European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page Thi stars and it tiffs Thumley october 26, 1947 not anti War demonstrators Rusk says fighting gis speak for . People los Angeles a a pickets chanted outside the hotel where he spoke Secretary of state Dean Rusk said tuesday it is not demonstrators but fight ing men in Vietnam who speak for the american trying to build a peace in the world he said the mos important thing is the credibility of the pledged word of the United states. If that fails therein no place to hide. So let s stay with told a crowd of 1,500 at a combined meeting of the los an Geles world affairs Council and town Hall of California we have a difficulty of understanding in Hanoi. Of sophistication in Hanoi. If you and i had heard that 40 or 50 thousand demonstrator were circling the Headquarters in Hanoi calling for peace we think the War is Over. How do we prevent their misunderstanding the news that 40 or 50 thousand people Are demonstrating in front of the Pentagon we know that that snot the Way this country makes decisions. Our soldiers sailors. Marines and airmen in Vietnam Are the ones speaking for the american there was a burst of applause. Outside about 300 pickets paraded with such banners As Rusk kills children for prof it peace now the North vietnamese Are people too Johnson says yellow peril talk is absurd continued from Page 1 and laughed with some of America s bravest sons there and had never been prouder of his country nor so moved by the courage and steadfastness of its Johnson said he gave the troops this pledge we shall never let you Down nor you fighting comrades nor the 15 million people of South Viet Nam nor the hundreds of Mil Lions of asians who Are counting on us to show Here Here in Vietnam that aggression can saying that americans have twice fought in Asia and have twice stopped the aggressor and achieved peace the presi Dent went on we will achieve it again in Vietnam. Our men there do not doubt it. Our Allie who fight beside us do not doubt Johnson said he told the troops at Cam Ranh Bay that while some might disagree wit what the United states was doing there we in America de Pend on you on the Young and on the Brave to Stop aggression before it sweeps Forward. For then it must be stopped by larger sacrifice and by heavier neither that message nor . Mission in Vietnam has changed in the past year he said nor will it until we achieve the peace we seek Andall these Young heroes Are Home with us predicted that a future generation of americans will re vere Plesku con Thien and Camle because for a time these were the outposts of Freedom under , from Dumfries va., was honoured for extraordinary Valorin going to the Aid of one of his platoons near Camlo last Yea Rand directing its defense through the night although suf Fering from multiple and serious was the 21st american to receive the nation s highest award for valor in the Vietnam War. Pentagon cleanup a government worker uses Whitewash to cover slogans on the Penta gon left by demonstrators during the weekend protest. The Justice department said 667 per sons were arrested. All but 54 have been freed. Associated press photo Ike Truman members new unit Sachs War Washington a Blue ribbon nonpartisan com Mittee with former president Dwight d. Eisenhower and Harry s. Truman among its Mem Bers was unveiled wednesday and gave its approval to .policy in Vietnam. Omar n. Bradley general Oft Hje army and former sen. Paul h. Douglas explained the organization citizens committee for peace with Freedom in Viet Nam at a news conference. We strongly support our commitment in Vietnam and the policy of Al though limited resistance to aggression said a policy state ment. The statement said that Indore than a Century there has never been As much loud an violent opposition expressed in America to a conflict in which our fighting men Are heavily and heroically , a Democrat who was Defeated for reelection As Sena Tor from Illinois by Republican Charles h. Percy last year told the news conference that the Gist of the committee s position was in this paragraph of the statement we Are opposed to surren Der however camouflaged. Yet nothing we advocate can be interpreted As unnecessarily risking a general War in Asia or a nuclear War in the world. Lefavor a sensible Road Between capitulation and the in discriminate use of Douglas said the idea for the formation of the committee was his and that neither he nor other members had any Contact with the White House on their said the committee was not backing president John son specifically but rather the office of the said there had been speculation that the committee was being formed As part of an administration counter attack against critics of the Vietnam policy but he commented that just in t others announced As Mem Bers of the group include former Secretary of state Dean ache son Thurman Arnold former solicitor general of the unite states Edmund g. Brown for Mer governor of California Lucius d. Clay former army Gen eral diplomatic trouble shooter and investment banker or. James b. Conant former presi Dent of Harvard University John Hay Whitney former ambassador to Britain and or. Harold c. Urey Nobel Laure ate in chemistry and professor of chemistry at University of California. Shah will be crowned today Iran primed to erupt in Celebration Tehran up Iran i primed to celebrate to the full the Long delayed Coronation of Shah Mohammed Reza. The ceremonies thursday willbe the most spectacular in re cent iranian history court officials say. Large traffic jams have Beena nightly occurrence in the capital As thousands swarm into see the millions of coloured lights put up in Honor of the occasion. Streets in the Center of Tehran Are decorated with Colore Arches persian Lions and suns and giant cobwebs of curtain glittering with plastic discs. The Shah Empress Farah an their son and heir 6-year-old Crown Prince Reza polished up minor details of the Coronation ceremony tuesday after a full scale rehearsal the Clay before. The Shah will Crown himself in the custom of the ancient persian monarchy at noon an then Crown his wife. After that he will present the Young Crown Prince to his ceremonies in the Hall of mirrors of the renovated Goles Tan Palace will be watched by 500 special guests while 4,500other dignitaries will see it on television in the Palace court Yard. Among the special guests Are the Aga Khan the beg Umaga Khan and Prince Sadruddin Khan All iranian Shah will be eulogized by the country s leading poet who will Praise him As a courageous King who has brought welfare to his people during his 26-Yearreign. Grandstands have been built beside the Palace for ticket holding guests. Nearby House shave been Given a sparkling coat of paint. Formal portraits of the Shah and Empress Farah Are displayed in Ever shop Shah in a special Corona Tion gesture has reduced the sentences of 11,000 prisoners. Hundreds of schools and scores of hospitals also were scheduled to be inaugurated. And Rusk lbs s Secretary the pickets most in their 20s, both men and women some in beatnik garb loudly conducted a War crimes with a group chanting guilty guilty guilty Over loudspeakers they convicted Rusk As a War criminal. Rusk took wry note of the hecklers telling his audience i Are not disturbed about the committee of Welcome through which you walked to get Here. I certainly am the Secretary arrived at the hotel ahead of both his own schedule and the pickets. We and our allies in South East Asia will do what has to be done Rusk said in his , meanwhile Well exhaust every known political possibility Channel conference inter mediary Public discussion Pri vate Contact in order first instance there is some in Terest in peace in Hanoi we can move promptly toward a peace Ful written questions Rusk answered written questions sent up on cards from the audience and read from the speaker s platform. Q. It has been suggested that the Vietnam situation is better than the country has been you comment please Rusk we Are not hoarding up goodies audience laugh Ter to produce at some late Date. I have no doubt that there has been a steady movement on the military front the political Side and the economic q. What Are the encouraging signs you might be Able to divulge Rusk i think for example the doubling in defections fro the yet Cong the Sharp reduction in desertions from the government forces the opening of roads and railroads the Las year the holding of elections de spite the most bitter Campagnon the part of the Viet Cong to break them up the difficulties in recruitment that the Viet Cong has encountered in mos parts of the country and the expectations one sees throughout the area that this matter is moving toward a successful q. Why Don t we go All outland win applause. Rusk the actions that retake have to be taken in the Light of the consequences of those actions. 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