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Pact 4 THE POST, Frederick, MarylandSaturday, December Z, 1966

US. BombingAmerican reconnaissance andAmerican intelligence have giv-en a fairly optimistic picture ofthe effects of the bombing onNorth Vietnam. Now comes areport given by the North Viet-namese to a French Deputy whowas an aide to Edgar Faure, apre - de Gaulle Premier. It isnot as optimistic for us.The report was made by Jac-ques Duhamel in two copyright-ed articles appearing in the con-servative Paris paper Le Fi-garo. Duhamel said he was giv-en no message for anyone andno mission from anyone. He wason his own.Duhamel found that 70 to 30per cent of American bombingis aimed at transport arteries tointerdict shipment of materialfrom north to south. The resulthas been meager. Instead oftaking three days to send sup-plies, it now takes seven. Thedistance and speed depend onthe number of bridges leftstanding. The North Vietnam-ese have become adept at re-pairing them.Nguyen Con, president ofNorth Vietnam's planning com-mission admitted to Duhamelthat the bombings of highwaysand electric plants had handi-capped the country but not de-cisively. The damage is being

replaced fay increased aid fromthe Communist bloc. From thaSoviet Union comes heavy mitt-tary material, which the Hanoiauthoritieswelcome. From Com-munist China comes consumersupplies, which the people wel-come.Duhamel concluded that theUnited States can count neitheron the economic exhaustion ofNorth Vietnam nor on the ces-sation of Soviet and Chinese aid.Hanoi is betting on W ashing-ton's eventual weariness andwill hold out in the belief itcan win eventually fay waiting.A close readiflg of Duhamel'sarticles leads to the conclusionthat he is reporting both whatthe Hanoi officials want us tobelieve and what he himself not-ed by his field investigations.They are useful primarily forrevealing the present state ofmind of the enemy. That is notfavorable to negotiations andpeace.Apparently, w hat is needed ismore effective tactics to seekand destroy the Vietcong guer-rillas and North Vietnameseregulars. Air strikes hobble thenorth but won't faring a decisionunless they go all out and bombHanoi, the capital, and Hai-phong, the main port, whichhave been spared.

McNamara's CredibilityThree days before the recentelection, Secretary of DefenseRobert S. McNamara said thatthe draft for the following fourmonths would average less than25,000 a month. Immediately,he was accused of making theforecast for political effect.Stung by this questioning ofhis credibility, McNamara wentfurther and predicted that the

number of volunteers and draf-tees for all the services woulddrop from 900,000 to 600,000 in1967. Thus he keyed the man-power needs to levelling off theconflict For this purpose, thebuildup of American troops willrise from the present 360,000to 475,000 next year.The Joint Chiefs of Staff want-ed almost to double the current

figure to 750,000 men, to supplyenough men to hold the country-side after Communists havebeen cleared out.McNamararightly preferred to let trainedSouth Vietnamese do this workof pacification and leave theharder work of seeking and de-stroying the enemy to Ameri-can and allied troops with theaid of as many South Vietnam-ese as may be available.While McNamara's credibilityis at stake, more important winbe the result of levelling off thetroops in Viet Nam. If 475.000can bring a military decision,all win be well. If not, Mc-Namara may have to defendhis decision before the Ameri-can people, who are getting im-patient for victory.

GooJ News For Bad HabitsA researcher has discoveredevidence that dosing cigaretteswith vitamin A nullifies the ef-fects of suspected cancer-pro-ducing agents in tobacco smoke.Tobacco companies are keep-ing their fingers crossed. Notonly could it make cigarettessafe, it could make them posi-tively healthy, because the vita-min A in the smoke might alsohelp counteract the polluted airthat is breathed in by every-

body, puffers and nonpuffersalike.

If science can make cigaretteshealthy, it should be easy to dothe same with alcohol. In fact,one wonders why the minimumdaily vitamin requirement foradults has not been added toliquor long before this. Or ima-gine a protein - rich cocktail.Cigarettes and whiskey. Nowif only there were some way totame those wild, wild wimmen.It makes a nice pipe dream,anyway.

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The National SceneWith Brue Biossot

LBJ TO SEEKWIDER RIGHTS BILLVery much up in the air atthe White House right now isthe kind of civil rights packagePresident Johnson may chooseto unveil to Congress in his 1967State of the Union message.On the heels of the Senate'sSeptember action of burying his1966 package, with its contro-versial open housing feature, thePresident said flatly he wouldhave another go at it this Jan-uary.Assuming he honors thepledge, the early judgment hereis that neither a carbon copyof the 1966 program nor any

other major civil rights legisla-tion is likely to get anywherein 1967.The incoming 90th Congress isbeing read, naturally enough, asinevitably more conservativethan the 89th. The Republicans'pickup of 47 seats includes sixnew ones in the Old South, foran all - time modern high of23. Some replaced more liberalDemocrats.Yet, even though Negro lead-ers themselves expect nothingfrom the 90th, there are signsthat the President is not pre-pared to give up so easily.The arithmetic of the Con-gress is not quite as bad as itsounds. The milestone 19S4 civilrights bill was passed by the88th Congress, which then had178 Republicans hi the Houseand 33 (later 34) in the Senate.Set against those figures, the90th's "swing toward conserva-

