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… robbed them of prosperity, destroyed the value of the dollar, and touched off the biggest price increases since the Korean War. They are sick of an Administration which even now has placed the country on the edge of another round of inflation and … to the enemyis rules until nearly a half million American fighting men are locked in what seems like an endless struggle in Vietnam. The people are sick of an Administration which was asleep at the switch in the Mideast and the United Nations and … and they are sick of the Democratic Party blunders that have produced what President Johnson himself has called the South Vietnam impasse. The people know that the Johnson-Humphrey Administration should have hit the enemy hard in Vietnam more …
… in Southeast Asia. This bill increases detention payments for American civilians interned in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war from $60 to $150 a month. The War Claims Act of 1948, as amendeq, currently authorizes detention payments of $5. 00 a … by a hostile force in Southeast Asia, or who went into hiding to avoid such status, at any time since the start of the Vietnam conflict, defined by law as February 27, 1961. # • # # …
… to wreck the whole machine--the entire structure of American life, *** There are two movements afoot which could go far toward correcting present imbalances in our political system. These are a study of ways to improve and strengthen the … machinery of Congress and bipartisan proposals to return a percentage of federal income tax revenue to the states when the Vietnam war ends and this becomes feasible. A third correction could be largely realized in the 1966 elections--a … machinery of Congress and bipartisan proposals to return a percentage of federal income tax revenue to the states when the Vietnam war ends and this becomes feasible. A third correction could be largely realized in the 1966 elections--a …
… begs others--the housewife, business, governors, mayors, and the Congress--to hold down on spending. Yet he is spending upwards of $3 billion more this fiscal year on Great Society programs. ' Mr. Johnson talks one week about the dangers of … for the first six months. The fact that the Johnson Admipistration insists on expanding Great Society spending while Vietnam War costs are running $1.5 billion to $2 billion a month makes a 4 per cent cost of living rise virtually certain … for the first six months. The fact that the Johnson Administration insists on expanding Great Society spending while Vietnam War costs are running $1.5 billion to $2 billion a month makes a 4 per cent cost of living rise virtually certain …
… "without overuse or strain." He also pr011ised to push Great Soeiety ~ programs faster while meeting all the demands of the Vietnam war. He said he could do all of these things without causing industrial bottlenecks or creating a price spiral. Was he … ioto a huge land war iu Southeast Alia. But that ia what thl'eaten• us. I believe we should not sed any more of our boys to Vietnam without at least aeeiDa whether the Republican alternative will work. Under CUI'l'ent strategy, the Vf.et:Dam wr …
… the Johnson Administration to adopt an austerity course, to slice away the fat in its guns-and-butter policy and go on a wartime footing. President Johnson at his Nov. 17 press conference expressed wonderment that the American people are opposed … late. Let me round out the picture by saying that the only way Congress could get the Johnson Administration to reduce non-Vietnam spending was to give the President's tax increase proposal the cool treatment and write spending cuts into law. Let … by the President. Leading Republicans in the House demanded a setting of national priorities and a sharp cutback in non-Vietnam spending. Our position was that federal spending should be reduced to cool off the economy and offset Vietnam War …
… for United Press International in Los A:tigeles, New York and Washington, D. C. He was Bureau Chief of UPI Newspictures in Vietnam during 1971-72. Mr. Kennerly won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for coverage of the Vietnam war. He then worked as a contract photographer for Life, then Time magazine in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Paris and Washington, D. …
… of 1950, when the homebuilding industry was still trying to relieve the shortage resulting from a long depression and World War II. If new mobile homes are added to the conventional housing total for 1971, we wind up with 2. 6 million units. That … prices sky-high. The other big issue will be peace -- the conduct of our foreign affairs. President Nixon inherited the Vietnam War, just as he inherited inflation. He is curbing inflation and he is ending our involvement in Vietnam -- ending it in an honorable way and not through the surrender urged on him by his critics. I think in the final …
… BUT THE PROBLEMS OF ALL AMERICANS. IT WON'T BE EASY. BUT WE WILL WIN MORE BATTLES THAN WE WILL LOSE. WE WILL SEE THE FORWARD MARCH OF POSITIVE PROGRAMS AIMED AT PROVIDING JOBS, HOUSING, QUALITY EDUCATION AND FIRST-RATE MEDICAL CARE. THE NATION … outbreak of convulsive violence in the Nation's ghettoes and on its college campuses. The Sixties also brought the agony of Vietnam, when an America victimized by violence at home crept uncomprehendingly into the quicksand of a jungle war halfway … are related to the objectives I have just outlined and to others as well. The top priority is, of course, to end the war in Vietnam. President Nixon is moving vigorously to end the American role in Vietnam and, hopefully, to end the war. He is …
