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I'll 1 FOST-GAZFTTE: fRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1963 Saigon Did You Ever Sec a Dream Walking? By Uungerford 1.1. Flrit ftwipapr West ef to 40finf pari 'MJ: Teirrattt 117ft rri block, ri uusHf jiii GIs Pulling Uj) Willi a Lot But They Don't Complain By James Restart WILLIAM KI OCK Tt BLOCK rllihfrt Andrrv Brrahird, Asic(at rahlilhcv rrn N. Hairitu, Editor Jrmn Mtnttlrt tflnnr. M11 W'ijon. Hwt Ultnr; Ar.4- i'iP kmtnr.

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Faiu U. Bauman. Trtwuitr SAIGOX The American diplomats and soldiers seem to be working very well to- pettier In Viet Subscription Rate TUilT 7 t'rnti MaO Subscrli'lfona hfr Tbrra If Ka Carrlat Srrtlet "Bfl 1 and 2 O-i- 6 TT of Mnrra i Mn'h ,11, CO $3 75 U-M Ex' a AM. 4 Ecvc.r.4 Lciie 2 1 or more persons will die as a result of auto accidents this year, the auto industry would do well to regard safety devices not as marketable items to be picked over like melons but as essential parts of all vehicles. Instead of dragging its tailgate on safety until it is faced with the possibility of congressional action, the industry ought to devote more of its vast resources and know-how to finding ways to build more safety into its lines.

After all, if U.S. car makers can all decide within a few weeks in mid-1965 that such things as padded panels, dual brakes, and back-up lights are suddenly to be standard equipment, why could they not have reached that same conclusion in, say, 1955 or earlier? And when it comes to selling the car buyer on his real needs, it seems to us that any industry that can convince the public it needs and wants the great multiplicity of models that now enhance its showrooms should have no trouble putting over the desirability of safer cars. ol AIV1. PmsbU'rh. Pa 1521.

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Keston rebel and even lobby against it with their friends in the press and Congress, but in relative terms the spirit of cooperation between the services on joint operations, and between the military and civilian leaders, is more apparent at least in this theater of operations than any other in the last generation. The U.S. does not yet have a professional military service large enough to support its worldwide political commitments. The burdens and sacrifices of this war are not being fairly or equally shared by the present generation of young Americans. It is inspiring but painful to watch the crew of the aircraft carrier U.S.S.

Independence carrying out more than 100 sorties a night against North Viet Nam, flying the jets off the tilting moving decks in the dark, and working furiously below decks all day in 120 degree heat to get them ready for the next night's raids. In some ways, the men on the carriers have it easier than the American soldiers and civilians serving out in the Vietnamese hamlets as advisers to the Vietnamese military and provincial political leaders. They are isolated and in constant danger of being overrun by the Viet Cong every night. IT IS not all glorious and noble, of course. War is a corrupting business.

Men without their women are a sad lot. Especially in Saigon; there is so much cheap post exchange booze around that it not only unbalances the officers but unbalances the market and establishes a vast illicit commercial market. Not to mention the tarts, who come cheap. Nevertheless, the American company here is doing a hard job with admirable energy and good nature. They are not talking much about why they are here, or even complaining about their contemporaries back home who hink they shouldn't be here.

Most of them will not reenlist, so the problem of continuity of service is serious, but while they are here they are a remarkably agreeable, professional and cooperative company. paratively less backstairs sniping at the President's policy of restraint than in the Korean conflict This is all the more surprising because many of these officers genuinely feel that the bombing of North Viet Nam should be extended to the communist missile sites around Hanoi and Haiphong, that the harbor of Haiphong should be mined to block supplies into that area, and some even feel that they should be permitted to bomb not only industrial targets but the network of agricultural dikes in the Red River valley as well. THEY make these poinls to one another and discuss them with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and pass on their recommendations to the Pentagon. But the point Is that they are arguing about strategic targets within the framework of the Executive Branch of the government rather than lobbying for their views with the press and the Congress. Part of this may be due to the fact that they are working for a commander-in-chief who knows the Congress and the press better than they do, and whose toleration of insubordination is not extremely lenient.

