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Antonio hb. 20, Red China Ridicules Idea of Negotiation By SEYMOUR TOIM'INO K) NEW YORK 1IMES NEWS SERVICE HONG KONG Communls' China ridiculed Friday Hie gestloi that the war In South Viet Nam bo ended through ne gollalions with I ho i Stales. Peking asserted that guerrilla war must go on until U.S. forces are driven from South Vie Nam. Jih Pao.

the Chinese Communist party organ, In an editorial: "The aim of the Johnson ad ministration is quite clear--to get at the conference table whal It could not on the battlefield." editorial surprised observ- $rs here, since Hanoi has not jtet commented directly on the guestlon of negotiations since 11 was raised by France, Canada, India and other countries following retaliatory air strikes by the O.S. against North Viet Nam. Ji fact, on Feb. 14 Nhan Dan, organ of the. North Vietnamese Communist party, had hinted that Hanoi was interested in the possibility of an international conference on Indochina.

Implicit in the Peking editorial was the message that no 1 concessions at the conference were necessary since the ty.S. was doomed to defeat In Viet Nam. It minimized the strategic importance of U.S. and naval superiority and Insisted that victory would be decided on the ground. I Observers here said the latest coup d'etat in Saigon lent weight 1j Peking's arguments by demonstrating again the difficulties confronting the U.S.

In Its efforts to foster a stable government hi Saigon that would wage war effectively Cong guerrillas. against Viet jThe editorial said that by negotiating Washington "wants to bind the South Viet Nam liberation forces hand and foot and strengthen the posilions of the p.S. Army and the puppet regime so as to get a breathing spell. It Is not tod much wishful thinking on Johnson's part to Hope to grab back something In the conference hall of what it las lost on the battlefield." North Viet Nam has tended to lake a less bellicose line than Communist China. Hanoi has emphasized defense against further U.S.

air attacks, but has not echoed Peking's warning that air attacks had given North Viet Nam Uie right to strike Into South Viet Nam. The Peking editorial asserted: "Tho Johnson administration is neither willing to accept defeat nor courageous enough to Peking asserted that "peace ac( 5 I 16 consequences of an ex. REDS SEE COUP HABIT MOSCOW AP) Tass headed its commentary on Ihe latest coup in Soulh Viet Nam Friday: "Saigon Merry-Go- Round. Who Next?" in Viet Nam can be had at any lime," but only after U.S. forces had departed.

Analysts said Peking's stand might have been intended dissuade North Viet Nam of any Idea of Joining with the Soviet Union in extending feelers for negotiations. The Soviet Union and Britain are the cochairmcn of the 1954 Geneva conference which ended the French Indochina war and divided Viet Nam. Some observers have expressed Ihe view that the Soviet Union might be interested In exploring with the U.S. the possi- silities of a negotiated settlement to head off the danger of major Asian conflict. Since the recent visit of Soviet Premier Alcxel N.

Kosygin, Job Corps Chief Speaks in Austin AUSTIN iingletary, (AP) chief of Dr. Otis the Job Corps, said Friday his office already has 140,000 applicants and applications are pouring in at the rate of 6,000 daily. "What we thought would be a job of recruitment has turned nto a job of screening," he said. By the end of the Job Corps' first year in October, he hopes 40,000 young people will be under training. Dr.

Singletary spoke on "Poverty in the Midst of Plenty-The American Paradox" at a two- day symposium sponsored by the University of Texas Students' Association. tended war. It Is In a tight spot. This In truth is Ihe background to the constant talk In Washington about the so-called negotiations from i i of strength." Angler Away, Home Burns Fire destroyed a five-room frame house early Friday while the owner was on a fishing trip at the coast. Damage to the house, owned by William Ranzau, 24, of Rt.

1, Atascosa, was estimated at 514,000. A Stale Highway Department employe, Ranzau ap- Hyed alone in the which was formerly owned by his late parents. The fire was in full blaze discovered about 3:25 a.m. by Deputy Sheriff Frank Novak as he patrolled the area. The alarm was answered by the Southwest Volunteer Fire Department.