… the kind of enlightened and responsible leadership only the Republican Party can pr ovide. The American people want the Vietnam War ended on honorable and lasting terms. at home . They want proper action taken to halt inflation and fiscal … the kind of enlightened and responsible leadership only the Republican Party can provide. The American people want the Vietnam War ended on honorable and lasting terms. at home. They want proper action taken to halt inflation and fiscal …
… basic veterans' education assistance program (GI bill) in view of substantially changed conditions, i.e. termination of the Vietnam war era and implementation of the peacetime volunteer army, and establishes a new 5-year contributory program; tightens the …
… Republicans are doing exactly that. Slowly but surely we are turning the country around. We are turning America toward peace ••• ••• toward an end to our involvement in the Vietnam War • ••• toward a settlement in the Middle East • ••• toward arms control • ••• toward strengthening of our … we are turning the country around. We are turning America toward peace ••• ••• toward an end to our involvement in the Vietnam War • ••• toward a settlement in the Middle East • ••• toward arms control • ••• toward strengthening of our …
… Trip to the Soviet Union Kissinger: We began detente in 1970 in an environment when we had to defend the budget for the Vietnam. War and fight constantly against the unilateral disarmers. Detente gave us: first, domestic maneuvering room; secondly, an … it has kept the Defense budgets not high, but at an acceptable level; it has kept our allies in line; and it let us end the Vietnam. War in an acceptable way. Detente -- even with a President who is so hated - - has resulted in the liberals going …
… Trip to the Soviet Union Kissinger: We began detente in 1970 in an environment when we had to defend the budget for the Vietnam. War and fight constantly against the unilateral disarmers. Detente gave us: first, domestic maneuvering room; secondly, an … it has kept the Defense budgets not high, but at an acceptable level; it has kept our allies in line; and it let us end the Vietnam. War in an acceptable way. Detente -- even with a President who is so hated - - has resulted in the liberals going …
… time. The Democratic-controlled Congress Republicans pleaded for restraint in federal spending to offset the cost of the Vietnam War. But the Democratic Administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress ignored all Republican pleas for economy. … time. The Democratic-controlled Congress Republicans pleaded for restraint in federal spending to offset the cost of the Vietnam War. But the Democratic Administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress ignored all Republican pleas for …
… have fallen far short of objectives, President Nixon has charted a bold new course. It is a common sense course directed toward attainable goals. To reach those goals, the President has assumed the role of crusader and reformer. The President is … assuming office, President Nixon began laying down and pursuing a strategy designed to end United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Peace has been his first priority. And, I am sure the American people agree, properly so. There is a new … down and ,. ....~~~....-.. ..........._.,.,_.,...._~ pursuing a strategy designed to end United States involvement in the Vietnam War. . Peace has been his first priority. ~~·------~ And, I am sure the American people agree, properly so. There is …
… proposal late this year or in January to step up the fight against inflation and to pay the accelerating costs of the Vietnam War. It has taken Mr. Johnson a long time to "get off the dime," as the saying goes. I personally believe the country has … to keep the country on a peacetime footing. No sacrifices were demanded of anybody ex~ept families whose sons were sent to Vietnam. tt was business as usual and everybody grab your share. Not only did the Administration make a guns and butter …
… thinking. We have TRUSTED OURSELVES. We have TRUSTED EACH OTHER. We hope the people will understand our actions and go forward with a more understanding and trusting attitude for the future." SUBJECT: Earned re-entry "Through the Presidential … "The task of formal forgiveness is under way, 11 Friday granted eight full pardons and 10 conditional clemencies to Vietnam War Resisters. The 18 cases acted on by the President were the first recommendations made to him since he announced Sept. 16 his earned re-entry program for military and civilian opponents of the Vietnam War. "These First few decisions do not end the unfinished business of clemency," Ford said in a brief ceremony …
… the way Mr. Johnson is doing his job as President. The same low rating, 23 per cent, is given Mr. Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War. I submit that this lack of confidence in the Johnson-Humphrey Administration stems from one major cause--that the … all remember that in late 1963 Secretary of Defense McNamara said that "the major part" of America's military task in South Vietnam could be "completed by the end of 1965." Then there \o7ere 14,000 Americans serving in Vietnam--as advisers to …
… new ceiling is 5491 500. This is the old figure of' 525,000' THE lEFINITE PLAN TO DE-ESCALATE U.s. INVOL VEI£NT IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND plus 11,000 Marines and airborne troops airlifted to Vietnam some weeks ago, TO SPEED UP THE EQUIPPING OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE F0RCES' SO THAT THIY CAN TAKE plus a mwly announced …