Speech #890054688

Short of a declaration of war. the American people are entitled to know about the war plans of their Government in Asia. for the American people will do the dying by the many millions if the administration continues to lead our country and mankind into a massive war in Asia. Mr. President. if my country can follow the policy it is now following and have a great many military victoriesmilitary victories that will make it look as though our escalating of the war is paying offnone of those military victories will produce peace. for all those military victories will only intensify for many decades and generations. an intense hatred of the Asiatics for the people of the United States. We the people will suffer because of this inexcusable. uncalled for. unconstitutional. unjustified American war in Asia. The Senate knows that only a few days ago I stood with only two other Senators in voting against the bill that was introduced. not because the President needed the $700 million. because his own lips told us that he did not need ithe had the authority to use funds without passage of the billbut as a vehicle to obtain another commitment from the Congress of the United States in support of his policy in Asia.