Cause of the fire has not been determined Novak said. GemMer Road To Have Bridge The city announced plans Friday to build a $240,000, 527-foot bridge across Salado Creek on Gembler Road. Bids will be called at 2 p.m March 5. The bridge, to replace a narrow wooden structure, will include 778-foot approaches, 4-foot sidewalk on each side, and a roadway width of 42 feet. Pro-Bomber Push Opens iii Congress WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE--French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville meets with President Johnson ot the White House Friday.

They discussed the Viet Nom Telephoto. (CI NEW YORK tIMES NEWS i I Clll A i WASHINGTON An exported ly, i day with a speech by Sen. John C. Stennls, head of the senate Preparedness subcommittee. The Mississippi a charged that the administration's refusal to authorize devcl- beonmanufarturrt since 1852.

'All Air Force leaders, Including Gen, Curtis E. leMay, former chief of staff of the Air Force; Gen. p. McConnell, the current chief; Gen. Thomas S.

Power, (lie former head of lion's refusal to authorize devcl- i A opment of a new bomber to re- 1 16 Strategic Air Command and place current models constitutedi Bc 1 la dA hrevet dangerous and unwarranted of lh Alr Force Systems Corn- gamble with our future national llan a me tha a panned ccur bomber is urgently needed lo Secretary of Defense Robert' complement our missile systems S. McNamara said in a policy ln llcir strategic, role," Stennis statement to the House Armed sa Services Committee, made pub- "i 3 5 0 th TJ1 0 '5 lie Thursday, that new bombers Jolnt that would not be worlh their cost anne(l bomher an essential in the proportion In yccontrib- len ellt ol)r strategic slrik- uted to national defense. i ce he continued. But Stennis, along toes enun- his statement lo the House dated during the election Services Committee, Hc- naien bv former Sen. Barrv Nam a ra ald "at he budget Senators Agree Steps Needed For Stability in Saigon provided for research funds to WASHINGTON (AP) Sena- President Johnson's Young reiterated his view that capabilities reliance upon long-range mi siles.

With existing strategic bomb-i ers growing older and no new'. Stennls, who has many allies ones to follow on, he said, the support of bombers, is ex- country is "faced with prospect 0 to continue the pressure lof a tremendous and dangerous to ate lc war igap in our strategic bomber when th deff se secrc- tarv annears before the Senate tary appears oetoro tne senate ui i a luung reuoraieu ins view uiat'capauiliues the United States must take eu by "a civilian with a inmt ory more than 10 years. ther steps to insure the stability ib tr.JL'r Afresh view who could take a new Some money is being spent to tM he United States must take further steps to insure the stability of a civilian government there. Supporters ot strong military frestl viwwho could a new He added that this gov- 'ent a Communist takeover. Those who favor negotiations end hostilities pointed to the attempted overthrow of Gen.

fguyen Khanh as indicating a need for alternative policies which would stabilize the situation. Asked how military action could be pursued against the have government i into villages andi ernmmt a re to go a and still havA tholconferenra tahln "if Nnrth action said that despite a newF 00 5 eolng into villages agree to go to a coup attempt which underlined Sf ric and still have the conference table "If North Viet the Instability of the Saigon gov- Populace behind you," he Nam, Red China and Soviet ernment situation, this country Hn arHcri fVlat ih rf nust stand by its guns to pre- Some money is being spent to modify some of them and ex' their service. The B-58, the United States must stand firm. "We've got to ride it through," he said. Sen.

Ernest Gniening, D-Alaska, long an advocate of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Viet, Nam, said that "the answer Is 1 Viet Nam alone. Sen. John G. Tower, more difficult to prosecute that there are "some things that should be done Immediately to rectify the situation." jlrksen, who has supported Transplanting problems? FIGHT ORTHO a plant starter and root stimulator that gives plants the first feeding of nutrients they need.

