Page Three Thursday, January 16,,1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, January 16, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three HOW MANY MORE?: Losses blunt ........ The Blues Confederation at -The Depot Rouse ASHLEY, South of West Huron Viet Cong strength the-I news today by The Associated Press and College Press Ser? ice 7 By PETER ARNETT Second Part By The Associated Press 9 P. M .- A.M. Admission $2.00 SECOND FILM IN AN INTERNATIONAL "Ma Against Society FILM FESTIVAL VISCONTI'S ITALIAN CLASSIC WINNER VENICE FILM FESTIVAL LA TERRA TREMA (The Earth Will Tremble) uncut Friday, Jan. 17 NEWMAN 331 Thompson The commonplace in the battle sectors emu players series- F THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA -a fiery drama of Spanish women January 15-19 Quirk Auditorium For Reservations Call 482-3453 (Weekdays, 12:45-4:30 p.m.) All Seats Reserved at $1.75 TONIGHT AT I ALII Aau ftn How many dead can the Viet Cong take? The question fas- cinates American commanders. By official Vietnamese tabu- lation, 191,307 of the enemy fell last year. The real body count may be less, but there is little doubt that more than 100,000 died in the streets ofNSaigon. the back alleys of Da Nang, in the grounds of the American Embassy, in fruitless . attacks on American firebases and un- der the B52 bomb. "The North Vietnamese have literally thrown themselves to their death," a brigade com- mander commented. "The war in 1968 became a much-easier one for Americans and the Viet- namese to fight." By emerging from jungles and swamps, the main forces gave up a military superiority that once promised survival. Attri- tion became effective, with the constant loss of small-unit lead- ership to allied guns, lowering the general standard of fight- ing. 'Even so, formidable Viet Cong forces have again massed along the borders, possibly with a big- ger order of battle than during last Tet, and certainly with new- er equipment and well trained recruits. "They are probably waiting for the opportune time to hit," a senior American officer com- mnented - an event expected later this year, launched either to force home a point after the peace talks get moving, or launch full scale war again if they collapse. The allied forces are in a much better pOsition this year to forestall a renewed Viet Cong offensive than they were 12 months ago. Seventy per cent of. theenemy's estimated 150,- 000-man force is North Viet- namese who do not enjoy the same degree of penetration into the Vietnamese establishment that the local Viet Cong has. The Viet Cong forces, how- ever, have proved expert at seizing local initiative. They are masters of surprise diversion, and are imaginative and bold in executing military strikes. "We have continually overestimated the capacity of the enemy, and have underestimated his imagi- nation and daring," an Amer- ican observer commented.mr Given those qualities, the Viet Cong forces can in the event of a renewed offensive, be expected to break through the outer line of allied defenses and plunge to population cen- ters. This could tear to shreds the "accelerated pacification" pro- gram that began as a land- grabbing technique b e f o re Christmas when a permanent ceasefire was thought possible, and looks as if it would be the basis for the 1969 pacification program. "Accelerated pacification is an optical illusion anyway, just a card to play at the negotiating table," an American provincial adviser said. "We are spread too thin. We are filling the vacuum, but this is only valid as long as the en- emy main forces stay out. If they come back they'll walk all over us. This view may be overly som- ber, particularly in view of the proven superiority of allied fire- power thathas cut down the Viet Cong and the North Viet- namese in thousands. Most authorities in Vietnam, however, feel that the Commu- nist-led forces will continue to, attempt to pound their way into power if the Paris talks fail to reach some kind of settlement. Some Americans now in Viet- nam would prefer to see t h e Vietnamese army doing more and the Americans less if this is the case. One American commented, "I was once one of 17 men who fought our way off a hill in Ko- rea. We left 500 Chinese and the rest of our company dead be- hind us. "I realized then that a nation that places a value on human life cannot afford to engage in a war in the Orient. In the Orient, loss of manpower is important only as to the time and the man- ner that replacements can come in." THREE SOVIET COSMONAUTS were launched into space yesterday in an orbit close to that of a comrade who has been aloft 24 hours. The launching led to speculation the spacemen would attempt the world's first crew transfer in orbit. This would be an important step toward the establishment of space laboratories. The U.S. has yet to attempt this space feat. THE SENATE will vote today whether to change Sen- ate Rule 22, which currently requires a two-thirds ma- jority of members to shut off a filibuster. Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said yesterday he would not vote to sustain Vice President Humphrey's ruling on Tuesday that a simple majority of the Senate could change Rule 22. Liberals want to reduce the two-thirds requirement to three-fifths. PRESIDENT-ELECT NIXON'S cabinet nominees yes- terday went under review by the Senate. William P. Rogers told the Foreign Relations Commis- sion that as secretary of state he would urge the Saigon government to proceed with the Paris talks regardless of dis- agreement over the shape of the negotiating table. Alaska Gov. Walter J. Hickel, an exponent of rapid indus- trialization in Alaska, said after his selection as secretary of the interior he would not be opposed to modifying some Interior Department regulations in the interest of industrial- ization. Yesterday he tol4 the Senate Interior Committee he hopes to work with Congress "in a spirit of constructive co- operation." Maurice H. Stans, selected for secretary of commerce, and David Packard, slated for deputy secretary of defense, went before the Commerce Committee and the Armed Serv- ices Committee respectively. Stans' and Packard's hearings centered on whether they had placed their personal affairs and finances beyond conflict with their public duties. THE CARRIER ENTERPRISE reported that all but one of the 17 men previously missing in the explosion and fire Tuesday have been accounted for. This brings the toll to 24 dead, 85 injured and one missing. An air and sea search is continuing for the one man still missing. Fifteen aircraft aboard the 85,000-ton carrier were de- stroyed in the blaze as the ship conducted a bombing train- ing exercise 75 miles from Pearl Harbor. The Navy attributed the initial explosion to a bomb falling from an airplane landing on the carrier, but later withdrew this explanation pending an investigation. * * * POPE PAUL VI accused his Roman Catholic critics yesterday of trying to overhaul the Church in what he called the form of the Protestant Reformation. It was the first time since the world wide outcry against his stand on birth control that the Pope has publicly likened the wave of opposition to his authority to the 16th century revolt. Many in the Roman Catholic Church consider the challenge to the papacy brought out by the Pope's ban against contraception a most serious crisis. IN WAR ACTION yesterday, U.S. Marines captured several tunnels on the Batangan Peninsula, seized food caches and smashed back a Viet Cong attempt to break out of an allied trap. - Inland, the rest of the 8,200 U.S. and South Vietnamese that clamped a cordon around the enemy supply base Mon- day, ran into only light sniper fire. Two Marines were report- ed killed and seven wounded. Viet Cong casualties were un- known. s 75c 8 P.M. - WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM presents JERZY KOSINSKI TODAY 10A.M. on Novelists' workshop at Canterbury 1 P.M. Prof. Ingram's Great Books Class 3 P.M. Hopwood Tea, Hopwood Room, Angell Hall 4-5:30 P.M. Prof. Welsh's Polish Lit Class 3040 Frieze Bldg. 5:30 P.M. 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