Kennedy, Reischauer Discuss Vietnam

Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D.-Mass.) told Massachusetts liberals Saturday night that he strongly supports his brother's appeal for an end to the bombing of North Vietnam. Peace talks cannot begin, Kennedy said, until the bombing stops.

Bay State members of the Americans for Democratic Action paid $10 each to hear Kennedy and Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor, discuss the costs of the Vietnam war at the ADA's annual Roosevelt dinner.

Kennedy deplored the cut-backs in vital programs such as the War on Poverty, integration of schools, and foreign aid.

Face Defeat

Unless the war is ended very soon, Kennedy warned, the Democratic party will risk a serious defeat in the next elections.

Reischauer said that too much attention is focused on Vietnam and not enough on the problems of the rest of Asia. He predicted that Chinese leaders would be seeking new directions for their country within two to three years, and he urged that U.S. policy for Asia take this into account.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. '38 presented the annual Roosevelt Dinner Award to Mrs. Philip M. LeCompte of Newton, a former ADA chairman.