European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Unofficial newspaper of . Forces in Europe North Africa and Tho Middle East vol. 26, no. 172 if 21855 a saturday october 7, 1967 5t Dally 10 sunday tax boost in danger rep. Mills tells lbs housing hit by freeze on construction by Fred s. Hoffman Washington a families of american servicemen Are caught in a Cross fire Between the Johnson administration and Congress Over spending cuts and a proposed tax boost r Pentagon figures showed Fri Day that Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara froze .$01.7million in family housing projects when he ordered an indefinite halt in contracting for some $350 million in military construction work. Mcnamara s actions which also included a suspension of new pork barrel civil work projects came in response to congressional demands for assurances of economies before president Johnson s proposal for a 10 per cent surtax is con  $91.7 million cover 5,048 units of housing for the wives and children of american servicemen in the United states an abroad. Construction of such units was Frozen once before in december cont. On Page 84, col. S death site a Crater near Tallahassee fla., contains the wreckage of a t38 Jet plane which crashed thursday killing astronaut Clifton Williams right. A photo War pressure on lbs. Considering invasion demo says Washington up  Hartke a ind. Said Friday that the possibility of invading North Vietnam is being seriously considered bythe Johnson administration. President Johnson is under increasing pressure to do that Hartke told up in an interview. There is no question that an invasion is being seriously  s statement came amid growing reports that an invasion of North Vietnam had been proposed by some military leaders to relieve marines froma murderous artillery attack from communist guns in the area of the so called Demili front. On Page 23, col. 5 asks lasting changes in spending Washington up chairman Wilbur d. Mills of the House ways and mean committee said Friday that president Johnson s propose tax increase is dead unless Basic Long Range changes Are made in government spend ing policies. In a highly unusual statement for the cautious chief of congressional tax writers Mill said the administration is Buck passing in its current spending tax deadlock with Congress. Mills who called for Basic Long term changes in govern ment spending programs towed out nonessential projects issued a statement then said Inan interview the tax Bill is dead unless this is done an whether it can be resurrected if done i Don t  but he said the administration should get started on a program aimed at reducing the level of government spending not Only in the current fiscal year but in future years. It appeared that Mills has no raised considerably the Price Congress is asking for a tax  Mills our emphasis on curbing expenditures this year. Is a protest but it is Clear that the Point of the protest has been missed. When administration officials and spokesmen insist that it is Congress Job to Cut appropriations and spending and insist that the president cannot act until they Are concentrating Only on this year s expenditures this course of action will not Lead to any longer run curbing of outlays nor bring them under better  kind of Buck passing makes it All the More difficult cont. On Page 24, col. I Atlantic crossing Solo Sailor 749 will try again William Willis Boston a ancient Mariner William Willis a self styled Yogi who sailed two thirds of the Way across the Atlantic toward England in his 11-foot Sailboat arrived Friday in Good health at the Boston coast guard base Willis said i feel a Little stiff but  the 74-year-old Sailor said Lac of food and a violent storm forced him to seek help from the polish trawler Belona which picked him up sept. 27. I will try to sail to England again next year Willis said Only i will leave two month earlier than i did this  Willis set sail in his Craft the Little one on june 30 from Long Island. The purpose of the Voy age was for Willis to practice yoga breathing and to arrive in cont. On Page #4, col. Y russian physicist defects Edmonton Canada a Boris Dotsenko 41-year-old for Mer chief nuclear physicist at the ukrainian Academy of sciences in Kiev said thursday night that he will not return tothe soviet Union and wishes to live in Canada. Dotsenko came to the univer sity of Alberta a year ago on 10 months leave from his positions head of the nuclear Labora tory at Kiev University. He said in an interview her that he applied to the Canadian immigration department two months ago and was granted a one year residency. Dotsenko said he had Bee visited by two representatives of the soviet embassy at Ottawa. They tried hard to per Suade me to go Back. They said i would be Safe in the soviet Union and that eventually i will go Back. I told them i was staying Here. I would not go Back to the soviet Union that s for  Dotsenko declined to say whether he had left any family behind in the soviet Union but added that there were no com plications in that  said his decision to leave his Homeland was made Only after much soul searching and added he will never regret his decision to come to  said his decision to remain in Canada was based on professional and political reasons. The professional reasons Are themore compelling he added. Dotsenko is temporarily employed at the University of Al Berta s nuclear research Center. Step leads to death in vat of hot Iron san Francisco a atall slender Young Man walked into a foundry and stepped into Avat of molten Iron. The vat contained Iron preheated to 2,600 degrees and Only his head was found. The Coroner hoped to make identification from it. Witnesses said the molten Iron exploded when the Man went into the vat thursday sending re hot Metal spraying for 30 feet. Investigators said they Learne the Man had tried to take his life earlier by jumping into a flatbed truck filled with liquid Cement. William Nicolini a Telephone company supervisor told police he pulled the Man out of the Concrete but was told leave me alone i m trying to make an  minutes later the Man about28, walked into the foundry