European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 24 the stars and stripes so Furoy May. A Tough words for Congress Johnson charges tax blocking in Washington up pres ident Johnson bluntly charged Friday that some members of Congress were attempting legislative blackmail in blocking action on his tax increase some of the toughest language directed toward con Gress by a chief executive i years Johnson challenged Law makers to stand up like men an answer the Roll Callif they want to make cuts in his also told a news Confer ence he doubted Congress would vote any substantial spending cuts on their own and if they do they la be phony paper a Tiff. The president insisted tha Congress Stop holding tip the tax measure while some Mem Bers try blackmail to try to Force their Economy views on him. Johnson declared the time has come for the House and Senate to enact the tax hike which he first requested in 1960, without any ands ifs buts or the president s Challenge to lawmakers to stand up like men brought a Quick retort from House Republican Leader Gerald r. Ford of Michigan. He Hanoi will talk in Paris continued from Page i cautionary note Johnson said. This is Only the very first step and there Are Many Man hazards and difficulties ahead. I assume that each Sid would present its viewpoint in these have never Felt that it was useful for Public officials to confuse delicate negotiations by detailing personal views or suggestions or elaborating on positions in the president promised that the United states will continue in close c 9 n s u 11 a t i o n at Al stages with our he noted that All of them have representation in the French capital. Paris is also an adequate location from the North Vietnam Ese Point of View. Hanoi maintains a Mission there headed by a senior Diplomat Mai Van to and communist China represented in Paris. Is a soon said other subjects Johnson concerned about March he is concerned about inherent dangers involved in the planned poor people s March on Washington. He said that they have every right to come and present their viewpoint but after they get a fair hearing it would be better if they Dis Persed rather than remaining in definitely camped in the capitals the March leaders have declared they intend to could judge whether political candidates can make realistic judgment of Vietnam War policy but declined to urge them to withhold comment on the situation during the Campaign. By november the american people will have ample time to judge the various candidate Sand elect his successor. Who am i to question their judgment he asked. As for Campaign speeches he said i do not say we should Stop discussing important issues. But he added that aside from officials in the White House and the state and defense depart ments no one has All the information available on which to make said we always Welcome suggestions from any source but added he sometimes thought the nation is Best served if proposals Are made president also said he had not changed his mind about not seeking re election and declined to say whether he woul Campaign for the democratic nominee in the fall. He said he would talk about that after the party convention in Chicago late in further clarified his directive to Cabinet secretaries and presidential appointees to avoid campaigning before the november election Fop one candidate or said presidential that when appointee campaigned possibly for a Candi Date who has differences wit the president communist Lead ers abroad might misleading impression. He said that if an appointee Felt so strongly about Campaign ing he hoped that he would give the president an Opportunity to replace him so that work in the government agencies could go on uninterrupted at the the conference John son flew to Kansas City to visitor a few hours with former president Harry Truman who will be 84 next week. I hearts grafted within two Days continued from Page i Pital where a spokesman said that the operation had been completed without a Al though officials refused to identify the donor and the recipient one newspaper report claimed the heart of an Irish building worker who died after a fall was being placed in the Chest of an other male. The London operation the world s tenth such and the Sec Ond in Europe was believed to have taken about five hours. Gunshot wound in the Houston operation the donor identified As mrs. Charlies. Martin i was found dying thursday from an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound inthe head. She had been a patient of Bloodwell another Mem Ber of the transplant surgery team who had performed Sev eral operations on her to try to Correct bladder ailments. She herself had also had several heart operations. Cooley calmly finished the operation and then went about his daily rounds and with a Bloodwell tired bubbly Beard emerged in surgical gown and told reporters the Outlook for Thomas is the patient s condition is excellent Bloodwell said. His France elated9 by Parley plans Paris up a government spokesman said Friday that France is elated to see North Vietnam and the United states open negotiations in Paris. France will spare no Effort to give whatever help is Neces weather partly Cloudy becoming mostly Cloudy with Raini Hower and isolated Thunder storm in afternoon. Motly Cloudy with rain sunday. Frankfurt he Delberg High 65, Low 46. Temperature recorded Fri Day Cej 4 4am pm 67 93 Adana p64 77 Athen p 60 64 Aviano p 46 65 Berlin r46 61 Frankfurt p 46 56 London r 4 4am pm 48 66 Madrid p 62 63 Munich p48 59 Parli p 39 48 Prestwick r50 73 Rome p 63 73 wheelus p partly Cloudy r-rain.2nd weather Wing French officials said the pos sible Sites had been narrowed to three the Chateaux Des champs 15 Miles East of Paris the chateau de Versailles 12 mile West and the chateau de Melun about 56 Miles Southeast. The authorized officials said Security arrangements lodging possibilities and other aspects of All three Sites Are being studied. Informed sources said French Post and Telegraph