European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page a the stars and stripes mar Day 15, Airlift potential revamps by Marc Huet is Washington Bureau chief Washington is unjust a few years America s growing ability to move Menand supplies around the world by air will have a big influence on military strategy but air Force Secretary Harold Brown believes that this should not Lead the country to a re turn to isolationism. Experience has taught us that a Lack of preparedness and a reluctance to assume our responsibilities leads eventually to a higher ultimate Price the top air Force official said in a recent speech. Pm a. Nuclear Era no great Power can afford to play Ostrich Brown said. Isolationism is not the disposition of forces it is a state of the growth of american air lift Power has come about wit the increase in the size and Speed of cargo and that today permits men and supplies to move be tween the . And Southeast Asia some 10,000 Miles nato this led to the dual Basing concept that will involve for example two Brig Ades of the 24th inf div mov ing to it. Riley kan., and the third brigade and division head quarters remaining in West Germany. The . Will save $75 Mil lion in International balance of payments by the Transfer of 34,000 troops and their 15,000 dependents to the . While still having them assigned to nato. All this is possible As a re sult of the military Airlift com Mand s Mac growing Fleet Oft Arlefter transports and even larger c5a cargo jets. The c5a, also called the Gal Axy is the largest cargo plane in the world. It is due to retest flown in june and when it becomes operational will Beable to haul 100,000 pounds of military equipment and sup plies 5,500 nautical Miles at a Speed of 440 knots. It was t until the 1960s that the Airlift revolution really be Gan. Exercise big lift in1963 showed what could be done when an entire army division was flown from the . To West Germany to pick up pre Posl turned tanks artillery and the rest of its fighting gear. Last year s operation Eagle thrust saw two brigades of the 101st airborne div w i t equipment airlifted from i. Campbell jky., Iio Vietnam using qi41 Jet transports and a few to Topi of / ,.,.,a total of 10,000 troops and 5,300 tons of equipment were involved and if Tirrie had been a critical Factor the operation could have been completed in a week. To nce the c5 joins the Mac Fleet two airborne brigades an their equipment can make the move in less than 72 hours using about 70 per cent of the Galaxy Fleet and 20 per Centof the Star lifters. By 1972 the air Force expects to have six squadrons of Galaxy on hand Atud with resent Star lifters win for he St time be Abler to Airlift regular infantry division any where in the worlds the first brigade of such a div won could go from the Midwest of the far East in less than five Days and the Hole division could removed i about 10 Days Brown believes. Harold Brown. No new isolationism 3 Way race vivid is loyalties democrats cautiously taking Side Washington up democratic loyalties Are being splintered by the three Way race developing for the presidential nomination. Four months before the party meets in National Conven Tion in Chicago democratic leaders and Power brokers Are cautiously taking sides among unannounced but Active vice president Hubert Humphrey an openly eager Sens. Robert f. Kennedy of new York and Eugene j. Mccarthy of Minnesota. Political organizations in the Spring of election years frequently conceal More than the reveal sometimes Promise More than they can deliver. And so with the list of endorsements incomplete Here s How Theattle lines Are forming Humphrey can boast of endorsement by the highest ranking Democrat who has announced former president Harry s. Truman. From the list of governor who have spoken out Kennedy gets the Edge with the backing of two Kenneth m. Curtis of Maine and Philip h. Hoff of Vermont. Humphrey has the open endorsement of one William l. Guy of North Dakota plus the tacit backing of John j. Mckeithen of Louisiana. Mccarthy still has to break into the ranks of governors. Humphrey has the backing Ozone member of the Cabinet labor Secretary w. Willar Wirtz but Kennedy can match him there with the support of retiring postmaster general Lawrence f. O senators it s also just about a dead heat betwee Humphrey and Kennedy with the latter getting the Edge Only because of the support he gets from his brother Edward , of Massachusetts. Two senators Walter of Minnesota and Fred r. Harris of Oklahoma have announced for Humphrey two others Joseph d. Tydings of Maryland and Stephen m. Young of Ohio have Given their blessings to Kennedy. You Rig favors a Kennedy Mccarthy ticket in that order. Mccarthy gets into the endorsement race at the con Gressional level but Kenned has the Edge there on numbers with 17 representatives having announced support for him against five for Humphrey an four for Mccarthy. The Kennedy 17 Are mostly from California and new York. They Are Robert l. Leggett John v. Tunney Thomas m. Rees and Phillip Burton s. Rosenthal William f. Ryan Richard l. Ottinger Jacob h. Gilbert John g. Dow and Jonathan b. Bingham . John