Robert Kennedy
Discusses His
Political Future
Editors Note: Because he’s the
President’s brother, every word,
every action of Robert F. Ken
nedy is subject to special scru
tiny. In the following exclusive
interview with Louis Panos, who
covers the Justice Department
for the Associated Press, Ken
nedy discusses his political
future.
By Louis Panos
WASHINGTON UP) — Robert F.
Kennedy looked out the window
of his chauffeur-driven limousine
and said he does not plan to run
for President in 1968.
“Emphatically npt,” he said.
In his voice was a note of plain
tiveness. a plea that his answer
be believed.
There was also the shrug of
resignation from a man who, as
Attorney General and brother of
the President, knows every word
he utters for public print will be
closely examined—by political op
ponents for campaign ammunition,
by foreign diplomats for a hint of
what the administration is really
thinking, and by reporters who
consider him the most valuable
news source outside the White
House itself.
This interview, held during a
ride from a hotel speaking engage
ment to his Justice Department
office, was one of a recent series
given by the Attorney General to
the Associated Press in an attempt
to answer these questions:
1. Is he being groomed to assume
the Presidency when John F. Ken
nedy leaves office?
2. How true are current Wash
ington rumors that, in preparatior
for a run at the Presidency, he wil
be named Secetary of State, witl
Dean Rusk leaving that post t<
become Ambassador to the Unitet
Nations and Adlai Stevenson beinj
eased out of the administration?
3. How does he define the un
usual role he plays in governmen
affairs?
In brief, these are Robert Ken
nedy’s answers:
1. The Presidency: “Absolutely
no. I don’t even think about beinf
President. I know that may sounc
funny to some people, but that’:
the truth.”
2. Secretary of State: “Com
pletely ridiculous and untrue.”
3. His role: “I try to do the bes<
I can running the Department o:
Justice as Attorney General. It’s
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| Eielson Ravens Down
I Kodiak Bears 59-50 to
Take Basketball Crown
ANCHORAGE (in — The Eiel
son Ravens, using a full-court
press much of the time to force
their opponents into frequent mis
takes, defeated the Kodiak High
School Bears, 59-50, Monday night
to become the Western Alaska
High School basketball champions.
The Ravens never trailed in the
game which saw four of their
players wind up in double figures, j
led by sophomore Gus Doppes, who
picked up 19. The Eielson quintet
shot over the Kodiak zone with
great accuracy then cashed in on
Bears’ errors frequently with their
full-court coverage.
Eielson led 34-26 at halftime.
Eielson will meet the Juneau
Crimson Bears March 14-16 on the
Ravens’ court for All-Alaska title.
Homer was awarded the sports
manship trophy.
a very important job. Sure, the
President gets my advice on mat
ters outside the depaotment, just
as he does from lots of others. But
he weighs it, just as he does the
advice of the others, and then
makes the decisions himself.”
Kennedy and his closely knit
group of associates in the Justice
Department sometimes seem im
patiently mystified by any sug
gestion that he has any political
ambition at all.
“I’m out of politics,” he still
says, as he did shortly before he
became Attorney General.
The recent Esquire magazine
article by Gore Vidal—in which
Robert Kennedy was tabbed as the
likeliest Democratic Presidential
candidate in 1968 and was de
scribed as possessing “vindictive
ness and a simple-mindedness
about human motives”—has be
come a subject of good-natured
ribbing among the Attorney Gen
eral’s associates.
To them he is a basically shy
soft-spoken individual, informa
but courteous in human relation
ships, often exuberantly funny,
usually solemn under the weighl
of heavy responsibility.
Besides his unofficial role as
closest confidant to the President
and his official post as Attorney
General, he wears more hats than
any other man in the government.
He is a member of the National
Security Council, chairman of the
President’s Committee on Juvenile
Delinquency and Youth Crime,
head of the White House Confer
ence on Narcotics and Drug Abuse,
and chairman of the President’s
special study group on Counter
Insurgency.
And if that isn’t enough to keep
him busy, of course, there are the
weekend hikes, skating parties, and
other forms of relaxation to fill
the spare time of a working man
with a wife, seven children and
another one on the way.
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“NOTICE—real estate examinations will be
given April 6, 1963 at Anchorage, Kodiak, Fair
banks, Ketchikan, Nome, Sitka and Juneau.
“Written application must be filed with A.
H. Romick, Commissioner of Commerce, P. O.
Box 2259, Juneau, not later than March 25, 1963.
“Information may be obtained from any
member of the Real Estate Examining Board:
Vernon E. Haik, P. O. Box 1517, Anchorage; Ray
R. Reagan, 431 Dock Street, Ketchikan; Bud F.
Meyeres, 527 Third Avenue, Fairbanks; or from
the Department of Commerce, P. O. Box 2259,
Juneau.”
Supara of Cliicago
Awarded Contract
To Process and Sell
Alaska Seal Skins
WASHINGTON UPi — Secretary
of the Interior Stewart Udall an
nounced Tuesday award of a con
tract to Supara of Chicago for the
processing and sale of government
owned Alaska seal skins.
