SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 'T EE' SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE l * * FD A Moves Johnson Claims Viet Con gFoAatsale Failed in Recent Attacks Of ITO P)TseFs W AS INGsT aiN d)-Th Fo WASHINGTON DEMONSTRATION: King Poverty Army to Build Slantytown in Spring March WASHINGTON (P) - President Johnson reported yesterday that the military phases of the Com- munist offensives in Vietnam have failed but he) avoided saying that the war is being won. Johnson told reporters, too, that he does not believe the Vietnamese Reds have racked up a psycho- logical victory. The President had a news con- ference that focused almost en- tirely on Southeast Asia. "The biggest fact," he said, "is that the stated purposes of the general uprising have failed. Com- munist leaders counted on pop- ular support in the cities for their. effort. They found little or none." Johnson said that Westmore- land's headquarters had informed him that Communist losses in re- cent uprising appeared 'to have reached 10,000 men killed and 2,300 detained. against losses of 249 Americans and 553 Vietnam- ese killed. Johnson said the best U.S. ex- perts thought the Communists had two purposes. The first was a mili- tary success, he said, and "that has been a complete failure." . The second was a psychological victory, he said, and he doesn't be- lieve that materialized either. Earlier, military officials said they did not foresee any imminent call up of ground force reservists. At one point he said that of course there was a possibility more combat troops might be ordered to Vietnam but he tempered this by saying that nothing justified any great new over all moves. Johnson said that after all a review of several days he saw no requirement, nor did the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to make an addi- tional request to Congress for au- thority - at this time - to raise troop commitments. The present authorization is 525,000 and Johnson said there now are a little less than 500,000 troops in Vietnam. About the same time Johnson held his news conference, Gen. closed yesterday it is moving to Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of the halt the manufacture and distri- joint chiefs, and Secretary of De- bution of thyroid digitalis prepa- fense Robert S. McNamara talked rations used as diet pills. with newsmen at the Capitol. Dr. James L. Goddard, FDA Both said the new Communist commissioner, told Senate investi- attacks in Vietnam failed to gain gators that the agency feels it either a military victory or a psy- now has sufficient evidence to chological and propaganda vic- prove the drugs constitute a dan- tory. ger to health. Vietnamese in Control He said seizure actions recently were taken against three manu- ATLANTA, Ga. (A') - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. says he will take his squatter army of the nation's poor to Washington this April and build a settlement of tumbledown shanties among the cherry blos- soms. to point up the plight of the poor. The shanties-to "house the troops of hopeless and embittered poor"-are a part of King's strate- gy for the massive. demonstration of militant non-violence in his Poor People's Campaign. "We'll build our shanties-literal broken down shanties-to drama- tize the day to day conditions of the way millions of people have to live," King said in an interview expanding on his plans for the march to Washington. At at White House news confer- ence Friday, President Johnson was asked whether he would try to talk civil rights leaders out of the April march. Johnson didn't answer directly, but said he would hope that ener- gies could be directed in a more productive manner. He said he thought it might be more helpful to present views to Congress and added "we'll do all we can to work with all groups, see that their views are heard, considered and acted upon." 'Second Panmunjom Talk Fails To Produce Results T WASHINGTON (P) - President Johnson reported yesterday that a second Panmunjom appeal to North Korea has failed to win re- turn of the Pueblo and its Amer- ican crewmen. "We hope there will be addi- tional meetings," Johnson told a news conference. But he said the Korean armistice site sessions "have not produced satisfactory result as far as the United States is concerned." The President made plain he does not exepect to win freedom soon for the U.S. intelligence ship and its .men, seized by the North Koreans Jan. 23 in a crisis pro- voking incident. He replied "No, I am not," when asked "you're confident that we can get back both the ship and the crew?" "I don't want to hold out any hopes on information that I have," he said, "all I can say is that things take time." Comparisons For comparison, Johnson re- ferred.to the U.S. RB47 jet recon- naisance plane shot down July 1, 1960, in the Arctic off the Russian coast. The United States claimed the crash was over international waters. It was not until Jan. 25, 1961, nearly seven months later, that President Joohn F. Kennedy was able to announce the return of the two survivors of the eight man plane crew. Johnson said that of the 83 Pueblo crewmen, neutral nations" and reports from North Korea say+ one died but the wounded are re-; ceiving treatment and "the men are being treated well." Meanwhile "we are exploring+ every diplomatic means that isi available to us" and "we are taking+ such precautionary steps as we think the military situation calls for" he said. After the first North Korean" rebuff at a military armistice com- mission meeting the day after the; Pueblo's capture, the Johnson ad- ministration turned to the UN Security Council, the International Red Crosstand various diplomatic channels to seek release of the vessel and its crew. The efforts proved fruitless. New Meeting Thursday the United States ac- cepted a public Pyongyang hint that a new approach should be made through the armistice group at Panmunjom. No details were given about the second Panmunjom e xc h a n g e which presumably took place Fri- day Korean time between the head of the UN armistice commission delegation, Rear Adm. John V. Smith, and his North Korean counterpart, Maj. Gen. Pak Chung Kook. The chief North Korean dele- gate, Maj. Gen. Pak Chung Kook, replied last time to Smith's call for a return of the ship and men last time with a counter demand for a U.S. apology and sever punishment of those