The Nome Nugget

Stevenson
Accuses Goldwater
Of Distorting
His Statements

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (P) - Adlai Stevenson Tuesday sent a letter to Sen. Barry Goldwater accusing the Arizona Republican of distorting statements made by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

The letter made no reference to a demand made in New York by Goldwater that President Kennedy should oust Stevenson and three other top officials in the administration. Goldwater said the four had "consistently urged a soft policy toward Communism, both in Cuba and elsewhere throughout the world."

Stevenson objected to Goldwater's remarks in connection with a statement made by the ambassador on disarmament in the U.N. General Assembly last Sept. 20.

"I hope that as a United States Senator you feel some obligation to be accurate and responsible in your public statements, and I trust you will keep that in mind if you have any occasion to refer to any speech of mine again," Stevenson wrote Goldwater.

Those in addition to Stevenson assailed by the conservative Republican were:

Chester Bowles, special adviser on
Asian, African and Latin-American
affairs.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a special assistant to the President.

Richard Goodwin, deputy assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American affairs.

Goldwater urged ouster of the four men Monday night in addressing the annual dinner of the
Wings Club.

Goldwater's
speech drew ap-
plause 21 times. The most heavy applause was three times during
his attack on Stevenson and the
three other officials.

Goldwater
said if Kennedy
pledged to Soviet Premier Khrush-
chev that the United States would
not invade Cuba. "I think it is
the greatest victory Communism
has won."

The senator discussed his speech
at
a
news conference before it
was
delivered, said he had no
doubts about the loyalty of Ste-
venson, Bowles, Schlesinger and
Goodwin.

"They just don't understand
Communism and the modern
world," Goldwater said.