Udall said the firm, a new
partnership, will locate its plant
in St. Louis.
The contract covers the period
until Dec. 31, 1974 and provides
for periodic price redetermination.
It gives the secretary power to
terminate the agreement at any
time when Supara fail^ to main
tain the recognized standards of
quality of materials and workman- |
ship expected by the fur industry, j
The Fouke Fur Co., formerly of |
St. Louis and now of Greenville,
S.C., held the contract for pro
cessing and sale of the seal skins
harvested on the Pribilof Islands
in Alaska for many years. The
department terminated this con
tract as of Dec. 31, 1962. One an
nounced reason was that the com
pany arranged to move from St.
Louis without prior consultation
with the department.
D. Otis Beasley, administrative
assistant secretary of the Interior,
said Supara was selected after
evaluation of sample processed
skins submitted by five firms.
Beasley said the new contract
is more favorable to the govern
ment than the previous one.
Examples he cited included low
er payments for skins sold and
profit limitations as well as dis
continuance of a discount of 1 '
per cent previously allowed to
buyers of processed furs who paid
cash. Beasley said the discontinu
ance of the discount alone will re
sult in more than $40,000 annual
ly in additional revenues to the
government.
Alaska, he said, will be the
principle beneficiary of the larger
return the government will re
ceive from the skins since the
state receives 70 per cent of the
net government proceeds.
In Greenville, S.C., an Interior
Department spokesman said Fouke
is to be allowed to conduct sales
in April and October of this year
to dispose of skins it now has in
inventory from previous harvests,
a total roughly estimated by the
department at between 100,000 and
150,000 male and female skins.
Ban Sale of Fireworks
JUNEAU UP) — The sale or use
of fireworks in Alaska, except
those set off in public displays,
would be prohibited under the
provisions of a bill introduced by
Reps. Bennie Leonard and Jim
Parsons, Anchorage Republicans.
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Oklahoma Paper Publishes
First Edition With Type
Entirely Set By Computer
OKLAHOMA CITY UD — The
Oklahoma City Times Tuesday
published its regular editions with
news type set entirely by a com
puter.
The development came on the
90th birthday of E. K. Gaylord,
president and publisher of the
Oklahoma City Times and Daily
Oklahoman.
The feat marked the culmination
of several years of independent
research by the Oklahoma Publish
ing Co., working with officials
of the International Business Ma
chines Corp.
Perforated tape is fed into the
computer which then cuts a tape
which is run through a casting ma
chine that sets the type automatic
ally. The computer justifies lines
of type to the proper column
width and automatically hyphen
ates words for the news columns.
“This important improvement
in the efficiency of newspaper
production methods has implica
tions for every community in
America,” said Robert Sphan, pro
duction manager of the Oklaho
man and Times. “It could make
the difference economically in the
survival of many newspapers.”
“This system, if used widely by
other newspapers around the coun
try, could result in 100 million
Americans receiving later-break
ing news in their local news
papers,” said managing editor
Charles Bennett. “It promises
benefits in the news room, too.” I
The system centers around the
1620 computer, which can punch'
tape at the rate of 85 column
width lines a minute. This is fast
enough to keep eight type-casting
machines busy continuously.
1 Tuesday’s achievement was set
1 as a “birthday greeting” for Gay
lord, who has continuously oper
ated the two Oklahoma City news
papers since 1903, when circula
tion—now more than 310,000—
was only 3,500.
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Say Aid Programs
For Alaska I\afives
WASHINGTON L?> — Special
state and federal aid programs for
Alaska natives will be needed for
some time in the opinion of a
government study group.
“Both in terms of culture and
social status, the bulk of the na
tive population is separated by a
sizeable gulf from the non-native,”
the report of the three-man task
'orce said.
The report was given to Sen.
E. L. Bartlett by the Interior De
partment. It is based on visits to
Alaska native communities and
talks with their representatives.
“Both natives and non-natives
af Alaska often emphasize their
?reat desire to have a completely
ntegrated society,” the report said.
“Yet,” it added, “wishful think
ng alone is not likely to accom
plish this goal in the near future.”
Members of the task force were
W. W. Keeler, executive vice pres
ident of Phillips Petroleum Co.;
Hugh Wade, Alaska Secretary of
State, and James Officer, Asso
ciate Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs.
“While distinctive programs of
education, employment assistance,
health and sanitation, and real
property management—whether of
fered by the state or federal gov
ernment—may appear to endow
natives with a privileged status,”
the report said, “the continuation
of such programs into the fore
seeable future is unquestionably
i necessary for their well-being and
l that of Alaska.”
' As summarized by Bartlett’s of
i fice, here are some highlights of
' Serious consideration should be
. given to establishment of regional
. native high schools at Bethel, Una
. lakleet, Nome, Kotzebue and Bar
. row.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
and the state should continue to
I explore the possibility of early
consolidation of the native welfare
program under a single administra
tive head.
Native villages should be en
| couraged to incorporate as cities
' under state law.
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