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A Washington Calling JOHNSON dSg-pjSE ESS-CHRONICLE INI Mom Old MOW Will HVII MIM Lavelle go away WASHINGTON While top Committee he called on brass in the Pentagon wish I Chairman John tennis to would dry up -and --hold public- hearings on-La- blow away the Lavelle affair nomination for per- Marquis general ana Biennis --hesl oa agreed Relieved of his For our small towns le future the recent'past It could even be come a campaign issue as one aspect of a war raging out of control Thanks to a concerned Air Force sergeant in Thailand )t became known that Gen John Lavelle commander of the 7th Air Force in Viet- command after disclosure of the unauthorized sorties Lavelle was given a slap on the wrist by an order demoting him to major general on retirement The charges against Lavelle are tied in with the nomination of Gen Creighton of documents available only since' the end of the war trace a disastrous pattern mili tary in-subordination that-was Jo Jeavgithe cidtian govern- ment a hollow shell Real bower was finally taken over by the military Toland and other historians believe this was perhaps the decisive fac-tor in war with China and ultimately with the United States In one of the first incidents in 1928 staff of the Kwantung army in Manchuria blew up a train carrying a Chinese war lord Chang To-lin whom they considered uncooperative The civilian government backed by the emperor demanded that they be punished On the grounds that this would damage prestige and morale the army refused No one would suggest an analogy between the defiant Japanese who ultimately usurped complete authority and the single Lavelle episode But that episode is a warning of the perils In an undeclared war where civilian -control is uncertaih to say the least bombing over the peace attempt 9A Kissinger spokesman says -there is no knowledge of suoh a view as -KughespointsjuU when the war' machine and the peace fhachine are ing in contrary directions the peace will surely be lost The great embodiment of the freedoms we cherish the Constitution of the United States places the military under civilian control Violation of that control is a cause for the gravest concern as the Lavelle affair now shows This suggests a bit of history that led up to World War II In the 1930s Japanese officers in Manchuria and China operating at the end of the line in conquest of empire repeatedly defied civilian authority in Tokyo Super-patriotic staff officers precipitated incidents and took unauthorized military action which left the government with no way to retreat John Toland author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Rising and other historians writing on the basis nam ordered up to 147 sorties flown against North Vietnam contrary to top com- appeared before the House mand orders specifying only Armed Services Committee Abrams to 'be chief of staff of the Army When Lavelle Why do so liaany people leave rural areas and small towns and settle in overcrowded metropolitan cities? Because so they say there are no opportunities in rural America Many soon experience disillusionment in the large population centers The prospects that seemed so bright when viewed from afar turn drab and sour when seen at close range This is particularly true in the big-dty ghettoes where mere existence is touch and go and where misery and crime abound In an effort to stop the rush of so many families to urban areas Congress has appropriated up to $500 million a year to help attract job-creating industry to the countryside and to assist rural residents with problems ranging from pollution to fire-fighting If wisely administered this money can work wonders For it can be directed toward development of opeh country far removed from the clutter of magalopolis It can be used where the best opportunities for the future lie where the best chances for individual happiness and good living exist Congress is 'wise in directing its attention ta this matter allegedly North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked American naval vessels That episode challenged later as false was the basis for a Congressional resolution adopted almost unanimously giving President Lyndon Johnson authority to use the armed forces at his discretion in Indochina tactical benefits these decisions have Hughes said of action' have also con- tributed to the erosion of presidential control over the military aspects of the war This erosion of control led to the situation where one commander could send his pilots on unauthorized strikes at the very time that secret and delicate peace talks were under aides home been reportedly persuaded that the strikes Reports of these sorties in private air war were falsified And they coincided with the efforts last November of Henry A Kissinger the national security adviser to get high-ranking North Vietnamese to the peace table Sen Harold Hughes of Iowa Is determined that this violation of civilian command not be glossed over A member of the Senate Armed Service be indicated that Abrams overall commander of American forces in Vietnam knew of the unauthorized air strikes Both promotion and nomination to the Join Chiefs of Staff must be confirmed by the Senate In twp Senate speeches Hughes 'who was a combat infantryman is World War compared the falsification of the records of the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 when high principles would