European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 54 the stars and stripes december 1964 Mcnamara plans to abolish Reserve units pug than units and would of nulls which said that ails then he said that he be plans lie save this summary individual trainees for said arc now have assured him Many of inc of the at summer Camp or involves elimination of 21 transition can be reservists will stay in the the new Force Structure 29 civilian Reserve reducing the in some consist exclusively of units individual trainee 15 of the in inc our Reserve forces and that the slates and which there is a military would be increased to the number resulting organization will have the same con including combat and that improved brigades in the a great gain in the Over the National guard Bat support units together readiness justified the would be increased capability and they now base mobilization base units to readiness of our As training divisions and a new the said that a 1 1 c defense Secretary noted son of defense contract Johnson had assured was asked the Federal government now he Salt this will require a paid Drill strength of about is being created to increase efficiency Anil lower will give special consideration to several to has been considering this 90 per cent of the funds for the National guard and 100 Independent of government auditing the Impact on replied that the study cent for the Reserve will he added to the 11 now and individuals under in a was asked what would the these could be deployed either As full brigades a senior defense attache will be named in each foreign units when feasible and four years since i came in to the Pentagon to the armoires and other training facilities used by the re in association with other entire Force would be to increase the efficiency of our attache work at inc also will give special Mcnamara 5 a 1 then recalled that the first major action was about he suld there Are about units with facilities clouded in the Structure for which the army procures As a equipment for in which they actions needed to increase the readiness units equal Opportunity to reservists and guardsmen in the Manning of the units of the ago when eight National guard divisions were eliminated among other the Reserve and i by the same number in the but that this Overall total will be additional divisions and five reviewed in the was asked to it ional brigades would be plan for the extent an happen to the said in answer to the reserves to the for individuals who of reservists who question that some Reserve and guard guard will slush the to serve in the Reserve out of the of the program will Wylli merge under management strength of the a reasonable first answered that the include the National army reserves from of Lime will be allowed department will not funds to increase the size of army Reserve would consist entirely of but the cuts would come through to attain new authorized strength Man on the Rolls just for him to build retirement National he said he believes the fiscal aspects of the program will be 83 congressmen to be eased out of ready the budget for fiscal which begins july he said several months will be required to work out details of from Paoa the amount of during a period of recent years by All of the functioning of the nation in among inc or who is More newsman asked whether emergency by calling to Active military duty key Federal officials in the executive and legislative branches who May be in the ready Reserve and who have completed their obligated costs and Gold outflow most will afford the congressmen and their stuffs a Fuller View of the Complete Range of military activities in the the travel directive the National Security in another position detracts from the combat readiness of the Reserve wastes training and prevents others who could serve in a time of mobilization was asked about the pension status of Many Reserve officers who arc nearing the 20 years of qualified Reserve service needed for a partial military Johnson approved the the plan i have Mcnamara will represent the views of the administration 1 will sponsor it before the Mcnamara also announced news stores about part in the ready replied that the the Reserve officers As crackdown on junk eting by travelling was not being and some members of Gressmen and their staff specifically if his to maintain have insisted during answer to a question As would eliminate the last few Days that there in this he will happen if a Reserve training the Secretary be Public hearings and it away the authority of each wants to remain in Capitol the that some i billion of consideration of the tary service to approve Mcnamara it probably military retirement by will not tolerate the now is headed by now Are unfunded voiced he i am directing that congressional travel sponsored by the department that would prevent the ready reservist from being called up in Case of an Goldwater of the Defeated Republican candidate for and includes in future government he said that his reorganization of the reserves even before Mcnamara lat morning news defense be conducted on a Multi service basis As far As it is said the reservist must choose whether he wants to of other key Congress members and the effect of reducing future military retirement were in Little a Gen tical to do Mcnamara this new directive will More in the ready Reserve or retain his