This is test-ban week in Washington, and all talk is focused on the Treaty of Moscow.
As previously reported, public apathy on the treaty has been the most effective ally of treaty advocates. Many senators, unable to assay constituents’ thinking, have drifted toward ratification despite their own grave doubts. The Administration and the Establishment have contended all along that public sentiment is overwhelmingly in favor of the treaty. In absence of contrary evidence, the Senate had, until last week, accepted this line. One Republican conservative told the press corps in a “not for attribution” statement, that be felt a vote against the treaty would be “political suicide.” Cato
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