think of doing such a Harris survey McGovern gains Organizations and individuals seeking to tear down America often get undue attention simply because they make a lot of noise while organizations and individuals seeking to build up America often are unsung because they go about their work without sounding any preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great Wars inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community state and nation combat the autocracy of the classes and the masses make right the master of might earth By Louis Harris rge McGovern for Which one of the people on the -first this-hst-would-be-your-first Sen the -fir: choice for the Democratie Presidential nomination in Dm- urn- -ii -i ir -1 in this latter category is the American Legion which since its birth at the end of World War I has been committed to fostering and strengthening fundamental national principles As part of their ritual Legion posts recite the following at each meeting: God and country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America maintain law and order foster and perpetuate 100 per cent Americanism safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice freedom and democracy consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual These are high principles indeed They might well be adopted by all Americans whether Legionnaires or not We can not afford through complacency to permit the spread of doctrines alien to the America we love The chess curtain choice of Democratic and independent voters' nationwide to be nominated for president at the Democratic convention next week But his small lead in a popularity contest against the Democratic field is in contrast to his impressive standing in the delegate count McGovern polls a minority of 24 per cent followed by Gov George Wallace in second place with 21 per cent Sen Edward Kennedy at 19 per cent and Sen Hubert Humphrey at 15 per cent With Kennedy eliminated from the list of choices McGovern still finishes on top both among Democrats and independents" although polling less than a majority of the total preferences No Clear Majority Although McGovern is the unquestioned front-runner at the Democratic convention opening Monday in a variety of tests conducted by the Harris Survey after his pivotal primary victories the South Dakotan failed to amass a clear majority in any one In a three-way showdown against Humphrey and Wallace McGovern finishes on top with 38 per cent compared with Sen Hubert 29 per cent and Gov George 28 per cent In a head tr-head contest with Sen Humphrey the result is no better than 48 to 38 per cent for McGovern A cross section of 1036 likely Democratic and tndepende-ly Democratic and independent voters was asked this question -between June 7th and 12th: There was that ping pong table and it brought the US and Red China together Now there is that chess board Will it push the US and Soviet Russia apart? From the way Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky are maneuvering think they know the Cold War had thawed What 'was to have been a world championship chess match between them has become an exercise in one-upmanship Fischer started it by arriving two days late at the scene of the battle Reykhavik Iceland Spassky was considerably miffed at that and demanded acme sort of redress He got it in the form of an oral apology from Fischer' -but Spassky perhaps under instructions -from the Soviet hierarchy said Fischer would have to express his regrets In writing which he did Furthermore the International Chess Federation which is sponsoring the match thought Spassky probably would need a few days to recover his composure After all he has been through quite a staggering experience As this is written it is not known for certain that the match will come off at all although it is re-scheduled for next Tuesday Like Nikita Khrushchev at the time of the U-2 incident Spassky may decide there will be no summit in the chess war Maybe things have turned so cold if they had used the hot line President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev rigged up between Washington and Moscow Diplomacy and chess they both- require the delicate touch! As a result of the spate of McGovern primary victories in late May and early June the South Dakota Senator continued his upward rise as the first choice of Democrats However the number of independents who preferred him slipped 8 points after the California primary After the attempt on his life the number backing Gov George Wallace rose 5 points from 18 23 per cent Wallace also gained ground among Democrats moving from 19 to 21 per cent as their first choice Bv contrast Sen- ator Hubert Humphrey was slipping 7 points as the first choice of Democrats from 1 25 to 18 per cent What other editors say As Drummond sees it had better stop their gloating MIAMI BEACH Republican Party leaders better quit gloating over the trials and By Roscoo Drummond the law of a state such as in the case of California? It prescribes that a candidate who gets even a thin majority of the popular vote in the primary shall get all of the delegates and that they must vote as a unit at the convention The Republicans may see a way around some of these inconsistencies but they cannot escape comparable reform 1 Until the American people find a way democratically to nominate their presidential candidates it cannot be said that they democratically choose their