Federal he said a person who is the newest among special Reserve training units that have been operated in Secretary was asked if Bis new policy would end the practice of giving some members of com Nuner of the National guard div weve been reorganized so often in the last backs Viet direct commissions As Reserve officers because of their years that it has Hurt to Hurt our personnel dont know what to for stepper tooth tuned from Page i Fllch Between the Saigon statement and a comment made by ambassador Maxwell up War the president avoided any Public statement then of a decision to carry air strikes beyond South vietnamese icon Natl Pitini Petiti ii the National guard it added that by implication Mcnamara was saying the governors and their political will not tolerate trafficking in he a n y congressman commissioned must meet the military requirements or have unique Mcnamara said that authority for providing congressional travel in military air planes will be Capitol Hill int Apt to take inc action a Roar of protest greeted the putdown 4 two years Many of Congress habitually to the defense of inc and Many of them hold Reserve com several As major Gen Taylor when he headed Back officials indicated that can and have done a the Milit and brigadier i Saigon a week ago after conferences Here that there would could be expected within a Mailer of weeks against inc of training than the regular officers appointed Over the Navy and air meetings were urdu to consider the no major increase in manpower in Souil the american troops there but that there would be no air at this directly against the territory if this is the Roa then this is indeed a sorry on numerous trips both inside this country and Mcnamura suld this the command ing officers of National guards for each met at the Naber about of these regular traffic authority guard association head Mccloskey was asked whether the United states is in administration expressed in the fun us while but the signed by Roa president rear adm members of Congress from seeing overseas buses at the the Reserve agreement with the on Taylors Rceder and other of other committee of the issued in he replied he also said n that the flow of reinforcements und supplies we do not for one minute said the new directive will reduce costs and Gold members arc regular Reserve and guard to persistent questioning North Vietnam this to be the we belive thut this in a move More will was info 18 to of sult of discussions Between Taylor and the Saigon the ambassador returned to Saigon with instructions from the i am not at Liberty to discuss those Mccloskey in general they were made Public in a statement by the White Rouse at the Vietnam had though no details were slowing Down the movement of such assistance to the Viet Cong guerrillas would be one of the main purposes of air strikes against the lines in but another purpose would be to try to get across to North Vietnam and to red China that the purely for Money saving purposes without regard for objective and we have knowledge that he proposals have been generated by civilians in the office of my Nugarus comptroller enchanted with the principle of uniformity and Cost congressmen and their staffs a full Range of Millary activities in the Mcnamara said the defense department will continue to furnish transportation for congressmen when the chairman of a congressional committee requests it for their members and stuffs on official Johnson sees Khanh Saigon Harold army chief of conferred with South Viet 1 Nims armed forces u j Gen Nguyen for an hour j saturday before leaving for i Johnson had been in Sal i gon four Days for 1 and that remains the operative statement of this officials would not confirm does not intend to permit the communist Conquest in the and will take asks Neil fou Power Berlin i finally the new agreement could mean carrying the conflict beyond South Vietnam by bombing Supply lines in the communist held Jungles of but they did not deny that Johnson sent Taylor Back to Saigon with instructions to work out with South vietnamese plans for stepping up the War on both military and civilian if to defeat the red not Only to South Vietnam but to All Southeast the Hope of officials Here is if communist leaders can be brought to realize the dangers of expanding As a result of their operations against South und to a lesser extent against the neutralise government of they May eventually be persuaded to agree to reasonable peace lion Paioff 1 the soviet embassy in East reportedly made the proposal separately to the Western attn in reportedly suggested that inc meetings take place among the four in West the ministers Are Deputy commandants while in East the russians consider their minister to be the second Man behind the the russians abolished of commandant after the Wall was built und turned the Job Over loan East German whom the West docs not Tho soviet Diplomat told the allies that the russians wanted the meetings to discuss questions of Mutual interest but did not the allies decline to say anything beyond confirming the officials said they Felt use soviet move was nothing More than a new attempt to gel their fingers into the affairs of West they would be ready at once to acknowledge the fou Power status for West Berlin so that they can run that part of the City with one Allied official while we would have nothing to say about East i
