Thursday, February 24, 1966 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Page 4 An ah ter hai Th mi bul the in boi Fo ed No ( Au CO! ea: Vi of coi SOI W. CO foi Mi Nl tw 10 $ 17 rt e; Fj he 94 CO K I 1 Johnson Burning NEW YORK (AP) Presi dent Johnson said last night in a new reply to critics of his Viet Nam policy, that the Unit ed States is not caught up in a blind escalation of force leading toward a wider war. Johnson, in an address pre pared for a freedom house dinner, said a number of ques tions he listed ten still are being asked in the wake of public hearings on Viet Nam by the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee. He did not mention the Committee but his reference to it and "our commitment to free discuss ion" was obvious. First, Johnson said, some ask if this is a war for unlimit ed objectives. Declaring that the answer is "no," he said: "Our purpose in Viet Nam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest; it is not empire; it is not for eign bases; it is not domina tion." Preventive War In short, he went on, it is "to prevent the forceful con quest of South Viet Nam by North Viet Nam." Then, with these words, he dealt with the question of es calation: "Second, some ask if we are caught in a blind escalation of force that is pulling us head long into a ider war that no one wants. The answer again is no. We are using that force and only that force necessary to stop the aggression." Johnson asserted that, with increased numbers of Ameri can troops in Viet Nam, "the high hopes of the aggressor have been dimmed, and the tide of battle has turned." The President gave this pledge: WANTED TO BUY: NEED extra cash? If you have rolls or single coins to sell, call J. P. Riggsbee, Chapel Hill Ice Co. 942-3268. WANTED: RESOURCEFUL college girl to outwit small boy for two hours every day. Call Mrs. Schlesinger, 942-2074. IF Wi can AHOR 5 mm, N HOT, ALL-NEW homy m mm chrysleri Feature for feature Simca 1C00 gives you more. 50 hp rear engine. Four forward speeds, all synchronized. Plenty of space for a family of five. Extras? All you could want, free. Don't take our word. Take a test drive. See us today. OLD HICKORY MOTORS 334 Roxboro Rd. DURHAM, N. C. Phone 447-2102 .Nam ID Answers Questions "Our measured use of force must be continued. But this is prudent firmness under care ful control. There is not, and ther will not be, a mindless escalation." Another question which some ask, he said, is whether the United States is risking a wider war perhaps with Communist China. Peiping Directed "And again the answer is "No,"' he said, "never by any act of ours and not if there is any reason left behind the wild words from Peiping." Apparently directing his words to Peiping, Johnson said the United States has threat ened no one, has sought the end of no regime and will not in the future. Johnson discussed, too, the much - debated question of the kind of government South Viet Nam will have in the future. He said: "Washington will not impose upon the people of South Viet Nam a government not of their choice. Hanoi shall not impose upon the people of South Viet Nam a government not of their choice. "We will insist for ourselves on what we required from Ha noi: "Respect for the princi ple of government by consent of the governed. We stand for self - determination for free elections and we will honor their result." Seeking Peace Johnson said also the Unit ed States is not neglecting "any hopeful chance of peace." He said American peace-seekers will continue their efforts undiscouraged. The Chief Executive said he could not answer another ques tion "How long we must bear this burden." He said: "If the faggressor persists in Viet Nam, the struggle may be long. Our men in battle know and accept this hard fact. We who are at home can do as much." He said peace will "come only to the steadfast never to the weak in heart." HEART CHAIRMAN Philip P. Ardery, prominent Louisville attorney, is chair man of the board of directors of the American Heart Asso ciation. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower contin ues as Honorary Chairman of the national heart group's board of directors. 039.95 ill TO Open until 9 P.M. oiicies- JLPelenclecl LBJ Makes Speech McNamara Before Senate fjf'.' British Make Peace Move; Contact North Viet Nam MOSCOW (AP) Prime Minister Harold Wilson's government made direct contact with Communist North Viet Nam yesterday after Soviet leaders re fused to join Britain in promoting a parley. On Wilson's orders, Lord Chalfont called on Lee Chang, acting head of Hanoi's diplomatic mission here, for a talk on possible moves to end the Viet Nam war. Chalfont is Britain's disarmament minis ter. He accompanied Wilson on his trip to Moscow. British sources reported Chalfont and Lee spent much of the afternoon together. It was the first time a British minister had engaged in direct exchanges with an accredited represen tative of President Ho Chi Minh's government since large scale fighting flared in Viet Nam one year ago. Few details emerged beyond the fact that both Lee and Chalfont described at length the conflicting east-west ap proaches vto peacemaking. : - Wilson was protrayed as de tecting a glimmer of light in the situation. He was encour aged that Lee had been author ized by Hanoi to meet Chal font at all. He has hope the meeting, which had the foreknowledge of Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, may be the start of a dialogue that could lead to better things. Doubtless Wilson feels the Brit ish public, and left wingers within his own Labor party, will appreciate his quest for peace. To some extent Lee's recep tion of Chalfont was a welcome development for Wilson, for he had got just about nowhere in his attempts to persuade Ko sygin and his top colleagues to join with Britain in recon vening parties to the Geneva conference of 1954 to act as a forum for peace. Kosygin, President Nikolai V. Podgorny and Communist Party Chief Leonid I. Brezh nev met Wilson's repeated pleas for cooperation with the argument that the Soviet Un ion has netither a direct stand ing in the crisis nor the right to intervene. When Wilson sought to as sure them of President John son's sincere wish for peace in Viet Nam, the. Soviet leaders suggested the Americans should prove this by halting air raids against the North. FREE MONEY!! BANLOII SHIRTS All Sizes & Colors '3.00 each New Shipment of Alpaca Sweaters Red, Light Blue, Antique Gold, Navy, Carrot ALL SIZES Cardigans . $13.75 Pull-Overs $11.75 MILL OUTLET SALES ROOM Over Sutton's Drug Open 9:30 . 