Conyers jr., Mich. Fernand j. St. Germain r. Thompson jr., n. J. Edith Green Ore. William j. Senators urge new lbs plan to combat problems of ghetto Washington up fear and concern Over ghetto violence produced congressional opinions sunday ranging from a proposal to shoot looters Toa Call for reordering of National priorities to help racially torn cities. Some Senate republicans an democrats joined in urging president Johnson to map anew strategy designed to attack unemployment slum housing and other factors cited As causes of ghetto unrest. Sens. Fred Harris d-okla., and Edward w. Brooke it-mass., both members of the president s advisory commis Sion on civil disorders predicted Congress would reject punitive legislation aimed a negro slums which erupted after the assassination of Luther King. But the assistant democratic Leader in the Senate took a tougher line. Sen. Russell , d-la., said in an interview for Louisiana stations"1 just Don t approve of the police being weak Long is chairman of the finance committee which Over sees most Federal welfare programs affecting ghetto life. A looters cannot rearrested they police should shoot them if they Are trying to escape. If they fail to use Strong methods it just encourages More of the same. It might Cost a few lives to be Strong but i Don t see that we Are too badly off if a few professional robbers thieves and arsonists do lose their lives Long said. But another southerner Smathers d-fla., said Congress must adopt priorities to free substantial funds for meeting Urban was sponsor of a Senate passed Bill combining af6 billion Cut in Federal spending with a $12 billion tax House was preparing a similar tax hike spending Cut package which May pass Congress shortly after the easter recess. But according to Smathers Congress must aim at foreign id Public works and defense and space research and develop ment programs when it comes to making proposed budget said vast sums would be needed for educational and Job Opportunity programs. Many congressmen have predicted the president will unveil a new Urban Aid program during a joint session of Congress later this month. The president now must give us new priorities said sen. Jacob , r-. We need to put people i jobs said Brooke in an interview for Pennsylvania stations. When a Man works and becomes self productive then he has More self respect and More respect for the rights of at the same time Brooke said lawbreakers should be fully prosecuted. Harris said the advisor commission s highest priority program is jobs. He said he favored Bills to create Public service positions such us aides in schools and hospitals. Green a. Patsy t. Mink Hawaii Brock Adams Wash. The five congressmen who have announced for Humphrey House whip Hale Boggs b. Gonzalez Tex. Chet Holifield Calif James Hara Mich. Clement j. Zablocki wis. The congressmen backing Mccarthy Are Henry s. Reuss and Robert w. Kastenmeier wis. George e. Brown jr., and Don Edwards candidate has something special going for him in the Way of endorsements. Humphrey has George Meany president of the Al Cio who presumably will bring with him organized labor s political Arm. Humphrey also is inheriting the support of James h. Rowe jr., a political adviser to president Johnson who headed the citizens for Johnson Humphrey organization and James a. Farley former chairman of the democratic National com Mittee. Kennedy has three democratic state chairman John j. Burns n. Y., Lester s. Hyman mass. And j. Joseph Garrahy r. I. He also has the politically powerful California Assembly speaker Jesse Unruh unattractive family name visually found in the Republican ranks state rep. John d. Rockefeller in of w e s t Virginia and . Robert Rock of Indiana where a crucial primary test is scheduled May 7.Mccarthy has been endorsed by the executive Board of the americans for democratic action. He also has going for him the impressive showings remade in the new Hampshire and Wisconsin primaries. Mccarthy scored handily inthe former getting a combined vote from democrats an republicans which was Only a few Hundred Short of the total for president Johnson. He won the Wisconsin primary. An Mccarthy has held onto sub Stantial support from the Young in politics. Each candidate also has some minus Points showing at this stage of the Campaign. Humphrey s list of endorse ments lacks any of the nationally known doves on Vietnam. Humphrey s position on Vietnam has estranged him from the Liberal absent from the Kennedy endorsement list at the moment is any National labor Leader. There is reason to suspect there is some carryover antagonism toward Kenned among leaders of organized labor because of the role replayed As counsel for the Senate rackets committee investigation a decade obviously missing from the Mccarthy endorsement Are High ranking members of to democratic establishment to minnesotan has been fight the establishment in his presidential primary bids. In rope an coition col. Jame8 w. Campbbu., Usa 5 Isi i. In chid it. Col. F. 8. Michaus jr., Yaap a to Tift. In chid Mert Proctor. Man Elmer d. Frank. Protu of Henry 8, Epstein. 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