How do you account for the student unrest in many part sof the world? Do you believe that the vocal dissident groups in the universities constitute any substantial portion of the student body? In your opinion what should be the attitude of the University toward such (vocal dissident) groups?

The ferment on the campuses of our country is in many ways a reflection of the underlying discontent of society with its institutions. We have found that our institutions have too often become ends in themselves rather than the means to the end of helping people live more enriching lives.

On most campuses, highly vocal dissident groups make up a very small minority. Yet many of the issues they exploit are just grievances felt by the majority of students. The Report of the Commission on the Columbia University Riots, chaired by Harvard Law School's Archibald Cox, makes it clear that revolutionaries on campus may succeed in destroying a university if the grievances of the peaceful majority have not been met.

While violence cannot be condoned, the need for change on our universities must be recognized. I have suggested on several occasions during the campaign that students must be permitted to participate in the affairs of their university and in the important decisions which have an impact on them. As I stated on June 1:

Our universities should be citadels of our freedom, the guardians and nourishers of free inquiry and expression. They are by their very nature the very custodians of our cultural heritage and the progenitors of a new day. They should be the testing ground for any and all ideas, even foolish ones. The American university should be in microcosm what we would wish for the American society, a free and open community filled with searching and thinking individuals, each seeking his own answers in his own way, yet each extending full respect for the ideals and life styles of others.

The recent amendment to the Higher Education Act passed by the Senate is seen by some as a provision for the use of coercion by the Federal government relative to the political activities of students. What is your opinion?

The Senate amendment to the Higher Education Act left considerable discretion to individual colleges and universities in cutting off aid to students who participated in campus disorders. The provision passed by the House made student aid cutoffs mandatory. The compromise version actually passed made cutoffs mandatory in serious cases.

If such a provision was felt necessary--and I am not at all certain that it was--I would have opposed mandatory cutoffs and given full discretion to the university.

Should the CIA be permitted to recruit on college campuses?

Government agencies and private industry have annual personnel requirements. The college campuses provide a wealth of talent. The CIA is entitled to draw from this talent. Of course, it is the student's right not to be interviewed.

Do you think it would be necessary to extend the application of the income tax surcharge?

Ending the tax surcharge depends primarily on the balance of supply and demand in the economy in 1969. If the pressures of inflation are still at work, part or all of the tax surcharge may have to be extended temporarily to maintain growth. On the other hand, if the war in Vietnam is over and the economy is slowing down, the tax surcharge should expire.

But we will also have to take a hard look at our nation's critical civilian needs, especially in our cities. A temporary extension of part of the tax surcharge, clearly marked for those purposes, should not be ruled out. I would want to give the Congress and the public a clear-cut choice between quicker tax reduction and quicker action on the unrelenting problems of poverty, squalor, crime, and injustice in our cities.

What do you think should be the governmental attitude toward birth control?

Expanded family planning service to permit couples all over the world to space their children is a moral, economic, ecological and demographic necessity. I consider this one of our most pressing public responsibilities. There is no question that with proper legislative authority and funding, we can enhance the freedom of choice of American women to plan the size of their families and the spacing of their children. I am committed to this goal and I think it is a feasible one that will have important impact on child health and reduction of infant mortality. It must however, be a part of the comprehensive approach to the health problems rather than an isolated service.