European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 24 the stars and stripes thursday september 2, 1967 Mcnamara splits with Gen. Wheeler on port continued from Page joint chiefs told the Senate preparedness subcommittee he had balanced the risks against the gains and i have come Downen the Side that we could under take action against the port the subcommittee has heard other military leaders including adm. U. S. Grant Sharp in the Pacific testify in support of action against the Haiphong Harbor. Mcnamara and his associate believe the risk of a confrontation with Russia would be a Seri Ous one in attacking the Hai Phong Harbor because several soviet ships Are almost always there discharging cargo for North Vietnam. A confrontation they feel might occur if russian ships came under . appeared to try to minimize the impression of differences with Wheeler. He said the general s Tes Timony amounted to a balanced appraisal of potential risks an gains from action against Hai said Wheeler pointed out very clearly the possibility of widening the War by attacking the discussion on Haiphong overshadowed questions about Mcnamara s immediate mis Sion which is to Confer with the seven nation nato nuclear plan Ning group at Ankara thursday and Friday. Reportedly Mcnamara will at tempt to convince the nato Al lies there that the . Decision to construct a thin anti missile system against a Possi ble re chinese nuclear attack in the 1970s is not a sign that the United states is preparing to withdraw from its overseas commitments. Mcnamara told reporters Theam system to be built against the chinese threat really has no relationship to the . Commitment to defend Western Europe. He renewed his often state Contention that no matter How much Money is spent on it no anti missile system now in Prospect could shield the unite states against a saturation at tack by soviet missiles equipped with Decoy devices. Another subject for discussion in Ankara is expected to be tur key s proposal for placing atomic land mines in the passes through turkish mountains along the soviet Border. There has been no . Enthusiasm for the plan. The american View is that there i Are control problems i relation to such atomic Demoli Tion devices and it is . Policy to maintain the tightest possible control Over atomic weapons to minimize the risk of accidental War. Mcnamara s current plan is to return to Washington sunday testimony by Gen. Wheeler delivered aug. 16, disclose that the joint chiefs sought a 16 Day bombing onslaught against90 key targets in North Vietnam Early in 1966. They did t get their Way. The administration instead adopted a gradual escalation approach which allowed com Manders in Vietnam to attack Only 22 pcs recommended fixed targets All last year. Wheeler told the Senate preparedness investigating sub committee that in retrospect the 90-Farget Campaign pro abbr would have taken 26 Days to Complete due to bad weather. According to previous Testi Mony by adm. Sharp this attack Campaign would have hit Allma Jor targets in six areas Power transportation air defense War related Industry military complexes and Petroleum Oil an lubricants. Although Many of these have been hit Over past months Wheeler said a number of significant targets remain off limits among them the port of Haiphong. -., thousands flee floods in Rio Grande Valley continued from Page i refugees from Beulah s winds had been Cut off from the outside world until tuesday. We re evacuating one Section after another As the water comes up said col. Ted Thomas of civil defense. Stuttgart fights Blaze Stuttgart Germany a the whole Stuttgart fire corps with a total of 25 engines was called out wednesday to fight a Blaze in a sugar refinery in the suburb of Muenster. Police said the fire had begun in the afternoon in a heating room. By Nightfall it had spread to the Stock of 4,000 tons of sugar. Officials described it As the largest fire since the War in this City of 700,000. Weather fair to partly Cloudy with morning ground fog and Haze. Little change Fri Day. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 78, Low 58. Temperatures recorded wednesday get 4 4 am pm 61 79 Adana c66 82 Athens c 66 72 Aviano p 61 72 Berlin p 61 73 Frankfurt p64 63 London cd 4 4 am pm 52 79 Madrid p59 75 Munich p 57 73 Paris p55 63 Prestwick p 55 73 Rome c 68 81 wheelus c a Clear cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy. 2nd weather Wing color fast Sam x Dallas up a father has sued a discount store for Selling to his 13-year-old daughter a Bath ing suit that allegedly be came transparent in water. Attorney Samuel Pater = nostro asked damages of =$190 for his client. = the complaint said the discount store gave an s _ implied warranty that is the swimsuit would suf a fic gently clothe and cover 53 the various parts of Hie 5 e Anatomy that a swimsuit is is meant to e 5 it was discovered the a complaint said that the e s girl s suit had become Ujj transparent and