Cord Byrd: “The Senator avoids the question he put to me. He is talking about an election that will come upon us in November--this…”

“The Senator avoids the question he put to me. He is talking about an election that will come upon us in November--this coming November. I understand what he is saying. He is saying we ought to take action before the election. Then he says we ought to hear what the U.N. says. And I say, let's not be in all the hurry. We ought to hear what the U.N. says. Let's see what world opinion is. We ought not go into this alone. If this man is a threat to world peace, the United States should not have to go it alone. Perhaps he will have to be removed. But we have a little bit of time, surely. I say to the Senator, let's take the time. Let's debate the question. Let's debate it and reach a decision on the basis of what the Constitution tells us. Let me just continue. I didn't want the Senator to leave. I thought he was about to leave. Let me continue. He said, with whom does he consult? That is a good question. I have already responded. I also talked about Justinian. I talked about Ivan the Terrible. I talked about Peter the Great. Now, let's go to Stalin. With whom did he consult? With whom did Adolph Hitler talk? With whom did he consult? It was not a free and independent Senate. If they had a free and independent Senate that had control of the power and control of the purse strings, history might have been different. Hundreds of thousands of lives might have been saved. Mr. President, let us not act in haste. Let us forget about our politics.…”