sparks
from both men in the closing
five weeks of their battle for
governor. ;
-The question of whether t
was "morally or ethically
proper" for Nix6n, then the
vice president, to permit the
Hughes Tool Co. to lend $205,
000 to Nixon's brother, Don
ald.
-A fiery difference of opin
ion as to whether. Nixon en
dorses or repudiates two con
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grcssional candidates who are
members of the John Birch
Society and whether Brown
blesses the candidacy of two
Democrats who Nixon alleged
help lead the riots against the
House Un - American Activi
ties committee when it met in
San Francisco on May 1, 19H0.
Haisei luua
The issue of the Hughes
loan was injected into the UPI
discussion by Thomas W. Bra
den, publisher of the Ocean
side, Calif. Balde-Tribune and
Brown appointee to the state
board of education.
"I want to ask you it you
think it is proper for a can
didate for governor, morally
or ethically, to have permitted
his family to receive a secret
loan?"
Moderator O. Preston Rob
inson, general manager and
editor of the Dcseret News and
Telegram, Salt Lake City,
ruled Nixon did not have to
answer the question.
"I insist on answering it,"
said the former vice president.
He then related that six
years ago his brother was In
"deep financial trouble" and
that Donald Nixon borrowed
$205,000 from the Hughes
Tool Co., controlled by multi
millionaire Howard Hughes.
The candidate said his mother
put up some of her property
as security and that his broth
er finally went bankrupt. The
property went to the tool com
pany. "I had no part in the nego
tiation of the loan," Nixon
said. "I was never asked to
do anything by the Hughes
Tool Co. and 1 never did any
thing for them."
Blames Governor
Noting that President Ken
nedy did not raise the Hughes
loan as an issue in the 1(I0
presidential campaign, Nixon
then accused Brown "and his
hatchctmen" of "slyly" plant
ing the Idea that Nixon had
done something wrong in con
nection with the transaction.
Turning to Brown, standing
barely 10 feet away, Nixon
said:
"I have made mistakes, but
I am an honest man. Now is
the time to have this out. If
the governor has any evidence
that I did anything for the
Hughes company, now he has
his chance. Governor Brown
has a chance to stand up as
a man and charge me with
misconduct. Do it, sir!"
Brown replied:
"I have said nothing about
It to anyone whatsoever, other
than to ask some people as to
why your campaign manager,
when the note first was dis
cloiec, seated that the note
was made by someone else,
and I wanted to know the
facts in connection with the
situation."
Brown conceded he had
read about the story in a mag
azine and then added:
"But until this moment I
never said anything about it
other than in casual conversa-
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MEDKORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1962
Foreign
Briefs
OPERATION 'SOUTHERN EXPRESS' DUE IN GREECE
Naplei, Italy-itl'luGan. Laurii Norslad, supreme command
ar of allied forces in Europe, announced Monday that 3,000
Belgian, German, British and American troops would be
airlifted to Greece this month in operation "Southern Ex
press." The first part of the exercise was held last month. It
was called "Fall Trap."
ISRAELI BORDER PATROLMAN KILLED
Jerusalem, Israel-UINi-An Israeli hirder patrolman was
killed and another wounded today when they were fired on
by an unknown infiltrator on the Israeli-Syrian Sea of
Galilee border, informed sources said.
ARGENTINA PRESIDENT TOURS BASES
Buenos Aires-illl'li-Preiident Jose M. Guido made a flying
tour of military installations in the Buenos Aires area Mon
day, for the first time since he was Installed in March.
Guido, traveling by helicopter, visited the Navy's me
chanics school, the Moron airbasc. and the Army's logistics
training center at Camp Mayo.
WARSAW PACT MANEUVERS HELD
Berlin-ilNk-The Czech news agency reported MondBy night
that Soviet, East German and Czech troops participated in
joint Warsaw pact maneuvers in Czechoslovakia late last
month.
Similar maneuvers are known to have taken place rec
ently in East Germany.
tion from time to time in con
nection with reading t h c
story."
