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Senators Press Eisenhower to Tighten Berlin Defense
Senate leaders Johnson and Fulbright urged the administration to strengthen defense and take the initiative in the Berlin crisis. They called for midweek Joint Chiefs of Staff hearings, criticized the lack of imagination, and insisted the U S cannot remain passive as Khrushchev presses for troop withdrawals and a Berlin showdown approaches.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Berlin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate Preparedom
West
Fulbright
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Gary
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Estonia
Latvia
Reriin
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Ny
New York
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
House
United States
Khrushchev