Presidents mittees are fairly balanced among whites blacks and women But delegate contests piled up before the credentials committee and brought lacerating controversy What happened is that the Democratic voters in many states did not elect as many blacks or women as the reformers wanted and the continuing dispute is whether majority rule should yield to preconceived quotas Not Scruple Ending the unit rule is also not simple The reformers got agreement that there would be no more unit voting at the convention but can a convention rule supersede phant or he will step on It is only the fact that the Republicans have an incumbent President which post- Eines the pressure for this nd of reform this year But the pressure will build and the GOP leadership will yield to them or it will become more of a minority party than it now is This is why it would be well for Republicans to ponder more understanding the headaches which the Democrats are temporarily experiencing to see if the GOP achieve the substance of convention reform while avoiding its pitfalls Problem clinic Here are the changes the Democratic reform commission sought and they are worthwhile End the so that each delegate is free to vote his convictions Require that all state delegations be democratically chosen Ensure that each state delegation and all convention com STUDY WORTH PONDERING (Thr Nashville Tennessean) An in-depth study of justice in America has led a private group of business and education leaders to conclude that no less than a massive change of this judicial and law enforcement systems can save as we have known The Committee for Economic Develop- troubles the Democrats are Research and Policy Committee havin8 PuttinI together their recommended in an 86-page report that local convention with a fair pros-govemments should be relieved of most crimi- Pect of orderly behavior nal justice responsibilities except the running The GOP politicians are of police forces Judges and district attorneys next time going to be faced should be removed from the political process same kind of divisive and be appointed solely on merit The committee put the major burden on states for administering justice rather than on local governmental entries It proposed that each state should form a statewide court system and a state judicial branch THe theory is that this would lead to equitable trials and relieves poor areas of states where court systems are now inadequate The study urges that backlogs of cases be disposed of immediately through the use of special prosecutors to insure and trials Probably the most drastic revision of current systems is proposed for the federal level The committee wants an Independent federal agency to make high level plans and decisions and to contribute half of the costs for all state and local police prosecution courts knowing whether the inter-and correctional agencies are going to be nice Somewhat overshadowed by the long- if they get their own range proposals were other recommendations way that is if they get that deal with specific causes of crime As in George McGovern several It'shealthy Republicans ITALIAN TIGHTROPE (Tli Knoxville News-Sentinel) In politics the equivalent of walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls is the-job Giulio Andreotti has just been given: Premier of Italy A Roman lawyer 53 Andreotti is one of the most experienced and competent leaders Even so the odds are against bis staying long in office The government he heads is 34th in the 29 years since the fall of Fascist regime After indecisive elections last May Andreotti worked painstakingly to carpenter a coalition of his own Christian Democrats the Social Democrats and the Liberals -(conservatives) that has only the narrowest majority in Parliament On his left he is opposed by the biggest Communist party In the West and by the Marxist Socialists on his right by the neo-Fascists who recently made a comeback But the real threat to Andreotti is his own Christian Demo-- crats who have dominated every government since the war Unfortunately the party is faction ridden and almost every faction is headed by an ambitious prima donna who traditionally views the premier as Cassius did Caesar Despite these crippling handicaps Andreotti is supposed to deal with growing labor unrest a spreading recession a wave of crime and violence and an elephantine bureaucracy that only makes the other problems worse only consolations are (A) he has been premier before so his colleague's thrusts will not be unexpected and (B) Italian politicians neyer overthrow a let ruin your life items their mother prepared Even perfume will do the trick too for I have had many patients whose hearts would do a flipflop at first By Dr George Crane Case U-527: Jerry aged 58 is having his 4th divorce he moaned time I gef married I feel sure the girl is ideal in a year or so we become Incompatible often violently-sorand my-wife-sues air tndeHMff lmorintonJerry: raeetinga strange girL some attribute to which foe had long ago linked their fection So learn to use your head more than your heart when you pick a mate Test your propective -wife-by-the-scientifie Scales for enclosing a long stamped return envelope plus 25 cents Unless he (or she) rates or thereon it would be smart to look elsewhere for your mate (Always write to Dr Crane in care of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle enclosing a long stamped addressed envelope