But there is probably more to it than that. A new and more sophisticated generation of American military leaders has come to the top under the strongest Secretary of Defense since Forrestal and they are increasingly conscious of the fact that they are likely to be fighting, not all-out wars of total military strength for the rest of their careers, but limited wars for limited aims part military and mainly political. This adjustment is not easy, and no doubt some of them Not Checkmated 1IIGH SATRAPS of the U.S. State 1 Department must squirm in their striped pants every time they see a picture of U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer participating in an international match in Cuba by telephone.

Mr. Fischer is the only player in the Capablanca memorial chess tournament who is not on the scene. Refused permission by the State Department to go to Havana, Fischer would not be check-mated that easily; after assurance by Cuban officials that no propaganda campaign was to attend the tournament, he agreed to participate by long-distance telephone, There is a strange inconsistency in whatever policy the State Department follows in deciding who goes where abroad. Presumably, it wished to protect Mr. Fischer from the wiles of communism or Castroism or something.

Yet, only a few days ago, a group of U.S. basketball players drubbed the Russians in a game played in Czechoslovakia, and a U.S. track and field team competed in Poland and in Moscow itself. What is so much worse about playing chess in Havana? If the State Department believes there is any propaganda advantage to be gained by keeping Mr. Fischer safely within the continental United States, it may be right.

But, unfortunately, it's all to the other side. A Department of Letters In Which Headers Express Their Views The People Speak of this treaty "right-wing extremists," he admitted i fear of a defeat which the liberals deserve to suffer. W. R. BROWN Greentree Editor's note: The editorial did not criticize the right of the extremists to communicate their views; it criticized the senators for yielding to right-wing pressure.

Lettert to the editor must carry the complete name and address of the writer. If possible, they should be typewritten, preferably on one side of the paper. Pen names will be permitted at the editor's discretion. Let-ters of less than 250 words will be given preference, and all letters are subject to condensation and editing. Letters containing ob-vious misstatements or lacking in good taste and fair play will be rejected.

No letters can be returned. io Reason for Pay liaise UNDETERRED by criticism and heedless of needs which should have higher priority, the judges of Pennsylvania are evidently determined to press through the General Assembly a whopping pay raise for themselves. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday released for floor action a bill which would give all Judges in the state a flat yearly $5,000 salary increase. Judicial lobbying behind the measure is intense. For Common Pleas judges in Allegheny County, already getting $25,000 a year, the passage of the Senate bill, sponsored by Republican Senator Robert D.

Fleming and Democratic Senator John II. Devlin, will mean a 20 per cent boost in income. For judges of lesser courts, the percentage increase will be even greater. The state-wide pay raise, affecting some 225 judges, will, If it takes effect, cost the taxpayers about $1,125,000 a year. The puzzled citizen can gain some understanding of how such an inordinate pay raise can gain an apparently clear track through the legislature if he notes that the law-makers in the same session have already passed or are considering bills to increase their own pay and allowances and to give $3,000 to $4,000 salary boosts to commissioners and row officers of every county in the state except Philadelphia (which is governed by its own home rule charter).

Obviously the theory of dollar-minded public servants is that in unity there is both strength and immunity from voter retribution at the polls. Or put another way, if everyone gets on the gravy train at once, there is less likelihood that the train can be sidetracked. We do not mean to imply that state and local governmental officials are never entitled to pay increases. But at the present time Pennsylvania pay scales do not seem so unduly low as to require across-the-board remedial action. Nor have most public officials, especially judges, exhibited the kind of interest in improvement of their own branches of government as to suggest that they are deserving of reward.

Long-time efforts to reorganize and modernize the state court system have been stymied by the judges. The remodeling of other elements of state and local government through constitutional revision is now bogged down in the House. Meanwhile, bills to upgrade the salaries of various and sundry officeholders, without regard to merit or need, get clear sailing. To make the remuneration of public officials a matter of orderly, fair and consistent policy, the subject might be assigned to a citizens' advisory committee for periodic study and recommendation. The public could have greater confidence in public salaries based on such a system than in pay scales based on the erratic money-grabbing impulses of those officials who happen to be bold enough to lead the way.

role should be to point out this fact. C. WILLIAM RETTIE East Liberty Plea for Support How U.S. Skipper Explains Vict Nam War lo His Crew By Captain R. II.

