mr. mcgee: mr. vice president. mr. nixon: i think kenne senator -- senator kennedy is wrong on three counts. first of all, he's wrong in thinking even suggesting that mr. khrushchev might have continued the conference if we had expressed regrets. he knew these flights were going on long before and that wasn't the reason that he broke up the conference. second, he's wrong in the analogies that he makes. the united states is a strong country. whenever we do anything that's wrong, we can express regrets. but when the president of the united states is doing something that's right, something that is for the purpose of defending the security of this country against surprise attack, he can never express regrets or apologize to anybody, including mr. khrushchev. now in that connection senator kennedy has criticized the president on the ground not only of not expressing regrets, but because he allowed this flight to take place while the summit conference or immediately before the summit conference occurred. this seems to me is

mr. mcgee: mr. vice president. mr. nixon: i think kenne senator -- senator kennedy is wrong on three counts. first of all, he's wrong in thinking even suggesting that mr. khrushchev might have continued the conference if we had expressed regrets. he knew these flights were going on long before and that wasn't the reason that he broke up the conference. second, he's wrong in the analogies that he makes. the united states is a strong country. whenever we do anything that's wrong, we can express regrets. but when the president of the united states is doing something that's right, something that is for the purpose of defending the security of this country against surprise attack, he can never express regrets or apologize to anybody, including mr. khrushchev. now in that connection senator kennedy has criticized the president on the ground not only of not expressing regrets, but because he allowed this flight to take place while the summit conference or immediately before the summit conference occurred. this seems to me is

mr. mcgee: senator kennedy. mr. kennedy: well, mr. nixon hasn't discussed the two basic questions: what is going to be done and what will be his policy on implementing the supreme court decision of 1954? giving aid to schools technically that are trying to carry out the decision is not the great question. secondly, what's he going to do to provide fair employment? he's been the head of the committee on government contracts that's carried out two cases, both in the district of columbia. he has not indicated his support of an attempt to provide fair employment practices around the country, so that everyone can get a job regardless of their race or color. nor has he indicated that he will support title three, which would give the attorney general additional powers to protect constitutional rights. these are the great questions: equality of education in school. about 2% of our population of white people are illiterate, 10% of our colored population. 60% to 70% of our colored children do not finish high school. these are

kennedy: mr. mcgee, we have a contractual right to be in berlin coming out of the conversations at potsdam and of world war ii. that has been reinforced by direct commitments of the president of the united states; it's been reinforced by a number of other nations under nato. i've stated on many occasions that the united states must meet its commitment on berlin. it is a commitment that we have to meet if we're going to protect the security of western europe. and therefore on this question i don't think that there is any doubt in the mind of any american; i hope there is not any doubt in the mind of any member of the community of west berlin; i'm sure there isn't any doubt in the mind of the russians. we will meet our commitments to maintain the freedom and independence of west berlin. mr. shadel: mr. vice president, do you wish to comment? mr. nixon: yes. as a matter of fact, the statement that senator kennedy made was that to the effect that there were trigger-happy republicans, that my stand on quemoy

and mr. mcgee were turned, if information like this came out about donald trump, would it be fair game? >> well, i think this election is really about -- not about change, but it's about enough. enough taxes, enough infrastructure crashes. we had two plane crashes today. and we even had mike pence's crash run off the runway. and it's about enough health care problems. and now, it's about enough fbi flaps. the american people know exactly what we need to do at this time. and they're really looking to donald trump for change, in washington. but particularly, donald trump may not be supported by all americans, was he's at least supported by all of us in his support for us. we, the people, are responsible for we, the lawmakers, who are accountable here. so, essentially, we're really looking very, very closely at how the last 11 days are taking place and we're going to make our decision from that. this election is really all about scotus more than potus, and basically we're looking at american principle

moderator: mr. mcgee has the next question for senator kennedy. >> a moment ago, you mentioned tax loopholes. senator lyndon johnson is from texas which many political leaders feel is in doubt. are hopingin texas that the rates will not be cut. it refers to inequitable allowance being conspicuous loopholes. do you consider the 27.5% allowance in equitable's and allow it to be cut? mr. kennedy: there are 104 commodities that have some kind of allowance, including oil. i believe all of those should be gone over in detail to make sure no one is getting a tax break, to make sure no one is getting away from paying the taxes they ought to pay which includes oil and all kinds of minerals. everything within the range of taxation. it includes oil abroad. it should be treated differently than here at home. the oil industry has hit hard times. i can assure you that if i am elected president, the full spectrum will be gone through carefully. if there are any inequities, i will vote to close that loophole. i have vote