tism" does not look so striking.Totals now are only a bit high-er.Furthermore, some of the in-coming Republicans drew sur-prising numbers of Negro votes.In the party's advertised searchfor a more winning image, withithe 1968 presidential test inmind, more than a few of theseparticular victors might votemore liberally on civil rightsproposals than might otherwisebe expected.The President may decide tobet that they and numerous oth-ers in both parries will do justthat.White House sources say hehad plenty of advice earlierthis year against including anopen housing provision in the1966 bill. Its passage by theHouse, even though in sharplymodified form, surprised the"realists" who told him it wouldget nowhere.Johnson's commitment to tryagain, despite' the worsenedodds, seems a very strong one.He could perhaps easily dis-miss civil rights in 1967 with awindow - dressing statement inthe State of, the Union messageand a token fight on the HflLOr, at the least, he could dumpthe controversial open housingfeature and try for the other1966 elements an end to ra-cial discrimination on southernjuries, protection against ter-rorism for Negro civil rightsworkers,etc.

For My PartBy Roy Cromley

RE D CHINA'S WEIRDPUZZLING TO ASIA EXPERTSThere are some things goingon in Red China that are verydifficult to explain.Mao's political existence andLin Piao's probably will dependon their ability to feed the RedChinese people in the yearahead.Yet Mao and Lin of late seemto be doing some things thatmay make it impossible forthem to prevent widespreadhunger and starvation on themainland.Current reports indicate Red

China's crops this year will beunsatisfactory. This means thatPeking again will have to im-port large quantities of grainto feed the people.These grain imports will re-quire large amounts of foreignexchange. How then explain theactions of a government thatseems determined to slash itsmajor sources of this criticalforeign exchange?Take two examples:Take the sad experience out-lined by a Chinese resident of

Manila in a long talk with thisreporter:"We overseas Chinese havea strong feeling for our fami-lies at home in Red China.

"If we make it a little goodwe like to help our relativeshave a better time of it"But if they don't get ourhelp, we stop sending it"Lately, with the troubles ourpeople are having in Red China,they do not get a benefit fromour help.So few of our people sendmoney home."Our remittances were agreat source of income (foreignexchange) for the mainland. Wesent a lot of money."Half of the foreign exchangeMao so badly needs for import-ing wheat, rice and other goodsto prevent a revolution hascome from these remittancesfrom overseas Chinese.The remittances have droppedoff sharply of late, not onlyfrom the Philippines, but from

But the guess has to be thathe wUl not content himself withmere wheel - spinning.It has long been fashionablein Hberal quarters to downgradethe President on civfl rights,on the score that he came verylate to active advocacy of majormeasures.The obvious surface fact isthat all the big proposals wereenacted when he was eitherPresident or majority leader ofthe Senate.The deeper side of it, hintedat by sources which have noreason whatsoever to give thePresident points he does not de-serve, is that he has been labor-ing to advance the Negro causein many ways still unreported.His placing of Negroes in somefederal appointments on occas-ion required hard, though quiet,battling.Given his evident commit-ment, the wager must be thatJohnson will work hard in 1967for the whole thingopen hous-ing, in stronger form than theHouse - approved bUl exempting60 per cent of existing housing,new legal safeguards for Ne-groes, possibly even another ef-fort at home rule for the Dis-trict of Columbia (55 per centNegro).Valor in defeat might thenbe his strongest prospect. If hewon, unexpectedly, he mighthave to hand more credit to newRepublicans than to old Demo-crats.

Thailand, South Viet Nam, Ma-laysia and Hong Kong as welLThis is not Red China's onlyeconomic blunder.The Japanese Communist par-ty has split with Red China.This so angered Peking thatthe Communist C hinese govern-ment started making thingsvery difficult for the so calledJapanese "friendly" firms those which provided a foreignexchange earning outlet of siz-able proportions.

Working with "friendly" firmsfrom a number of countries,for example, the Red Chinesehad succeeded in undercuttingJapan in some types of cottongoods in the world markets.Now the Red Chinese are cut-ting their own throats by mak-ing it more difficult for co -operating firms. The Red Chinese action is aH the morestrange in that these business-men had nothing to do with ac-tions of the Japanese Commu-party.

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December 3, ttltTHE CHRISTMAS SEASON !Sgetting an -earlier start herethan it has in any previousyear. Twospecial Christmas Al-vertising Editions of the News-Post today and a week henceTrill run to 16 pages, the largestpapers in the history of eitherpublication. Merchants are ad-vertising more heavily, tonight'sNews pointed out, because theynever carried such large stocksand bargain prices are beingoffered at virtually all outlets."Buy Early and Mail Early"is this year's slogan, said TheNews.MORE THAN 75 MEMBERSof the Empty Stocking Fundheld a successful meeting lastnight at the YMCA to map theirannual distribution of food andclothing to the needy. Electedofficers were Mrs. J. HanshewMarker, president; Mrs. Wil-liam Fout, secretary; Mrs. Wil-lis E. Fisher, treasurer, andDr. T. F. Dixon, advisor. Ap-pointed to the toy committeewere Mrs. William Smith, Mrs.T. F. Dixon and the MissesMary Kindley and Hattie andAlice Kolb.