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Dirksen of Minois replied Gaulle and others for negotia Texas Reservoir Slump Reported AUSTIN (AP) Conservation said the instability "makes it stor age In Texas' major reser- 1 voirs slumped to 74 per cent of capacity in January, the Texas i Water Commission said In all likelihood we are not The total storage decreased' see a model government from 9,069,800 acre feet to tions ought not to be brushed aside, said the coup presents "a problem for our responsible officials." "There Is not now, nor has Thomas J. Dodd, D-j jMual said "It's high time the United States put its foot down and demanded a stable government." "These constant changes of government is one of our most AWARD-WINNING DESIGN New Both i Shower Valve Gibson Plumbing Co. E. Homlon Phonfr CA 2-2701 answer to the absence of a stable government in Nam," he said. Sen.

Gale W. McGee, who has- spoken out against a Dlnh Diem," Dodd said. clear around the world against (further Chinese or Russian ex- "This was the one stable government they ever had, and it was destroyed. I have been worried ever since there was no of the South Vietnamese government is not the issue." "The issue Is to hold the line He said the United States' must "get tough" and Insist onj a stable government. Sen.

George D-J S.D., said the Friday coup points' i- Tnat up his argument that the United 1 68 igovernment. 1 jand it is all cut out "tarnTie he" same cloth In my book," he added. Sen. John Sparkman, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said "I think a stable government Is an absolute necessity to win." Sen. Stephen M.

Young, D- a member of the Armed iServices Committee, contended ithat "a successful war cannol be carried on in South Viet Nam without a stable Police Nip Picketing MEXICO Clry (AP)-MexI- can police acted so swiftly Friday they broke up a planned picketing of the U.S. Embassy (before one of Uie three involved had time to unfurl a banner. The three, Including one woman, were hustled away in a police car. Later they were charged with "blocking traffic" mnd disturbing the peace, and jthe case was turned over to the interior ministry, which among other things bandies deportation cases. The "peaceful picketing" was announced in advance by one of the leaders of an organization known as the International Non- Violent Action (INVAX group with headquarters in Berkeley A I "You can't carry on an effec- South Viet Medal Asked For Hero Of Assault WASHINGTON (AP) Spec.

5 Jesse A. Pyle of Marina, killed in Viet Nam on Feb. 7, was recommended Friday for the Medal of Honor by Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa. Scott suggested the posthumous award in a letter to Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes.

The scope of the tragedy at Pleiku, South Viet Nam, on 1 Feb. 7, Scott said, overshadowed Pyle's heroism. He surprised the Viet Cong Invaders before they had planted all their explosives and by opening fire on them caused the premature detonation of the charges. caught the full blast of one of these charges, but his alert and fearless action saved an untold number of American lives," Scott wrote. Final Assault Toll: 23 Dead WASHINGTON (AP) The ucauyuaners in BerKeiey, nnamnuiuii Calif.

All involved were from flnal deatn toll in the Commun- San Francisco, Calif. 1st bombing of the Qui Nhon An American who identified bllle In South Viet Nam stands himself as Eric Robinson tele- at a American soldiers, phoned the Mexico City Times addition, 22 men were in- Thursday night, saying the urcd Another 17 men who were eting would begin at noon Fri- 16 'our story con- day to protest U.S. action in crete structure escaped un- Viet Nam. farmed. He, another man and a worn-! The building was blow up B'eb.

I an appeared on the dot, andi 10 anJ most of the dead weref Robinson was reported to have debris, unfurled a banner in Spanish. Police moved in and hustled Ihem away before any other banners could be opened. Robinson, pob'ce said, is 2L and Is in Mexico as a student The other man was identified as Allen F. Cooper, 26. The woman was Genevra Decou, 19.

BeLieu Vote WASHINGTON (AP) The! Senate approved Friday their nomination of Kenneth E. Be-" Lieu to be undersecretary oft the navy, succeeding Paul Fay who resigned. Color TVs to Choose From Gloreproof RCA High Fidelity Color Tuba LOWEST PRICE! EVER! 1st PAYMENT APRIL 1965 2m WEST AYE t'tcl, KM 2015 NOGALITOS nl IU IE 6-0251.

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