European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 09, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes monday october 9, 1967 lbs rejects continued from Page l stronger and fairer nation today because democrats Madr it so. And we have Only  some Antiwar pickets Gath ered outside the hotel where he spoke but Johnson did not seethed because he was whisked in through an Entrance he never had used in the past. All the Johnson family was on hand for the Salute to the pres ident Ball sponsored by the democratic National committee. Johnson said there Are plenty of suggestions on How to get out of foreign and Domestic troubles cheaply and fast but he said most of them boil Clown to in responsibility. Conceding that he face mounting difficulties and dwindling popularity in Public Opin Ion poll the president said we can take the easy Road now denying our responsibilities hoping t h a t a Rise in our polls will compensate for what we ought to have done for our country. Or we can take the harder Road of responsibility. We can do what we believe is right for our children s future though it May mean present  have made my  Johnson said some assert that he and the democrats could claim a Short term political gain by renouncing the struggle in Vietnam or escalating it to there line of danger by giving in on the tax proposal by abandoning the fight against discrimination the fight for the poorer Here at  angry strife in the Long run he argued such actions would increase the chances of a major War feed in Flator and doom the nation s cities to angry strife  Johnson said there is no Lac of contradictory advice on How to handle the country s prob lems. In the crises of this hour Asin All the others we have faced since we began there Are plenty of recommendations on How to get out of trouble cheaply an fast he said. Most of them come Down to this deny your Respo Sibili  the chief executive after summarizing and deriding ideas advanced by some of his critics said the democratic party has never chosen the Road of  in an obvious reference to critics of his Vietnam policies Johnson said some would Havethe United states behave As if you were a Small nation wit few interests behave As if the oceans were twice As wide a they Are behave As if you Don t car what happens to people with Dif Ferent tongues or cultures or colors of skin so Long As they Aren t shooting at your House just  Johnson said he has heard and read much advice of that  is the voice not of the Dove or the Hawk but of the Ostrich he said. Be certain of this in the Timo 1 have been Given to Lead this country i shall not follow that  the president made it Clear that he is equally determined to ignore suggestions for cutbacks in Domestic social welfare pro Grams. Johnson in a direct reference to the 1968 presidential election said my friends next year will be a testing time for  question our people must answer is Clear shall we go on building or shall we become discouraged with ourselves impatient that the work is not yet finished shall we Bury All that we have begun with such Hope an Promise in a shroud of inaction and reaction so tonight i Tell you that i will work As hard As a Man can work for his country and i will do everything in my Power to build a record for our demo cratic party that America will embrace 13 months from  discussing Vietnam Johnson said he could not predict when the War might be  do know that we Are follow ing the Road of responsibility i Vietnam As we Are Here at Way out Home he  know probably As Well As any Man save those who Are fighting for us there at this hour that it is a rough Road to travel. But the Road does Lead to a free Asia and a More  Johnson expressed belief that the american people where Vietnam is concerned will Fol Low its course not blithely not cheerfully for they lament the waste of War but with a firm determination to see  War fiscal welfare rot Tmey tilts ijk9 policies Iowa City Iowa a Republican George Romney took president Johnson to task saturday with speeches in three Iowa cities critical of the administration s fiscal and welfare policies and the Vietnam  Michigan governor an unan punched presidential Candi Date told a fund raising lunch Eon in Perry there should be no surcharge on the Federal income tax As proposed by Johnson without spending controls. Romney charged the Johnson administration with budget juggling and said he was pleased that Congress apparently had shelved the 10 per cent surtax proposed by the presi Dent. Doves Dove in Iowa City the Michigan governor said any Public figure repeating Johnson s 1964 Campaign statements on Vietnam to Day would be classed As the doves Dove in the  he made his Dove statement in the prepared text of a speech to be delivered to a state re Mansfield prods Russia Washington a sen ate majority Leader Mike Mansfield challenged the soviet Union saturday to offer a Reso Lution in the . Security coun cil to put that body on record in favor of a halt in the . Bomb ing of North Vietnam. The Montana Democrat addressed his statement principally to Moscow but suggested that this step might be taken by any Security Council member that feels cessation of the bombing is an essential prelude to negotiations for ending the Southeast asian  that Way perhaps a path to peace May yet be uncovered either inside the . Security Council or through its Initia Tives in some other forum Mansfield  Senate Leader often Dif fers with administration policy on Vietnam and has urged a truce and negotiations. Family affair Chattanooga Tenn. Up when Ernest Farrow 43, was arrested Friday it was All in the family. Farrow of Chattanooga was arrested by his brother in Law a policeman and charged with burglar izing the Home of his estranged wife. Publican Central committee fund raising dinner. Referring to what he called the great american Snow Job Romney said three years ago president Johnson stressed that asian troops should fight the Vietnam War. The sad Story today is that we now have suffered More than 100,000 Ameri can casualties in connection with the conflict in Vietnam and we have half a million boy tied Down in a land War in Asia. The governor added that the Johnson administration has been caught crying Wolf so of ten that it has lost its credibility. And this loss of credibility is kindling a growing spirit of futility among people across  in a speech at Newton to a regional meeting of the National management association rom Ney said Only substantial Pri vate investment in the ghetto would prevent the government from an even bigger investment in welfare programs. He called for a privately financed rebuilding program with ghetto dwellers themselves doing the work. Instead of spending for Wel fare which perpetuates depend ency let us spend to make peo ple self supporting he urged. The thrust of Romney speech at Perry was toward deficit spending. Huge soviet copters hit in n. Vietnam con timed from Page to must be moved frequently to escape bombing this was the first indication that the soviet Union is Send ing helicopters to assume a major role in North Vietnam. Amer ican pilots have previously sighted choppers mainly on the off limits Hanoi Airfield at Gia Lam but they were smaller Craft evidently used for Liaison Pur poses. Until saturday none of the North vietnamese choppers had Ever been claimed As destroyed. Another clash in addition to the Brief Brushwitz the migs during the raid on the helicopter Park other air Force pilots in supersonic Phan Tom jets clashed with at Leas five migs above the Airfield at Hoa  thunderchief jets kit the Airfield the phantoms Andmios swerved in a dogfight Dur ing  least one of the so Viet built fighters was damaged by an air to air missile.. Planes also racked a North vietnamese fuel storage Are that previously had been on the . Defense department s restricted list of targets. Pilots reported that a whole Hillside erupted into one Large dark Orange fireball. Cards win. Take 3-1 Lead