Culmon Potomac Fever By Jack Wilson Lady Bird and Linda Bird return from New York with thrir fall wardrobes. Well, there goes the Neiman-Marcus vote. The President's order to double the draft shows how serious the situation is. It's get-tine so bad we may yet have to call up Cassius Clay. Editor's note.

Following is an abridged article that appeared recently in the newspaper of the U.S.S. Proteus, submarine tender in the Pacific area, by its commanding officer. BECAUSE it promises to be a long and costly struggle, our national policy with Defeat of Dirksen's amendment may mean the end of rural control of state legislatures. Worst thing that's happened to farmers since Metrecal. Decent People Have Civil Rights Too The leaders of our government need reminding that decent people have civil lights too.

The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness has been forgotten in the liberal's frenzy to pander to the criminal. We are allowed the right to be taxed, murdered, raped and have our property burned to the ground. The National Guard was called in a hurry to protect the king of law breakers and his degenerate followers. They were called too late to protect the decent citizens of Los Angeles. I understand that the crime rate is very high in Washington, D.

and I must say that it couldn't happen to a more deserving city. May the guilty suffer as do the innocent. This government, of the bloody mob, for the criminal and by the liberal politician must not be tolerated, MRS. EILEEN KITCHEN Brentwood regard to Viet Nam must be clearly understood and ole heart-edly supported by all Amer icans. That this policy is not fully understood is evi Strictly Personal Youngsters Beat Parents As Judges of Character By Sydney J.

Harris THKKE IS a college out West whii appointed a new president a few years ago. He was selected from more than 100 candidates, by a hoard of trustees made up of some of tiie shrewdest and most success sV' Firms Could Lobby For Education Here On August 2G, your paper ran an editorial entitled "Misplaced Tickets" which has disturbed me a great deal. I do not believe that I interpret the article unfairly when I say that what in essence you are saying is that you feel the Negro community is justified in its quest for equal opportunity; however, if there is to be a demonstration please do it somewhere else (Harrisburg). You justify your argument by saying that the purse-strings are in Har-isburg, which in part is true. However, we have here in Pittsburgh you are well aware, a number of the largest industrial concerns in the world.

What sort of an image does it present to the world when In the city in which these worldwide economic interests are based, the children are not obtaining the highest quality of public education that our country has to offer? With the highly skilled professional lobbyist that these Industries possess, in Harrisburg, as well as in Washington, D. it is not at all unrealistic to hope that they might use this power in obtaining a higher standard of education in Pittsburgh. It is true that the Board of Education has been working on this problem of overcrowding and defacto So has the Negro con munity. For five years, the Negro community has been pointing to these problems trying to get the Board of Education to meet them head on. As you stated in your editorial, and I would fully concur, the compensatory education program is a noteworthy accomplishment and the Board is to be commended for it; however, the compensatory program does not solve the dcplorahle conditions of overcrowding that exist, not only in Westinghouse, but in many other area schools.

I am disturbed by the fact that all solutions to the problems of overcrowding are so closely tied to capital expenditures. I have been taught that you work with what you have or with what you can reasonably expect to get. An extensive school construction program for Pittsburgh as proposed by the Board of Public Education does not meet either of the above criteria. If the Board is at fault it is in the fact that it has been extremely unimaginative, and extremely narrow in its outlook. The arguments presented by the Board in defense of their position are educationally and realistically unsound.

We have in Pittsburgh educational facilities which are under-utilized. Educat ionally, economically and politically, it would be sound to convert some of these facilities into junior or senior high schools. It would appear to me that a more realistic approach you could make would be to point out to the Pittsburgh community where the responsibility for the public education of our children lies, rather than tell the Negro community to go make a demonstration about Pittsburgh problems somewhere else. The responsibility for Pittsburgh Public Schools lies within the political and economic interests of the city along with the Board of Education atfy'ithe citizens. It would seem to me that your 1 ful men in the state.

