Maine Republican Margaret Chase Smith does not speak often on the floor of the U.S. Senatebut when she does, she is generally worth listening to. Last week Maggie Smith arose to deliver what she plainly considered to be one of the most important speeches of her life. The result: a criticism, all the more scathing for its unpartisan sincerity, of the Kennedy Administration's cold war policies.
The U.S., said Maine's Smith, a ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has "a decided nuclear capability advantage over Khrushchevand he knows it. Otherwise he wouldn't have resumed nuclear tests. But...
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