European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes 900 in  sign end War letter Washington up More than 900 employees of the Federal government have signed statement demanding the end of the War in Vietnam organizers of the drive claimed Friday. The statement called on president Johnson to change his War policies to end his Reliance on military Force and to seek instead a genuine political settlement to bring peace to Southeast  of the Antiwar Campaign among government employees expressed Surprise at the response and plan to continue asking for signatures for several weeks. To be published the statement which Spon sors say eventually will republished in various newspapers says in part from our position we have seen How the purpose and Energy of govern ment Are drained by preoccupation with the making of  have seen How massive National resources Are absorbed by a disastrous War while critical Domestic needs Are inadequately met. And seeing this we fear the political and moral consequences for the future of our  this together with the tragic and unnecessary suffer ing of the vietnamese people has troubled our conscience an now compels us to speak out. Traditionally reluctant Federal employees Are traditionally reluctant to commit themselves on controversial policies because they Are in the institution carrying out those policies Peter Schanck 29, the originator of the petition  is a movement among Ordinary bureaucrats Notrea Beniks he said. Michael Ambrose a 29-year-old personnel management specialist with the . Civil service commission said sign ers included professional employees from All Over the Federal government including the de sense department. There were no signers fro the state department the Agency for International development or the . Information Agency which All have regulations forbidding employees from joining any group commenting on foreign policy. There Are no restrictions another government employees Ambrose told up. The Hatch act which bans Federal work ers from participating i partisan political activity specifically affirms the right of civil servant to express his opinions on political candidate Sand  pm Page 7 floor show upright citizens suddenly found themselves slipping when Cleveland was hit by High winds whipping Over icy roads. In top photo two walkers gingerly pick their Way past a floored woman but soon Bottom photo Are swept off their feet too. Up photo degrees defined Rhodes signs Ohio riot control act Columbus Ohio up gov. James a. Rhodes signed into Law thursday a new Rio control act. The act an outgrowth of two Summers of racial disorder in the state defines a riot As five or More persons engaged in Vio Lent and tumultuous conduct creating a Clear and present danger to life and  it listed two degrees of rioting. First degree rioting would be of persons or property to pre with the intent to commit or facilitate a felony or any mis Demeanour or felony involving Force or violence against per sons or the use or intent to use a firearm or other deadly weapon explosive or incendiary de  rioting consists of an intention to create a Clear and present danger to the safety vent or coerce official action orto Tunder or obstruct a function of government or to commit or facilitate a  violators of the first degree riot Section would be subject to a $1,000 Fine and a year in jailor one to three years in prison. The penalty for second degree Nixon holds big guns for lbs by Relman Morin new York a Richard m. Nixon says the reason he snot ready to spell out the details of his plan to end the War i Vietnam is because he is reserving his big guns for us against president Johnson if he wins the Republican presiden tial nomination. I have to adapt my strategy so As to win the presidential primaries with the least expend iture of ammunition Nixon said. I am reserving my Biggins for use against  the former vice president Dis cussed this and other questions in an interview in his fifth ave nue apartment in new York. His pledge in campaigning for the new Hampshire and Wisconsin Pri Maries Nixon repeatedly said we will end the War in Viet Nam and win the peace in the  if he intends this As a pledge Nixon replied emphatically it s a  he added i have no magic formula no gimmick. If i had a gimmick i would Tell Lyndon Johnson. That would be a moral  i do have some specific ideas on How to end the  Are primarily in the Diplo Matic  against talks he said he considers the chances "60 to 40 against the possibility that the North Viet namese will agree to come to the conference table before the National elections next novem  regard to his own actions in the campaigning Nixon said i m not going to carry on my conscience anything that will destroy that 40 per cent  has gone to South Viet Nam several times in recent years. He published an article in the quarterly foreign affairs entitled Asia after Viet  he said he believes that one reason he is now considered the front runner for the go nomination is he has concentrated on studying foreign  said in my Case i think the fact that the foreign policy Issue became predominant again and i could travel abroad and speak with some authority on it that raised me above the  rioting is a $1,000to one year in jail. Fine and up lbs to see Erhard Washington up the White House has announced that president Johnson will meet with former West German Chan cellar Ludwig Erhard March 21,Erhard is stopping in washing ton on his Way Home from latin american trip. Breath Washington a the space Agency in an attempt toe Duce fire hazards that contributed to the deaths of three As Jonaitis 13 months ago is  to an oxygen  m uie Apollo spacecraft dub launching. Nil us National aeronautics space administration said Wir Day astronauts would switch i " 5 oxygen once their space Man has left the launch pad. Of an " Fecisin to use a mixture i 60 per cent oxygen and 40 a nitrogen while the space Craft and its Crew Are on the ground results from the fatal Jan. 27, 1967, launch pad fire at Cape Kennedy Fla. Nasa said in a statement that since the Gas mixture will be used in the spacecraft Only Dur ing ground operations there will to no change in the existing environmental control system. Nasa said More than 140tests since last october show modifications of the Apoll spacecraft since the 1967 disaster have drastically reduced the Hazard of fire. Sources of ignition have been eliminated and certain mate rials changed to avoid flame propagation Nasa said. In addition the spacecraft has Bee equipped with a fire extinguisher and with a new Hatch permit Ting quicker escape. Meanwhile a new p r o b 1 e turned up in the Apollo 6 space Craft thursday that will delay the Start of an important test next week and could Force another de Lay in the second unmanned launch of the Saturn 5 Moon rocket. I the 363-foot space machine i now scheduled to take off March 28 on what May be it final unmanned test flight. The launch already has been delayed a total of seven Days during the past three weeks. The new difficulty involves leaking valves in propellant lines in the spacecraft s service module rocket  space Agency spokesman said the trouble will delay the Start of a countdown rehearsal test that was scheduled to begin March 19. The test is the last major pre launch hurdle for the Saturn and it must be completed to Clear the rocket and its unmanned Apollo for launch. The faulty vases Sill have Tobe r e p 1 a c e a and informed sources said that could take along As three Days. Such a delay in the testing schedule would be expected to cause a launch delay although no decision of possible launch Date change has been made