committing the "criminal" act. North Korea charges the Pueblo intruded into its territorial waters on a spy mission. Washington maintains the electronic eaves- dropping vessel was seized on the high seas. Johnson saw no grounds for what he termed speculation that the Pueblo affair has strained relations between the United States and its South Korean allies. Wheeler said, after talking to Gen. William C. Westmoreland in Vietnam, that U.S. and South Vietnamese forces were in control of most of the major cities and military centers subject to the sur- prise attacks. Wheeler and McNamara said they made their report, of no vic- tory gains by the North Vietnam- ese, to a closed session of the Sen- ate Armed Services Committee considering the new annualde- fense budget request for more than $78.5 billion. Johnson Statement The President, in response to a question, said that practically every expert he had talked with thought there was a definite con- nection between the Pueblo in- cident and the Vietnam war. With regard to that war, John- son said in a statement he had prepared for the session with newsmen that: . ...We may at this moment be! on the eve of a major enemy offensive in the area of Khe Sanh iand generally around the De- militarized Zone. Known Attack Coming "We have known for some time this offensive was planned by the enemy. Over recent weeks I have been in close touch with Gen. Westmoreland and with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to make sure that every single thing that Gen. West- moreland believed he needed at this time was available to him. "I am confident that our men and the South Vietnamese will be giving a good account of them- selves." facturers and additional seizures from other firms are anticipated momentarily. Goddard testified at the wind- up of a two week hearing by the Senate antitrust subcommittee on the multimillion dollar diet pill industry. At the outset of his testimony, Goddard said no drug can safely control the problem of obesity. "At the very best," he said, "their potential is secondary to the elimination of the cause of overeating." "There is no easy, painless way for an overweight person to eat what he or she wants and to melt off the excess fat by taking one or a dozen drugs a dav." hP em- PITTSBURGH (M - A wildcat strike of coal miners, originally a protest against Pennsylvania state police, grew into a massive shut- down yesterday that cut off most of the soft coal production in the country. phasized. An industry spokesman said all S suareceivedmines of any size in Pennsylvania, The subcommittee has r i edsOhio. Tennessee and eastern Ken- testimony that thyroid digitalis Itucky were closed. combination drugs are among 1 those widely used by some doc- The spokesman, George Judy of tors specializing in the treatment the Association in VashingtaOn, D.C., of overweight persons. said he would estimate that 80 to Goddard said the drugs have 90 per cent of the mines in WestE been marketed for over 30 years Virginia were out. but it was not until recently the irina er ot Mine Protest Becomes Massive Coal Shutdown Officials at the United Mine Workers headquarters have re- fused to talk about the strike, and district officials have given dif- ferenit versions. The strike started at midnight Sunday when Western Pennsyl- vania miners turned away from the gates in protest against the use of 90 state troopers at a picket line at two unorganized mines near Somerset. At first only union mines were shut but soon roving pickets closed down the bigger nonunion mines. Thepresident of the Pittsburgh union district, Michael Budzano- King said he feels "a new kind of Selma" is needed to bring about direct action on the basic econ- omic problems of the Negro. The discontent of- the Negro is so extensive, King said, that he believes that if the nation does not move toward a solution this year "America will literally force down the curtains of its own doom." "I've been in the ghetto's" he said. "I know the resentments will blow up if something is not done quickly." Non-Violent Tactics "We're going all out to get this nation to respond to non-violence. If it refuses to do this, it will en- title the Negro to so intensify his anger that we will go deeper and deeper into chaos." King said he has few illusions about persuading Congress to ac- tion, but hopes to appeal to the conscience of the nation. "We plan on doing this by send- ing thousands of poor people-- poor children in particular, who've not had adequate care-to all the hospitals around Washington and have them stay there until they get medical attention," he said. King said the poor from Mis- sissippi will take, their grievances for jobs and income to the sen- ators from that state, others will decend upon government offices in waves. Wait for Response "We plan on staying until we get a response," he said. "If a re- sponse is not coming, we will es- calate our methods. Disruptive measures will be used only as a last resort." . King declined to spell out what disruptive measures they would take, saying, "in a non-violent movement you have to have the element of surprise and secrecy." FDA felt it had sufficient evi- dence to take them off the market. However, Goddard told the sub- committee that in reviewing FDA files he felt that "more aggressive action could well have been justi- fied at an earlier date." He warned overdoses of digi- No official figures were avail- ski, said power companies - now able but apparently as many as the biggest coal customers - are 84,500 miners could be idle, and depressing the price of coal. there was no firm indication when "The price of coal is lower to- they would go back to the pits. day than it was 20 years ago," he "We have some hope that they said, "and that means more non- will go back Monday," said Judy, union mines and lower wage "but we don't know." scales." I --- - -l talis can b can have, result inh "These irrational dispensed he said. I I Lyndon B. Johnson e fatal andthatthyroid toxic effects that may heart faliure. combinations are both, and dangerous when~ for weight reduction UNION-LEAGUE ( I ~Saturday, LAST .. DAY f ~12mridnight, MICHIGAN UNION. General Admission $1 Children 50c Variety Show 50c Passports to the Fair on sale now Michigan Union Lobby ollars at the door One-fifty after the Second Set TUMONDAY & TUESDAY ONLY! 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