Six weeks after he took office, not even the mnst dim-witted student on campus was unaware of the fact that this man was hopelessly inadequate. If a committee of freshmen had interviewed him, he never would have got the job. This incident confirms my long-held belief that young people are better judges of Eisenhower Image Flat as Griddle Cake Regarding your recent editorial on Gov. Scranton Aug. 14 and reprinted in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

I have some views about the Republican image of the future. The party will be far better off without the influence of Dwight Eisenhower as his own image has fallen flatter than a griddle cake. Also how can Scranton, Romney and others help reconstruct the party image after their miserable debacle in the 1964 campaign? There is a shortage now of prospective candidates tor 1968. Here is the opportunity for a monumental black horse. If there is no concrete example by the party to arrive at a complete analysis of progressive forces within, how can they present an image to the party that will provide a proper candidate for 1968 presidential status? Up until now there has been no concerted plan to unite Ihe party for an all-out campaign such as is needed for 1968 or after.

H. RAYMOND BROWN Lawrenceburg, Ind Strength For the Day By EARL L. DOUGLASS Love Remains Central An American visitor to China spoke one Sunday morning in a Chinese church. On the walls of the church were inscribed in Chinese characters, "God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son." In the center of this inscription was a cross, and in the center of this cross was one of the Chinese characters. Upon inquiry he found that this character meant "God so loved." This Chinese congregation had caught the idea that God's love for mankind is shown forth in all its splendor in the cross.

The cross stands for love. The men who put Christ to death intended that it should stand for hate and punishment; but God gathered up its tragic circumstances and used them to show forth his love for mankind. The divine love was so great that the Heavenly Father was willing to give what even the best among humans hesitate to give, namely, the life of an only begotten son. Throughout the ages men have been confused in their minds about what the cross of Christ means. All sorts of fantastic notions have arisen, and these have sometimes been set forth as true doctrine.

But the New Testament makes the cross message very plain. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ was God's way of showing how much He cared for mankind. The Chinese congregation understood this when they put the words "God so loved" right at Ihe very center of the cross1. That is where they belong. Mr.

Harris campaign of terror and guerrilla warfare designed to bring about the downfall of the free government of South Vict Nam and to bring the country under communist control Now, why are we Involved In Viet Nam? The United States, though not a party to the Geneva Agreement of 1931, did pledge to assist South Viet Nam in maintaining its independence. What are our objectives in Vict Nam? We have no colonial nor territorial aims anywhere in Soulheast Asia. Neither do we desire to establish permanent military bases there. The sole reasons for our military actions in Viet Nam stem from our solemn promise to help the Vietnamese retain their freedom. These actions are designed to accomplish the following: End the fighting and terror in South Viet Nam.

Preserve the freedom of the South Vietnamese people to develop according to their own desires, without outside interference and without serving the policy of any other nation. What would be the consequences if we pulled out of Viet Nam? First, there would be an immediate takeover of South Viet Nam by North Viet Nam. The communization of South Viet Nam would probably include the massacre of thousands of, patriotic South Vietnamese who have been fighting for their independence for many years. Our lack of resolve would encourage the communists to undertake further aggressions all over the world and weaken the resistance of their victims who would no longer trust the promises of the Americans. The pattern of communist lakcovcr in South Viet Nam would he repeated in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand Burma would be in jeopardy as would Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

With Southeast Asia under communuist control, India and Pakistan would be in the jaws of a giant nut-cracker. China, as the titular head of Asian communism, would be-come the colossus of the East, controlling the majority of the world's population and natural resources. THUS, it is clear that our course of action in South Viet Nam is both honorable and proper. At the specific request of this beleaguered country, we are assisting it to repel an unequivocal act of premeditated, cold blooded aggression. To those who are critical of our policy in Viet Nam, I would ask, "What Is the American AVro Has '5o Far to Go I would like to compliment Miss Gwendolyn Law (The Teople Speak, August 3D) on her perceptive analysis of the recent racial riots across our nation.

As she so aptly points out, the Negroes of this country have been for too long regarded as anything but Americans. And now the nation is shocked by the sudden and insistent, demands for equality by these people. It might be wise to remind ourselves that the ancestors of these people first came to this country over two hundred years ago. And there is not a Negro living in America today who has any memory, recollection or loyalty to any nation other than ours. If these aren't true Americans, just what might they be? Why arc we spilling American white, black, red and yellow blood in South Viet Nam to keep its people free when we are holding back on our own? Do not be disheartened if the American Negro seems impatient.

