European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday Omert is May pass none june 17 Johnson gun control Bill has Best Cham by Robert s. Mcneill Washington up the single .22-caliber Bullet that Tore into the brain of sen. Rob Ert f. Kennedy probably did More to promote enactment of More gun control Laws than All the speeches Ever made in con Gress. It triggered a National reaction some Call it anti gun hysteria that is swaying some of the most Adamant opponents of firearm legislation even though they have insisted in the past that such Laws Are useless in preventing crime. Even so there is no Assur Ance that any new gun Laws will be passed and some of the More restrictive proposals face most certain death. The one Given the bes Chance though soundly Defeated in the Senate Only Las month is president Johnson s proposal to ban the mail order Sale of rifles and shotguns. Mail order handgun sales would be prohibited in an ant crime Bill now awaiting his signature. The administration Bill was rejected june 10 by the House judiciary committee Ona 16-16 tie vote but the com Mittee voted to reconsider the measure tuesday and chairman Emanuel Celler d-., predicted it will be approved at that time. Sen. Thomas j. Dodd d-conn., introduced the administration s Bill wednesday in the Senate where an almost identical measure was Defeated 53 to29 last month. There was even some doubt that the president proposal would Ever get past the Senate judiciary com Mittee. Dodd also offered his own Bill calling for Federal registration of All guns. An identical measure was introduced by sen. Edward w. Brooke a mass. The most restrictive measure of All introduced by sen. Joseph d. Tydings d-md., would require registration of All privately owned guns and the licensing of their owners. If the outpouring of support after Kennedy s death was not tremendous it nevertheless was there and it was Strong enough to change the minds of some lawmakers who heretofore were Adamant i their opposition to More gun jaws. Sen. George Mcgovern,d-s.d., switching his stand said he would ask the thousands of Hunters of his state to accept the inconveniences of president Johnson s proposal to ban mail order of Long o e Republican Leader Gerald r. Ford of Michigan Long an opponent of More gun Laws said the administration still had a Good Deal of president Johnson announced top priority Effort to get the administration s measure passed and Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Mon Tana previously Cool to such Laws endorsed sen. Tydings highly restrictive Bill. Nevertheless the East West cleavage remained. Lawmakers from the metro Politan East generally demanded tight controls while those from the Rural West where guns Are considered commonplace tools generally held firm in denouncing anti gun Laws Asab surd remedies for Mankind inhumanity. While easterners decried the Lack of More gun restrictions in a civilized country j. Fannin r-ariz., spoke for some of the westerners whence said some of our vaunted intellectuals. Have suddenly taken leave of their senses mounted the nearest Hobby horse and collectively Ridden off in All direct the debate raged in and out of Congress postmaster general w. Marvin Watson ruled wednesday that All guns sen through the mail must be labelled firearms and instructed Post masters not to deliver them until the addressee s police chief had been notified. While the million member National Rifle association denounced what it called attempts to ultimately confiscate All privately owned weapons the 1,000.member National Council for a responsible firearms policy sought to present 10 million Sig natures to Congress in support of additional Happy moment for Nixon former vice president and mrs. Richard m. Nixon flank their daughter Tricia after she was graduated from new York s Finch College. Nixon a candidate for the gop presidential Nomina Tion gave the commencement address while mrs. Nixon received an honorary doctor of Law degree. A photo praises combat performance negroes treated better in service9 general says ,.l s petition woj letters printed in new be used in petitioning men directly and Cal congressmen for � amounted to a syn tempt to deceive c population into � should abrogate the amendment to the cons Glassen told Ference there is move afoot to acco ultimate american people Tob ear noting that the tyding would also require a gun to be photographed and printed before he could i Censed Classen asked have any reason to believed will not be a. Final St what appears plainly a plan disarm american citizens?1 j he reiterated that the favors Laws to keep Griir of the hands of criminals misfits narcotic addicts _ children while protecting of millions of americ who Are perfectly capable using a gun opponents argue that the a for More controls is purely a tonal because it is intellect absurd to think that a gun 1 would deter a Man Bent on Isassi nation or the comr Missioni a major crime such a robbery. They say gun Law to legislate against til weapon instead of the criminal who they say will obtain a i regardless of any Congress could enact. But Law enforcement a cies disagree although mad individual officers do not Flthe Federal Bureau of lure gation Down to state and to i organizations. It also is argued that what i needed for the populous easts not necessarily Good for sparsely populated West. Aon a year Hunter in Connecticut Ana Montana rancher usually a vastly different ideas about constitutes sensible gun Teg any gun Bill passes Congress by Patrick j. Killen Clark air base Philip Pines up it. Gen. Benja min 0. Davis jr., highest rank ing negro in the . Armed forces says he believes negroes Are treated better and More fairly in the american military services than else , the commander of the 13th air Force with Headquarters 60 Miles North of Manila said on paper and policy Wise there was absolutely no reason Why other negroes could not Rise to High rank. The tall slender West Point graduate added however that personality and Sociol psycho logical attitude could hinder some negroes in the services. Davis acknowledged that while non discrimination has been a firm air Force policy for 20 years there might be some individual problems. When you get right Down tit the armed forces Are com posed of americans and putting on a uniform does t exactly change completely the Type of person one was before the general told up in an inter View. Today i think negroes get a better break in the armed forces than anywhere else in the United states Davis said swinging his feet up to a Corner of his office three Star general lauded the combat performance of the negro in Marine and army units in Vietnam. He pointed to the High percentages of negroes in such outfits. Told that some critics use the High percentages to argue that negroes Are being used As Cannon fodder Davis Shook his greying my mind that s not the Case he 55-year-old general will leave the Philippines in mid july to become Deputy com Mander of the . Strike com Mand at Macdill air Force base Fla. 10 proposal to ban interstate shipment transport of All in ammunition except a. Rth Censed manufacturers razor my and dealers and unit saw pistols and revolvers to nver n and rifles Ana s 0 v tho7e Over 18 with Sis fined to residents of me of Sale. European edition col. James w. Campbell Usa it. Col. F. 8. Michael jr., Usan Mert Proctor Elmer d. Frank Henry c. Epstein an unofficial newspaper of and for the commander in chief . European command Germany. Military a Drew the to Edi Thih production maj circuit to a Mph it. Gen. Benjamiin o. Davis or. 2376 prefix oil65 "207lttm Darmstadt air trip a ,. Area York office 641 Washington st., new York Root nce of second Clau . Paid at new York . 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