5:30 Mon.-Sat. TTK if McNamara Paints Dreary Picture WASHINGTON (AP) Se cretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told Congress yes terday the United States stands ready to cope with any Com munist escalation of the war in Viet Nam. He said a wider war in Southeast Asia would force a callup of U. S. reserve forces. And he reported a continu ing buildup of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in the embattled South. In the Senate, Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois told critics of Presi dent Johnson's Vietnamese po licy that the war could be lost by delay and dissension in Washington. Democratic Congressional leaders conferred with John son, then said the nation should close ranks behind the admin istration and American fight ing men in Viet Nam. McNamara, in a book-length report on U. S. ture around the these words to peace debate: military pos world, added the war-and- Labor Truce Is Uneasy MIAMI BEACH, (AP) A grumpy .truce of, silence settl ed over AFL-CIO president": George Meany's political fight with President Johnson yester day. But maritime unions gave the White House 'new worries by threatening at any moment to boycott ships of ; U. S. allies dealing with North Viet Nam. Meany curtly refused com ment on statements of Secre tary of Labor W .Willard Wirtz that AFL-CIO "antagonism" could hurt labor's own goals in Congress, and that Johnson won't bargain politically with union leaders. "We're not begging any body," said a surce close to Meany, but Meany and Wirtz ducked newsmen's questions after Tuesday's clash. AFL-CIO political strategists said they would step up their political action in this year's Congressional and state elec tions "independent of any par ty." In Washington, White House spokesman Bill D. Moyers said: "I think the President and Mr. Meany get along very well together," and "I'm sure the President will meet again with Meany at the first opportun ity." Tuesday's squabble was ov er how much of a minimum wage increase Johnson will propose to Congress. We're here to analyze and advise. And to treat vou to a new look . . . first with our 3-Steps-to-Beauty complexion care, followed by a new lips-to-lashes make-up, applied by an expert. ?( fell 4- nrr Phone 688-1808 I "The issue has been joined and our course has been set. It is my hope that all Ameri cans will throw their full sup port behind our military forc es defending the frontier of freedom in Viet Nam." McNamara handed his 220 page public report to the Sen ate Armed Services and Ap propriations Committee, then spent two hours discussing the defense picture behind closed doors. "In view of the continued buildup of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in South Viet Nam, we now believe we should be prepared to deploy promptly additional forces to that area if required," McNa mara reported. President John son has stated categorically that we will give our comman ders in Viet Nam all the re sources they need to carry out their mission." Reds Building Outside the hearing room, McNamara said the Commun ists are building their troop strength because American and South Vietnamese forces are inflicting heavy casulaties up on them. "That argues against a lim it on our forces there," Mc Namara declared. The defense Secretary said the United States does not want to widen the conflict in South east Asia but he added: ". . . We cannot preclude the possibility that our oppon ents will nevertheless choose to do so. Such a contingency would necessitate at least a partial mobilization, including the call-up of some or all of our reserve forces and the ex tension of active duty tours." Senate Debates While the Senate debated a $4.8 billion spending bill to help pay the cost of war, Mc Namara added his chapter to the administration case for the course Johnson is following. "If we and our free world allies fail to meet the Chin ese Communists' challenge in Southeast Asia," he said, "we will inevitably have to confront it later under even more dis advantageous circumstances." He said the United States is determined to fight as long and as hard as it must to turn back the Communists. Help Vietnamese "As for our own commit ment to the people of South Viet Nam," McNamara said, "we have made it clear from the very beginning that we would do everything necessary to help them defend their free dom and independence as long as they were willing to carry on the sturggle. . . "We are prepared to con tinue our military collabora tion with the South Vietnamese forces as long as the Com munists insist on fighting," he said, "and we are ready to cope with any further escala tion of the conflict on their part." Interest Increase Aids Bondholders United States Savings Bonds are now a more attractive in vestment than ever before, J. T. Gobbel, Volunteer Chair man of the Savings Bonds Program in Orange County, said in commenting on the in crease in interest paid on Se ries E and H Bonds. Mr. Gobbell pointed out that the new rate of 4.15 per cent applies from December 1, 1965, to all Savings Bonds, old and new, and will automatically increase their earnings. Pondering? i ...If your complexion ia genu 15 ii im proper care? ...If your cosmetics are right for your features and coloring? Why not call now.' MERLE nORfTlfln COSmETIC STUDIO 113 East Parrish St. DURHAM V.