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December 3,THE POTOMAC EDISON COM-PANY revealed plans today forconstruction of a new 27 - flhigh tension line from its W3-liamsport generating plant OBthe Potomac River into Freder-ick City. Cost was set at $,000, and company officials saidthat it reflected the constantboom occuring in the electricalindustry. The line will travel ingeneral a southwesterly line in-to Frederick and connect withthe power station at East andFourth Streets.HONORING 50 YEARS OFhappy marriage, reported tohave been distinguished by thefact that they have never had,in the happy husband's opinion,a "single difference of opinion,"Mr. and Mrs. Grayson H. Bow-ers were tendered a golden an-niversary dinner last night atthe Francis Scott Key Hotel.The couple were married atGrace Lutheran Church in West-minster and have lived here formany years.

Joe EisenhauersNotebook

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AT THE THRESHOLD...IF IT'S HAPPINESS you'rewishing for, we are at thethreshold of the season for it.And despite the sorrow and trou-ble with which the world

abounds, just think of the pro-mise usually given by the monthof December. Its happiness isintangible, but it is real justthe same. It's the approach ofthe Christmas season. And dur-ing this enchanting time thereis magic in the- air. Gaiety,laughter and music will pervadethe homes of the land; and manywiU discover once again thatsupreme happiness is derivedthrough making others happy.IN DECEMBER, childrenespecially become overwhelmedby the scurrying and excitementof these days, and they mayhave many questions about thegrand old man who lowershimself silently down t h echimney on Christmas eve. Inthe homes of the land andthroughout the world will be hap-py voices, the gleeful bubblingof childish laughter, the know-ing smiles of adults who canstfll recall with nostaligia the

joyous Christmases of then-own youth.THERE ARE THOSE who be-lieve that they can visualize theStar of Bethlehem, beaming asbrightly as it did on that firstHoly Night. And in the ra dianceof its soft glow, men and womenand young people will gosoftly through the night, star-litand fflled with carols, to bringhappiness and cheer to thosewith whom life has dealt inless kindly fashion. In the bring-ing of joy to others, one ap-proaches very near to the truemeaning of Christmas.DECEMBER does bring withit thoughts of tinsel, multi-color-ed lights and festooned trees.There win be the mistletoe, hol-ly, bells, scarlet poinsettias; gai-ly-wrapped packages and happyvoices. It is all a part of Christ-mas. But, Christmas is morethan this! It is the praise and

worship attendant upon the birthof the InfantGod's great giftto the world which planted theseeds of Christmas. In sharingthe blessings of life with othersand in sincere worshiphereinlies the true meaning of Christ-mas for every individual.NEXT WEEK marks the be-ginning of 1966's season of re-joicing! Thursd ay is the firstday of Hanukkah. This "Festivalof Light" begins at sundown theevening before and continues for

eight days. It is the period ofthe High Holydays for th eHebrews and parallels t h eChristmas season, the time forChristian rejoicing. Each yearit becomes more and moremarked by mutu al expression ofgoodwill. Which is as it shouldbe.Hanukkah recalls the heroismof the Maccabees, who morethan 2,000 years ago, fought forreligious liberty against Hellen-ist tyranny. It was their strug-gle against the forces of crueldarkness that made it possiblefor Hebrews to keep burning theflame of their ancient faith onthe altar of Israel. It was thetorch raised high by the stal-wart Maccabees of ages pastthat blazed the trail of lightfor the coming of Christianity.Were it not for their spiritualstrength and struggle againstthe forces of religious decadenceand intolerance, the vision of ademocratic state of free menwould never have been born.In the Western world Hanuk-kah is becoming a major holyday. The fact that Hanukkah al-ways takes place about thesame time, Christmasso thatwithin two weeks the festival oflight is shared by both Christianand Jewwfll in the future in-creasingly render this period amajor festival of Jewish-Christ-ian- understanding in a societywhere an live together as goodneighbors.In the same way as pre-Judaist and pre-Christianfestivals were graduaUytransformed by newreligious vision into the sa-cred days of the Jewish andChristian heritage, similar-ly now in the spirit of impli-cit mutual respect, the Han-ukkah-Christian period isbecoming a festival of lightto remove the darkness ofancient ill win and ignor-ance and to renew the cour-age of an men to clear theroad for a new age of bro-therhood. These are factsaptly stressed by the distin-guished Rabbi Norman Ger-stepfeld, of the WashingtonHebrew Congregation.After aU, quite apart from ththeology, both the High Holydays and Christmas have sym-bolic meanings in which Christ-mas and Jews alike-may re-joice. Hanukkah, commenmorat-ing the purification and dedica-tion of the Temple after thevictory of the Maccabees, re-presents a triumph of freedomover tyranny, and Christmas,commemorating the mysteryof Bethelehem the triumphof love over evil.

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