JBS Dispute
Nixon, who has been highly
critical of Robert Welch,
founder of the John Birch So
ciety, was asked if he was
"proud" of California Repub
lican Congressmen John II
Rousselot and Edgar W. Hies-
tand, both JBS members who
are running for reelection.
Nixon said he would not en
dorse any candidates for fed
eral office, in keeping with
California election year tradi
tion. But then he unexpected
ly turned to Brown and said:
"Are you supporting two
candidates - Assembly man
John A. O'Connell and As
semblymen Philip Burton who
helped to lead the riots against
the Committee on Un-American
Activities when it met in
San Francisco?"
Brown countered by saying
both men were "excellent'
state legislators. He said he
did not always agree with
their positions but that he sup
ported them "unequivocally.
Burton, a candidate for re
election, and O'Connell, run
ning for Congress in San Fran
Cisco, accused Nixon of "de
liberate slander" and "char
acter assassination."
The two Democrats said
they had criticized the com
mittee in speeches to a student
rally the day before the riots
occurred. Both denied they
were present during the wild
demonstrations at the city
hall.
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Mississippians
Said Inflamed To
Justify Troops
Washington lUPli The fed
eral government and the state
of Mississippi bitterly blamed
each other today for the
bloody battle of Oxford.
Gov. Ross Barnett told the
nation Monday night that the
federal government had de
liberately inflamed Mississip
pians to justify the use of
troops to enroll Negro James
Meredith at the University of
Mississippi.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Ken
nedy initimated that Barnett
himself must ultimately bear
the responsibility for the
campus riot.
Blames Marshals
Barnett said the U. S. mar
shals who put Meredith on
the campus were "trigger
happy" and fired tear gas
shells into the backs of state
policemen and innocent stu
dents. The attorney general, how
ever, said the marshals were
brave men who calmly faced .
bricks, bottles, fire bombs and I
snipers in the dark after the
stale police deserted them.
Kennedy, in so many words,
charged that Barnett double
crossed the federal govern
ment. But Barnett said hej
went so far as to advise Ken-1
nedy that if he was going to j
bring Meredith onto the cam- j
pus, he had better do it Sun
day instead of Monday. j
For on Monday, Barnett
said, there would have been
"20,000 persons in Oxford" j
with all sorts of "dangerous
weapons" and "hundreds of
persons" would have been
killed.
Claims Other Promises
Kennedy said Barnett went
even further - he said the
governor promised not to stop
Meredith's delivery to the
campus, and to help keep law
and order. No one stopped
Meredith's entry, but when
the crowd got ugly the state
police were "withdrawn," he
said.
The attorney general did
not say who withdrew them,
but he charged that when the
marshals were fighting for
their lives on th campus 150
highway patrolmen were sil
ting in about 80 cars a quarter
of a mile away.
Russia Believed Shifting To
'Nuclear Obliteration1 Strategy
London - d'PIt - British ex
perts said today Russia may
be concentrating on super
bombs ir( a shift to a strategy
of "nuclear obliteration."
Recent Soviet tests have in
volved multi-megaton devices
ranging from 10 to 30 mega
tons, or more. A megaton is
equal to a million tonsof TNT.
Russia climaxed its previous
series last fall by testing a
50 - plus megaton bomb, the
largest ever exploded. Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev has
boasted Russia can make them
even bigger, up to 100 meg
atons. The current Soviet nuclear
test series has included, ac
cording to available informa
tion, several devices in the
10-15 megaton range and two
others of 30 megatons and
more.
Experts in London believe
such devices can only be
aimed at total and indiscrimi
nate obliteration of vast areas,
including cities.
The United States, by con
trast, favors a nuclear war
strategy of discriminating at
tack limited largely to stra
tegic targets, while sparing
cities and other chiefly civil-
j ian areas.
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(International Affairs) earlier
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blow against such targets
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lyze the enemy almost instantly.
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