and 25 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets) that evidence warranted outlawing of hand- This Democratic convention guns and the legalization of gambling and is better off with -the confu-marijuana sion of reform than with out Certainly a major move toward unifica- dated bossism and with lead-tion and centralization is worth carefuT study' ership cliques brokering the by Congress and state legislatures Of course the traditional resting place for studies of this nature is some obscure shelf where the recommendations will pe ignored But the committee is correct in noting that would be hard to exaggerate the enormity of the national Rising crime statistics make a very strong case for action nomination At the moment it is easy for Republicans to wishfully hope that the Democratic convention will explode with internal combustion because the reforms have opened It widely to new forces new In some of these cases it was her perfume that hypnotized thent! Unwittingly they had been brainwashed in early life by that same scent maybe because their mother had used It Even babies can subconsciously become to the perfume of their mothers as they are nursing at the breast And this subconscious brainwash may later make them apparently fall in love at first sight it foe new girl merely has the summer That would interrupt their August vacations at the seashore or mountains Come autumn Signor Andreotti will need the good wishes If not the prayers of all those interested in democracy and stability in Italy HHH PEANUT BUTTER (Th Nashvill (inner) Hubert verbosity is a well-known fact duly recorded during his political career ana underscored in those years evenly divisible by 4 Four goes in to 1972 an even number of times consequently loquaciousness is predictably cresting The Republican National newsletter Monday has unearthed a classic example of Hubertise a reply to a letter from the Georgia Peanut Princess: agree with you that peanut butter is as much or more of a household treat as apple pie favorite sandwich is peanut butter baloney Cheddar cheese lettuce and mayonnaise on toasted bread with lots of catsup on 1 the side Another favorite is a toasted peanut butter cheese and bacon sandwich or if I am in a hurry just peanut butter and jelly Also I like peanut butter and cheese on crackers Give me the crunchy or the smooth not fussy In other words I Just love peanut Did be say catsup? When he was in college he met a waitress with red hair and freckles At First Sight was love at first Jerry confessed to me But they had very little in common so after their marriage they soon broke up Wife No 2 also had red hair and freckles So did No 3 and No 4 whom he is now divorcing just seem to fall for red haired he mournfully admitted But he realize why for he had never analyzed his past background till his visit at my office During my interview I found the early cause of infatuation for red heads with freckles I we have been emotionally brainwashed in childhood those early attitudes may influence us all our lives Our fondness for our mother usually extends to her cooking which is why men often foe menu for divorce is wrong with me anyhow? I just a born Emotional Brainwash Jerry was the only child of wealthy parents His mother was a typical socialite so she left Jerry at home with the maid on many occasions And once a week in those days a jolly Irish laundress would visit his home to wash their clothes and do the ironing She was fond of children so she I would bring cokies to Jerry And she would occasionally hug him or give him a goodbye kiss Unwittingly she brainwashed the little boy! For she had red hair and freckles! Jerry subconsciously began to link love and affection from the opposite sex with red hair and freckles He hasn't conscious of this early brainwashing process (we psychologists call it but it made faces new ideas and a determination by the newcomers to shake the machinery until it rattles The Republicans afford to put off similar convention reform very long Open Or Else Sam Archibald says political campaigns Either the Republicans will re as dirty as ever although the type of open their delegate elections abuse is changing black and says and convention committees Martha Mitchell to the same sweep of reform that the Democrats have so The auto industry sold on the safety bravely and painfully carried of air bags Neither is John Mitchell probably through or else1 but remaining loyal The is that if they 1 reject such reform the GOP The floating British pound is a sign' of the leaders will be posting fateful Thames but Frenchmen want the rest notices saying: is a of Europ up the creek closed tent beware tbs ele- JOHNSON OiSPESS-CHRONICLE Will NUIT fMIM VOL IS NO ns FRIDAY JULY 7 1171 Published dally and Sunday by -PRESS INC- (Johnson City Pros founded Jun 12 1934 Staff News founded 1911 Chronlclt foundid 1921 Abiorbid by th Prist January 21 1935) at 204 Main Straaf Johnson City Tenn Second class postage paid at Johnson City TN 37401 RepuWleatlon of alt matter herein la prohibited without the express consent of the owner Subscription $39 00 per year by mall (The Johnson City Press-Chronlcl welcomes end publishes lettbre to th editor provided writer sign their name end addresses end LIMIT LETTERS TO 300 WORDS reserve th right te edit all letters) CARL A JONES Publisher ATKINS General Manager GEORGE KELLY Editorial Director TOM HOD8E Executive Editor Newt A I i 1.