European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 the stars and stripes april 1966 Reserve Muster was voted Down Gamble on buildup has paid off so far an a news analysis by Fred Hoffman March 31 Johnson administration took a calculated risk in at a perilous Point in the Viet Nam War last that it had time to build the Reg ular armed forces instead of mustering thousands of top officials scanned the intelligence evaluations and reckoned that situation in Viet Nam could be stabilized without a massive and Swift mobilization of National country would not be confronted by a second major crisis elsewhere a threat that would further tax military resources burdened by the vaulting demands of Viet part of the Gamble involved reducing temporarily the com Bat effectiveness of army Divi Sions based in he United Stutts so they could undertake the training of thousands of rookies who could not be Squeezer into the crowded Basic raining Cen so at die Gamble has paid forces in Viet swollen from last summer to about three times that num have turned what appeared to be impending defeat into at least a and the communist world has made no attempt to create any serious military diversion else the danger period is not yet restoration of the army divisions in the United states to full combat readiness is still months but even As Strong a critic As John chairman of the Senate preparedness con ceded wednesday that the administration plan has worked Hanoi still vows finish fight by Henry brads Iier March 31 a North Viet Nam has used a Kremlin platform to preach a chinese Type determination to fight to the bitter end in the vietnamese president to pm minds government has shown no sign in two statements Here of com ing under the moderating in fluence of Hanoi sounds determined to carry on the struggle As the chinese at the same it is try ing to steer a Middle course in the Moscow peking Dejunc Tiona  Sta Deal Leader addresses my of his Fellows during my hustled rally at a Saigon technical be attacked the Gove meat for being sober vie at to the halted states Aad Aloag with other speakers coded Tor photo Goldwater rallies designed to keep image alive until 1968 Wytera Glaser March 31 Nana the rhythmic chant of we want barrel almost forgotten since the 1964 presidential Campaign is sure to be heard again Between May and the free society association a conservative group formed by Republican nominee Barry Goldwater after his is planning a series of four regional powwows of sensibly to discuss political philosophy and lambast the great actually the w yet will be Gold water designed to keep the Ariz Ozaas political image urn Goldwater has said he would hate to Challenge aging demo cratic Carl whose term expires in those close to the former gop stand Ard bearer say he will make the race and they Are operating on that for Bis advisers believe Goldwater syndicated column does not provide enough visibility for the Man who was once the nations cover they count of the ral lies to produce More National the four locations Are still Beteg thrashed but they will be Large cities for easy spotted in the far West Middle Northeast and meetings will rather than Herd simultaneously to enable Goldwater to Star at each one in milk Ini them for maximum pub dates Are roughly scheduled for septem Ber and Goldwater has indicated sup port for Richard Nixon for the 1968 gop but a source close to the arizonan said that could change if results of the november elections turn up a More attractive candidate of Ronald Reagan wins the California Barry probably would want to see him on the the source Delson the Phoenix lawyer who masterminded Goldwater 1964 said recently that Goldwater has a heavy speaking schedule in Arizona As a Senate build democratic sources private Hope he will indicating by would relish an Opportunity to perpetuate the extreme tag pinned on him in Lyth is Kutchel has virtually abandoned his Law practice to run Fra Aad claims a membership of with heaviest concentrations in Pennsylvania Aad Texas in thai memberships run from to a Fosas Washington Headquarters has been releasing position papers on such subjects As fed the poverty and Why new York mayor John Lindsay Vic tory Means utile to the thanking both sides for Aid and calling for Unity in terms both could this appears in Hanoi two messages to the soviet communist party 23rd meeting they were a speech wednesday by be first Secretary of the North vietnamese communist and a letter he read from the persons in the Kremlin Palace of congresses gave be Duan an enthusiastic then they heard him voice the kind of militant line that comes from peking but is noticeably miss ing we Are absolutely sure that our South vietnamese com patriots will fight the american until a victorious Cost what it be Duan some Western experts on Viet Nam regard be a native of South viol Nam when is hos chief Deputy and Likely As the Mastermind of the Viet his bitter end policy speech contrasted sharply with the speech tuesday by first Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the soviet communist Brezhnev voiced Strong criticism of policy in Viet Nam and continuing support for communists there but he avoided any idea of continuing the struggle there have been Many signs that soviet leaders would like to see an end to the one reason could be a fear that it might expand into direct so Viet another is an obvious desire to concen trate on Domestic economic development without devoting re sources to but Brezhnev has to make Strong statements because Chi a has accused the soviet Union of Only pretending to help North Viet Nam while actually bring to reach a settlement with the United Stennis still opposes the course followed and obviously favored at least a Selec Tive callup of to a Large time has rescued us in this Stennis we have had the time to gear up our production Facil to let contracts and obtain deliveries of vitally needed repair parts and to recruit and train additional we have been Able to overcome a substantial part of our we arc that this Lime has been it will eventually cure the deficiencies in the readiness of these Stennis spoke out after the contents of a secret subcommittee report on readiness leaked and the defense department admitted that the Only four Romolu Ftp army divisions in the United states arc below full combat readiness because they arc handling the Mississippi senator said that last 4 Secretary of defense Robert Mcnamara assured a semite appropriations subcommittee that All Divi Sions Are ready logo to com at that Slennes his subcommittees investigation showed Hal one of lie four army divisions was at barely 55 per cent of us authorized strength of nearly men and another division barely More than 70 per cent of i am certain that the Secre tary loud not been advised of the actual condition of these Divi Sions when he made the state Stennis the two below strength Divi Sions were not named by Sten the four divisions involved in he Overall readiness dispute Are the 1st and 2nd army of the 4th inf of my the 5th mechanized inf of an earlier report of Ike subcommittee showed that the divisions in the United states had significant shortages of major hems of Stennis our recent investigation of the four divisions showed that there had been significant improvement in the equipment situation As far As these four divisions Are and we Are gratified at he Mcnamara told newsmen on Capitol Hill wednesday that the use of army divisions for train ing had not endangered National on the be the National Security is enhanced and strengthened by the retention of the Reserve forces As Reserve forces instead of putting them on Active duty and thereby destroying then usefulness As a contingency re to Ropisan coition army Navy James Uia Elmer Frank Henry Pix a Raul icon an unofficial publication of and Lor Tho Dolly of under Tho armm Forti in oui Nln of Uio Public ally let i Moll Tho surs Ond pol new Portl or Monor tips 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