experts have taken immediate measures to in sure smooth communications be tween Paris and Hanoi. American embassy official Shad no immediate comment on the report. They were waiting for instructions in ton. From Wash blood pressure and heartbeat Are Rizor father of four awoke Friday Alert and in fair condition with his new heart beating at a Normal rate said doctors a Stanford. A Respirator assists him to breathe and tie is being fed by intravenous tube. He communicates with his eyes and hands they said. The damaged heart of the Sali Nas calif., Carpenter was re placed by the heart of Rudy f. Anderson 43, a Telephone com Pany executive of san Carlos cauf., who suffered a stroke Mon Day night and died Early thurs Day morning. The Anderson family at first asked anonymity but then gave permission for Stanford to re lease the name. They requested no further interviews however. I know he d be very proud right now of what s happening at Stanford said Anderson s widow Margard. He believed so in life. She has two sons Mark 14,and Kurt 10. I deserters appear on russian to Moscow up six self proclaimed deserters from in Vietnam appeared on Moscow television Friday nigh with angry statements against America s criminal War an graphic descriptions of alleged torture and genocide by . The program was broadcast live barely four hours after the announcement that preliminary talks Between Hanoi and Washington would begin in Paris. The men said they were sent to the soviet Union by a japanese organization named the Hart which they said was set up to help deserters. One of the six men was a negro. Another born in Korea said he had been adopted by a american family after he was orphaned in the korean War. They were the second group of deserters to come Here and appear on Moscow television. Four others spent six weeks Here from last november to january the went on to Sweden sea fares to . Cat Frankfurt Sas a 20 per cent reduction i fare has shaved the Price of a round trip ticket Home Ona . Flag super liner to As Low As $354 for american sin Europe shipping officers announced Here. The rate is available Bot to . Servicemen and other americans living and working outside the West Ern hemisphere As Well As foreign nationals. However the return trip must remade within 35 Days. New travel fares in effect since May 1, were agreed upon by the 17 members of the Atlantic passenger steamship con do not affect the Price of a one Way ticket. Another i quits Sweden rejoins unit Frankfurt Germany up pfc. Charles j. Schlee Weis jr., 17, of Dallas tex., who fled his unit in West German for swedish Asylum voluntarily flew Back Friday to the .army. Schleeweis absent without leave from a 3rd army div Unitas Gellhausen since March 11, arrived at Frankfurt s Rhein main Airport on a flight from Copenhagen. The teen age runaway was granted Asylum on humanitarian grounds by the s w e d i s h aliens commission april 5. Schleweis was returned to his unit for an investigation that will determine if he will be court Martiale an army spokesman said. Schleeweis is the ninth Ger Many based . Soldier to come Back from swedish Refuge. Most of the voluntary returnees have been court Martiale but All have gotten off with Hyght sentences usually suspended. Schleeweis started on the Broadback by walking into the . Embassy in Copenhagen an announcing his intent the army spokesman said. Following standing instructions for the handling of returnees the embassy bought him a plane ticket and sped him to Frankfurt. Fired Back that the be counted " Liina up a the Only Way the get the tax increase he Sii he wants and he says a country needs is to admit the the country needs a $6 Bella Cut in spending Ford said later a spokesman for Pom said the gop Leader wanted modify his statement and instead republicans a dismayed that the president b apparently unwilling to agree los pending cuts and a to increase. His Adamant altitudes hardly the Way to meet a fiscal crisis which confronts chairman Wilbur d. Mills . Chairman of the hour ways and Means committee and v the key Man in to congressional tax squabble said he had no. Comment Ojohnson s remarks. Johnson questioned sharply whether the legislators would take responsibility for cutting expenditures for Vietnam Mili tary needs City problems w Public works projects in thei Iown districts. If left on Thi in own Congress would t Cut he snapped. Tube president said Congress should bite the Bullet an pass the tax Bill promptly of the Good of the nation his use of the term bite the Bullet stemmed from military history when soldiers Vert Given a Lead Bullet to bite Othen surgery was performed without aesthetics. Johnson told the news Confer ence he was opposed to i package of spending cult drafted by the House appropriations committee this week Brt said he would reluctantly accept it if it was the Only Wayto win enactment of his 10 Pel cent tax surcharge my judgment we ars courting danger by this continued procrastination the pres ident said he Felt that anything beyond a $4 billion reduction ii actual Federal spending would either be a phony paper Cut or would do harm to needed government said the nation could absorb some reduction without wrecking our Urban program or other activities but he did no believe that lawmakers would go beyond the figure he had they did he said he was ready As president to exec in his responsibility to approve or veto Congress work. Rotation. Continued from in a creased missile capability of to communist nations. Bayh said that maintenance 600,000 americans in now prosperous Europe results in an an Nual balance of payments dict of $800 million nearly one fourth the total deficit in add that there is Little likelihood of a russian attack Apiau Western Europe and w american forces Are an � too costly Symbol. Late sports Oakland Hunnum former i"111 ".0 the Philadelphia 76ors of if National basketball association was hired Friday to Wailand serve As executive president of the Oakland of the american association