was re e a dealing and displaying All e5 her Mardenly charms in e g e we can t get in much worse shape he said. Water is Al most As High in the Southern part of the City As it is in the flood Way. People Are swimming to try to get stuff out of their Homes. We re warning the with Bull horns that the water they Are swimming in is polluted with the state Highway depart ment said 15 major roads remained blocked by High water. An official of the International Boundary and water commis Sion at Elpaso expressed Confidence that the Rio Grande would spare Brownsville and Matamoros twin . And mex ican cities near the River Smouth. The spokesman said the Rio Grande Crest was below Anzald was dam near Mcallen and Wason its Way to san Benito. At Rio Grande City the River level fell from a High of 61.40 feet to 58.90 feet. And thousands of Miles fro the Valley s misery the fifth tropical storm of the season formed 675 Miles East of the Leeward islands. That was Beu Lah s Birthplace. Defense line paratrooper John Albritton loads a clothesline with ammunition at Chu Lai South Vietnam after a downpour so troops can rain live dry rounds on the enemy. Up lbs brainwashed about War sen. Morton says / it .j.j. _ to _p., to \ of j.1.m. To. j a. _. Al w j 1 a. By _. _ continued from Page t released in continued a slashing re publican attack on Johnson policies that touched off an up Roar in the Senate business executives move for Vietnam peace claims membership that includes business leaders from 44 Are Henry e. Niles Board chairman of the Baltimore life insurance co., Baltimore md., and Harold Wil Lens of los Angeles president of factory equipment Supply corp. Noting that former president Dwight d. Eisenhower warned before leaving office in 1961 of the growing Power of a Mili tary Industrial Complex mor ton added i believe that pres ident Johnson was brainwashed by this Power Center As Early As 1961 when As vice president he ventured to Saigon on a fact finding i believe he has been Mistak enly committed to a military so Lution in Vietnam for the Pasti Ive years with Only a Brief pause during the election Campaign of 1964 to brainwash the american people with the Warin Vietnam ought to be fought by asian boys if the president of the United states has been mistaken so have i. In Early 1965 when the president began to escalate the War i supported the increase american military involvement. I As wrong the Basic mistake of the administration has been its failure to give proper emphasis to the political nature of the War in Vietnam. And the Basic but overwhelming reality in Viet Nam today is that a political Vic tory May Well be out of reach. I am convinced that further military escalation and an additional United states military commitment will not obtain our objectives of peace in am convinced that unless we gradually and if necessary uni laterally reduce the scope of our military involvement we Maywell destroy the very society we sought to save. The president has said the War is Worth the Price there is absolutely no indication that the vietnamese agree. They want peace period. We Facea Clear dilemma. Can we accomplish in Vietnam the limited objective we want and at the same time provide the Viet namese with the Security they want the simple brutal truths no Morton s remarks echoed impart Michigan gov. George Romney s charge that Romney was brainwashed by . Mili tary and diplomatic leaders i South Vietnam regarding . Involvement in the War. Romney a leading prospector the gop presidential Nomi nation said that As a result of what he was told in Saigon he supported the involvement but has now changed his mind. Morton said he originally backed Johnson s escalation of . Troop involvement in the War. But wednesday he said i have grave doubts that any Mili tary action then or now would have decisively influenced contending a political solution in South Vietnam May already be out of reach Morton called for a unilateral reduction of the . Military involvement i necessary to halt the fighting. He called for an end to bomb ing of North Vietnam in Hopes it would encourage peace talk Sand for an end to search and destroy missions which he said add to the growing disaffection of the vietnamese population to Ward their american Savior " j Morton also called for More concentration on securing South vietnamese coastal and Popula Tion centers a plan Long advanced by retired army it. e. Gavin a bitter critic of administration War policies. In another speech for the Busi Ness executives former Ambas Sador Tran Van Dinh of South Vietnam said the majority of his countrymen oppose the .military presence. Dinh now . Director of the overseas vietnamese Buddhist association said that following South Vietnam s sept. 3 presidential election the nation s intellectuals and religious leaders Are openly Antiwar and he noted that buddhists comprise a majority of the South vietnamese Popula Tion. 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