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Senator Gorn. May I be recognized to offer this motion? 
Senator SparKMaAN. All right, Senator Gore. 
Senator Gore. I move that the chairman of the committee be auth- 
orized to communicate to President Johnson the concern of the com- 
mittee on the breakdown in public communication between the Ex- 
ecutive and the Senate which arises out of the refusal of Secretary 
of State Dean Rusk to testify in public session before the Senate 
Foreign Relations Committee on United States policy in Southeast 
Asia. 
Mr. Chairman, I would like two minutes to make a brief statement, 
if I may. 
Senator SparKMAN. All right. 
PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF VIETNAM POLICY 
Senator Gorr. Mr. Chairman, the country is deeply troubled and 
deeply divided over a costly and bloody war. We need unity in our 
country very badly. 
If upon thorough public examination a policy can be justified, then 
there is a possibility of unity in America. If the policy cannot stand 
public examination, then the policy should be changed. The Amer- 
ican people have a right to know for what cause their sons are being 
sent to fight and die. What are the objectives, intermediate and long 
range? Is it a true cause? Is the national interest truly involved? 
For what lesser cause would men be sent to die? 
These issues are so vital that we need to discuss them thoroughly, 
and before the American people whose Government it is, whose sons 
are dying. 
The Secretary of State has not appeared in public session with 
respect to the Vietnam war, nor has the Secretary of Defense, in 
nearly two years. Why is the President unwilling, or his principal 
Cabinet members, to appear in public session on this vital policy? 
I submit that it is in the national interest to preserve the coopera- 
tion and mutuality of responsibility between the elected representa- 
tives of the people and the President of the United States. 
This is why I am pressing this motion to take this issue squarely 
to President Johnson. Secretary Rusk is his agent. The Senate For- 
eign Relations Committee is the agent of the U.S. Senate. Communi- 
cation between these two agencies is vital in the national interest. 
T ask, Mr. Chairman, that this motion be inscribed on the agenda of 
the committee for consideration tomorrow. 
Senator Sparkman. As I stated a minute ago, there will be an execn- 
tive session tomorrow, and I do not know what the agenda is, but the 
matter will be eligible for consideration, of course. 
Senator Gorr. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
Senator SparKMAN. Senator Pell. 
Senator Petry. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
LEGAL SYSTEM NEEDED REGARDING OCEAN SPACE 
Man is advancing so fast in ocean engineering and technology that 
in a few years he surely will be able to reach and tap rich resources at 
any depth of the globe-girdling sea. When this happens, men and 
machines from any or many nations are likely to find they are compet- 
