The Congress: Killed by Compromise

The cream-colored doors of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room swung open and the weary members of a Senate House conference committee emerged after six days of bargaining. They left behind Arkansas' Democrat William Fulbright to face newsmen. Fulbright spoke slowly, somberly. The conference committee, he said, had at last arrived at a compromise agreement for the U.S. foreign aid program. As Fulbright briefly described the terms of that agreement, it appeared outwardly to be a considerable victory for the Kennedy Administration. Actually, it was by far the Administration's most serious...

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