-w- North News Bus In Auto Inspection RALEIGH (AP) Gov. Dan Moore said yesterday he ex pects "some bugs" in the new anto insnertion nropram but. "Those inspection stations that moved. "We're going to follow up on complaints in the program," Moore told the Associated Press in an interview. "I think we'll have some bugs in the program for awhile, but these will work out in time." The governor was commenting on reports from Charlotte of careless, faulty or incomplete auto inspections. The alleged irregularities by some inspection stations were brought to light by the Charlotte Observer. R. B. Parker, administrator of the inspection program for the North Carolina Motor Vehicles Department, went to Char lotte and launched an investigation into the charges. Motor vehicle inspection was strongly advocated by Moore as a means of "making the public more highway safety con scious." The inspection program, he said, "fits in with our entire safety program. I can't think of anything more important than saving lives on highways." Moore was reminded that the late Gov. W. Kerr Scott is remembered for his work in behalf of secondary roads. For mer Gov. Luther Hodge was identified with industrial develop ment expansion and former Gov. Terry Sanford worked diligent ly to improve education. "I would like to be identified as having done a lot for highway safety," Moore said. In the coming months, the governor added, "We hope to create a serious climate designed to get down to the driver and make him more aware of the need for highway safety." The former Superior Court judge pointed out that through the auto inspection program the state hopes to correct unsafe motor vehicles. Noting that much stress had been put so far on inspection of auto headlights, Moore indicated this could be an import ant factor in curbing nighttime accidents. Pearsall Plan Criticized CHARLOTTE (AP) William Medford, who 10 years ago helped formulate North Crolina's Pearsall Plan to prevent in tegration, appeared before a three-judge federal court yester day and said the school law package is unconstitutional. The court took the suit under advisement and did not in dicate when it would rule. Medford, now U. S. district attorney for Western North Carolina, was a state senator in 1956 when a legislative com mittee led by Thomas Pearsall of Rocky Mount wrote a group of laws designed to allow individuals, or whole communities, to escape mandatory school desegregation. The suit, filed last December by three Charlotte Negro families, initially challenged the state's tuition grants law, un der which payments are made to private school pupils who wish to avoid desegregation. When the Justice Department entered the case it sought to have other provisions of the Pearsall Plan. They are: A local option plan which would allow local school boards or voters to close their schools to avoid desegregation. A pupil would be exempt from compulsory attendance laws if his parents withdrew him from school to avoid de segregation, provided he could not be reassigned to a segre gated school. A provision allowing the Pearsall Plan to be added to the State Constitution. Man Charged CHARLOTTE (AP) Police have charged an 18-year-old youth with four armed robberies in Charlotte during the past two weeks. Frank Lee McClure was grocery store, $5 from a customer who was in the store, be tween $100 and $150 from a salesman in a street holdup. Police said they also had with conspiracy. Police said McClure. Charlotte police have reported more than 20 armed rob beries during the past two weeks. They said McClure was pick ed from a lineup by four of the lERSTUBE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT 5:00 p.m. io In The 9:00 p.m. j)uhhani ' Don't Forget SUNDAY FAMILY BUFFET 11:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. 5:30-9 p.m. Children Vx Prict Also Remember You Can Park Free In Our Modern Garage When You Use Any Of The Facilities at Jack Tar Durham i g 0 C ES PINE ROOM CAFETERIA Thursday Night Special VEAL PARMESAN ON BED OF SPAGHETTI Tossed Green Salad, Garlic Bread 90c Carolina Roundup start chiseling will be. re- With Robbery accused of taking $215 from sundries shop and $10 from charged Doris Jean Jackson, 25 she drove the getaway car for victims CAFE BRIGHT LEAF Serving 5:00-7:15 13 ) , ll 1 Humphrey Returns Humphrey Reports On Asian Tour WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Hubert H. Humph rey arrived last night to report to President Johnson on a 43, 000 - mile trip designed to mend fences against Communist ex pansion in Southeast Asia. His big jet was due at An drews Air Force Base shortly after 5 p.m. on his immediate schedule were: a helicopter hop to the White House, an ex- change of greetings with John son on the south lawn, then a private talk in the President's office. On his nine - nation tour Humphrey stressed the neces sity for Southeast Asian na tions to build a better life for their people, with U. S. aid. He also empahsized U. S. ef forts toward a negotiated set tlement of the Viet Nam war. But, as in a speech he made at Canberra, Australia, he al so sounded a no-retreat theme. "The first time you retreat," he said, "The first time you fold up your tents, on that day no one will ever believe in free men again." During Humphrey's tour, of ficials in South Korea and the Philippines made fresh com mitments of troop support for the South Viet Nam war ef fort. 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