European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 1cago bound Pedro no last name Daytona Beach fla., Democrat faces Long haul to Chicago but is planning to attend the democratic National Conven Tion next week. A fixture in party circles Pete is noted for an overwhelming aver Sion to elephants. Republicans accuse him of resembling some top demos. He has t announced whom hell support. Up tells vets next move up to reds Detroit up presi Dent Johnson declared Mon Day night he will make no further move to de escalate the War in Vietnam until Hanoi takes serious action to end its aggression. He challenged critics of the Vietnam War to come up with a better answer. The president said he was willing to take chances for peace but he was not going to engage in Foolhardy gestures or move Down the Slippery slope of de escalation without reciprocity. He said he was not going to Trade the lives of our american fighting men whose voices Are not heard in this election Campaign for a Trojan horse.". The president addressed some2,000 a members of the veterans of foreign wars at their annual convention. He was cheered repeatedly during the was Given a standing ovation when he said i believe peace will come and if we Are steady it will come if i have anything to do with it on honorable an estimated 100 pickets most of them apparently Antiwar demonstrators cont. On Page 24, col. V unofficial newspaper of forces in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 27, no. 125 if 21855 a wednesday August 21, 1968 5t daily 10 sunday d Nixon backs Johnson on bomb halt refusal Ujj is is condition guarded i transplant f ruled out Washington a d. Eisenhower s doctors Ned out a heart transplant operation because of the weakness n age of their patient an paid tuesday that his chances survival Are guarded leaning unpredictable. At the same time they said Ini formal medical bulletin that be general s condition remains Cal even though there has in a favourable trend in thei Tern of abnormal heart i action which is the Bas problem. Open the question a gradual Worsen of his condition which they sjw16? in a mid afternoon slowed0 y had Bee halted sep Hoover s former vice pros fteridsr1 Nix a 0kw Al Campaign to pay Walter Reed army med ical Center. It was not know whether he saw the general. The doctors disclosed monday night they had rejected after serious consideration the idea of attempting a transplant. The text of tuesday morning s bulletin follows since last night s bulletin Gen. Eisenhower has continue to rest comfortably. The pattern of isolated irregular beats continues. There have been no in stances of sustained ventricular 555irregularities requiring electrical conversion during the last 24hours. While this trend is favourable the general s condition remains the irregular heartbeat had cont. On pages col 2 Columbus Ohio up of presidential candidate Richard m. Nixon tuesday gave Down the line support of pres Dent Johnson s refusal to Ordera total Vietnam bombing halt at his said he was interested a the same thing As Johnson Clear signal from Hanoi that it would take some action to de escalate the War on its part if the United states ended the bombing. I think the United states swell advised not to Stop the bombing unless there Are reductions of enemy attacks on u. S. And South vietnamese forces Nixon told a news conference one Way streets previous bombing pauses Nixon said were one Way streets in which the unite states gave something but received nothing in announced monday night he had not received an indication from Hanoi it was ready to reciprocate and he would therefore not endanger lives of u. S. Servicemen bordering a total bombing halt. U. S. Planes Are bombing Only below the 20th parallel. Nixon held a news conference after conferring in the state Capitol with Ohio gov. Jamesa. Rhodes. Minutes later he cont. On Page 24, col. 3