He has come so far and has so far to go. Join him! MRS. CHESTER F. GAINES East Liberty dent by theCapt. (iulmon many student organizations and other groups in the U.S.

who demonstrate against our participation in Vict Nam and demand that we withdraw our forces and cease providing aid. These demonstrations by intelligent and presumably patriotic Americans indicate an abysmal ignorance of why we are in Viet Nam and what the consequences would he if we pulled out. The only effective counter to these activities must come from the many people who are well informed and who will actively support our nation's policies. Because you, as members of the Armed P'orees may be called upon personally to defend our policies in Viet Nam, and be-cause you are sworn to obey the orders of the President of the United States, it is imperative that you under stand why we are 1 1 1 to fight in Viet Nam and what our objectives there are. ALTHOUGH I ntionally muddled by communist propaganda, the situation is actually ra i forward and clean cut.

The end of French colonial rule in Vict Nam was brought about by an agreement signed on July 29, 1954, by representatives cf France and the Viet Minh. This agreemen established a truce line at tee 17th parallel, the communists to withdraw to the north, the non-communists and French to the south. Both sides were to enforce a complete end to hostilities and neither zone was to be used as a military base to resume hostilities or to further aggression. By South Viet Nam was declared a republic, held free elections, and established itself as a free nation determined to resist communist encroachment. The communists, however, had no intention of honoring the agreement.

When the new republic of South Vietk Nam failed to collapse as prerfjeted, the communists commenced a basic character than their parents. They are more sensitive to phonies, less susceptible to surface charm, and not nearly so corrupted by ambition and prejudice as the older generation. I HAVE lectured to hundreds of groups, and it is always the student audiences who are most alert and responsive. They don't want corny jokes, flattery, flowery words, pompous philosophizing, or the dcar-old-pal approach. They want honesty, hluntness and a healthful skepticism.

Their approval means more to me than a scroll signed by a swarm of civic dignitaries. One reason and perhaps the chief reason that so many colleges are Ineffectually run is that the men chosen to run them are chosen for the wrong: reasons. They are picked because they can raise money (or it Is Imped they can), because they will give offense to no substantial member of Hip community, and because they comport themselves at cocktail parties with the correct mixture of geniality and austerity. All of these are wrong reasons. A college president should be a man wiih a lust for virtue, in the noble sense of the word.

He should be indifferent to money, impatient with respectability, impolite to bores, and immune to cocktail parties. HE SIIOI I.I) be able to strike a spark with the students and the faculty, however much his irreverent behavior might embarrass the trustees. He should know that a prosperous college is not the same as a good one, and that if you have to make a choice between and sue and quality, you would lather have one student well trained than a thousand mass produced. Such men are rare. They would not be so rate, I am convinced, if the young peorle themselves were givyf a rhanre to inter-view, and a voice in electing, their academic leaders.

Closing In on Safely jrAISER Jeep Corp. has become the latest automotive vehicle manufacturer to announce that a number of formerly optional safety features will be standard equipment in its 1966 Jeep lines. These will include rear seat belts, padded instrument panels, dual brakes, Impact-resistant windshields, dual-speed windshield wipers, windshield washers, outside left rear-view mirrors, back-up lights, and four-way emergency directional lights. Kaiser Jeep thus joins in the march toward greater automotive safety that was spurred anew when the Big Three of the industry made similar announcements last month on the eve of congressional hearings on the subject. This march can only lead to safer automobiles which will help reduce-but obviously not eliminate death and injury on our highways.

An undertone persists in the Industry's response to growing demands that it build more safety into its products, and that is the notion the auto makers keep stressing that the public won't "buy" safety. But the time may have come when it is no longer a question of what car buyers say they will pay for, but what the ear builders "'ill be forced to incorporate vehicles (hey turn out. When an expected 50,000 Right-Wing' Label Use Is Denounced In your August 25 editorial on the consular treaty, the writer indicated he had forgotten the right of every citizen to in'orm his representatives of his opinions on Important Also, by caUinr; opponents.