September 20, 1964

The fate of the Johnson Administration's medicare program — providing hospital and other medical benefits through Social Security taxes — is very much in doubt as Congress heads for adjournment.

Nguyen Khanh produces copy of lr he says Cambodian Chief of State Norodom Sihanouk wrote to Vietnamese neutralist exiles arranging for talks in Cambodia between Vietcong and exiles; calls lr evidence of Norodom's 'positive connection with elements out to destroy us'; threatens action if Cambodia continues hostile attitude; illus; lr, reptdly sent to neutralist leader Tran Van Huu in Paris, says Liberation Front head Nguyen Huu Tho accepted inv

Goldwater backs Repub platform, plank by plank, s, Plowing Contest; says he will halt 'bureaucratic meddling' in farmers affairs; scores Dem programs and Freeman

says Goldwater election would mean 'death sentence' to agr, s, Natl Plowing Contest; admits difficulty in solving problems but sees Goldwater alternatives forcing farmers off land

FARGO, N. D., Sept. 19—A well‐dressed man stood in a farm field near here the other day and observed that “every four years they come a‐courtin. Heaven only knows why. We're not as influential as we once were, although we could be if we'd get together. Our. numbers don't make for power any more except for a few local close; elections liere and there.”