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GAZETTE Limited .Unless the Nixon administra tion is contemplating the spon sorship of an invasion of North Vietnam, like the invasion that it has sponsored in Laos, it is taking limited risks that have a reasonably good ehance of suc cess. The invasion of Cambodia last spring, which provoked a fur ious reaction in the United States for a short time because of the involvement of U. S. ground troops, has produced the results that Mr. Nixon claimed it would. The level of fighting in the southern, part of South Vietnam has dropped considera bly and so has the level of Am erican casualties. Meanwhile, the program of gradual disen gagement and withdrawal of American forces has' continued. The operation in Laos will, Wash ington hopes, produce the same results in the northern part of South Vietnam. Providing cover for a stepped rr> American withdrawal from South Vietnam is not enough, however. The United- States must make political changes in Saigon. The present regime cannot rule effectively without an American presence. It is a military dictatorship dreaming of total victory. <It will not ne gotiate with the Vietcong.- A firm U. S. deadline for withdraw al would probably force the re gime to give way to a coalition geared to peace, while a settle ment could still be sought un der Washington’s protective cov er. Other Editor Says — MOSCOW - KRASNAYA ZVBDA On Guard There is no need to prove that the policy conducted by Ameri can ruling quarters represents a serious threat to peace and the security of the peoples of ~5tW Editor* Say— LONDON - THE SUNDAY TIMES Friends and Enemies 1 Many observers in Washington believe that». when the rest of the troops nave gone,. President Nixon’s Administration plans to leave substantial bomber forc es in Vietnam and. at least 50, 000 men to protect their bases. The heart sinks at this prospect. Nearly all of America’s greatest errors in the conduct of the Vietnam War havte sprung from a gross exaggeration of the stra tegic and political effectiveness of air power. In spite of drop ping more bombs than bn Ger many in World War n,j the air force has reduced the volume of supplies reaching the Commun ists by. only 20 per cent; but in so doing it has made tens of thousands of recruits for the Vietcong and millions of ene mies for the United States. It has never yet had the slightest effect on the political wm of the Communist leaders; but it has appalled' America’s friends throughout the world . . • American would also run for midable political risks by leav ing 50,000 men on the ground in Vietnam after the main with drawal. She would by then have lost control of the situa tion to the massive South Viet namese army. If that army chose to fight in Cambodia, 'Laos, or North Vietnam, how far would America be committed to support it? And if America re fused support, how secure would bp the lives of those ,50,000 host ages? . , f the Mediterranean countries and adjoining areas. This policy can not but put on guard the pro gressive public of these coun tries: In mobilizing its ranks to rebuff the dangerous inten tions of the Washington strate gists, it is ever more resolutely waging the struggle for a relax ation of international tension. Stanley Job Master Power Tools SAWS ROUTERS SABER SAWS SANDERS DRILLS PAINTS - Interior and Exterior CIom 1 p.m. Saturdays " : ■ - - - _ H PSYCHOLOGICAL AGGOCIATIOH -t. p,**?*‘*”J*i^ iwy««rguea tschor that it i* batter to educate the well-en dowed child than a dozen low grade youngsters. I moan it Is more socially important to do so. Am I right or am I wrong? t: You are right. The less well-endowed child can make a contribution and live a Useful life blit the bright child can be a leader, ^ scientist, an au thor or, perhaps, a highly-suc cessful businessman. The future and its direction, now as always, belongs to the naturally bright. Occasionally an average child will become notably successfully, ! but oply occasionally. If there ' must -be ah either-or situation, stick with the bright child. Other Editors Say — FRANKFORT . allgem eine Dubious Verdict The more quiet it becomes in South Vietnam, through the shifting of the fronts to Laos and Cambodia, the more easily can President Nixon continue the American troop withdrawal from South Vietnam, and ap parently without loss of face, and write off this particular obliga tion. The burden of escalation does not fall this time on Am erican shoulders. Whether South Vietnam cain carry this burden is more than doubtful. But Mr. Nixon, a man of sensitive per sonal pride, is not ready to go down in American history as the first President of his ’country who lost a war. The transplant ing of the hapless Vietnam War into Cambodia and now into Laos, the continuation of the Indochina War “by proxy,”,may seem to this President to be a legitimate way out of the Am erican dilemma. Whether his tory gives him a favorable ver dict is just as dubious as the .strategic value of the Laos in tervention. Red Carpet Something new in the way of the red carpet treatment has been charming first class pass engers at the recently inaugura ted Air France passenger termi nal at Kennedy Airport in Nfew York. The elegant talon features floor-to-ceiling red carpeting. lunch Time During 1969, about 20.9million children in nearly 77,000 schools were served more than S.S bil ■ • *mim <i-1- mi-. Danny Rouse Gets His Air Force Wings Lieutenant Danny M. Rouse, son Of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Rouse, Rt. 1, LaGrange, has been awarded Air Force silver pilot wings upon graduation at Randolph AFB, Tex. Following specialized aircrew training at other bases, he will be assigned Phan Rang AB, Vietnam, for duty in a unit of the Pacific Air Forces. A 1964 graduate of Wheat Swamp High School, the lieutenant earned a B. A. degree in econonlics in 1968 from North Carolina Wesleyan University. He was commissioned through Officer Training School, Lack land AFB’ Tex. His wife is the former Sharon G. Carter. The Senate Judiciary Subcom mittee or Separation of Powers, of which I am Chairman, will hold headings later this month on Presidential impoundment of monies appropriated by the Congress. Impoundment is usually car ried out when the Office of Man agement and Budgejt places in reserve all or a portion of mon ies appropriated by the Congress for a specific purpose or pro gram. While I certainly do not object to this Executive agency withholding monies to avoid ov erspending or returning money to the Treasury when a project has been completed, I am con cerned about the practice of im pounding monies to avoid or nullify Congressional intent as set out in the legislation. AT CAMP LEJEUNE ' Pfc Jack W. Jernigan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Jernigan of Route 4, Kinston, was meri torious promoted to his present rank upon completion of infan try training at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune. 101 PROOF-8 YEARS OLD r 'ji ' , • STRAIGHT BOURBON w ' WHISKEY . All too frequently, \yhen Con gress, in exercising its appro priating function, votes substan tially more funds for a program than the Executive branch re quested, the President signs the appropriation bill, and then di rects the Office of Management and Budget not to, release the funds to the agencies designated to carry out the program. In effect, this practice gives the President an item veto, al though very clearly he has only the power to veto entire bills under the plain language of the Constitution. Also, there are many occasions when the Pres ident simply refuses to spend monies for a specific project which Congress has initiated and authorized. " The practice of impoundment becomes of immense concern when it involves public service projects which serve entire com munities or states. From the standpoint of Con gress, the question is whether the representatives of the tax payers, who have the constitu tional mandate to exercise1 the power of the purse, are to have the power to ihitiate programs and appropriate monies therefor. As a practical matter, the un restrained used of impoundment by the Executive branch of the Government leaves Congress with nothing more than the pow er to refuse to appropriate funds, and also gives the legislative branch little discretion as to how monies should, be used. There are many complex ques tions involved in any discussion of this issue, but in the last analysis, the power of appro priation constitutes Congress’ most fundamental check over the actions of the Executive branch of the Government. The purpose of this hearing is spending by the FeS
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