Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg Pree press thursday March 21, 1963 reporter denounces generals some recent Pentagon state ments particularly that series about How tet was a Victory read As if they had been drafted by Lewis Carroll. Anyone who wishes America Well can Only Hope that president Johnson Dean Rusk and the new defence Secretary Clark Clifford have Strong private reservations about their own Public statements. This is after All a War and i see no reason Why a head of state should be expected to dwell Overly on a major defeat or a commanding general con fide to the press where he has gone wrong. Contrariwise it would be tragic if through a combination of poor intelligence and Mutual self delusion those running this War were to Start nip loses round continued it left room for other business by saying that any other Meas ures could be completed before adjournment. Then the House finally passed a Liberal motion to drop Ralph Cowan from five committees. Or. Cowan himself voted with the govern ment on the motion approved 140 to 29. Still unfinished in the com Mons Are supplementary Esti mates for the defence production and Industry departments the new consumer and corporate affairs department and the department of Energy mines and resources. Supplementary estimates Are extra expenditures planned or incurred by a government department during the current Fis Cal year. The commons also has to vote interim Money needed to pay the government s Bills until the next Supply vote after parliament re Sumes april 23. A remark by prime minister Pearson during the question period aroused speculation that april 25 is the Date on which he plans to hand his Job Over to the successor the Liberal party will choose april 6. When or. Douglas asked or. Pearson whether a planned prices wages review Board will be in operation before he Steps Down the prime minister said he Hopes for something final Between now and april 25." debate on supplementary Esti mates of the defence production department bogged Down in an argument about whether the government had properly Dis posed of a magnesium stamping and casting Plant in the Ottawa Valley. Hanoi accuses . Hanoi Asp radio Hanoi charged wednesday United states aircraft had attacked 263 Catholic churches cathedrals abbeys and seminaries in the last three years killing hundreds of priests monks nuns and laymen. A statement issued by the North vietnamese commission on ". War crimes accused the United states of attacking continually and systematically Catholic institutions. Believing their own Anodyne Public one can understand Washington s difficulty at comprehending How their huge lavish army a Triumph of technology has been so effectively clobbered by a lot of Little men who Don t have transport air support and sometimes even boots and yet win major Battles. Why have the american troops suffered this unexpected crushing setback it does not need a Clausewitz to deduce from ground experience in Vietnam that they Are fighting the wrong War in the wrong Way. The French were blasted out of Indochina because their St. Cyr conditioned officers thought they were fighting the second world War. If the americans continue to fail in Vietnam it will be because their West Point conditioned officers blinded with the orthodoxy of material and technology Are trying to fight the third world War. In Vietnam officers talk about air strikes like faustus expounding the alchemist s Stone. Their Efficacy in Jungle terrain has never been established and a bad Case is not helped by phony statistics. As for the Efficacy of bombing the North which began in 1965 All one can say for certain is that there Are now nearly 25 times As Many North vietnamese troops in South Vietnam As there were when it started. Rotten joke on the ground search and destroy operations designed to make Contact with Largo enemy concentrations have been questionably effective. Again the statistics of enemy killed Are asinine by weighted with either pure optimism or civilian casualties of supporting air strikes. As they joke in officers clubs if it s a dead g o o k vietnamese then it just has to be a Viet Cong Kia killed in it is a Rotten joke the famed . Marine corps in the North is the biggest single failure of the pest tet War. The troops Are Brave enough but their training is inadequate their leadership deplorable. In Hue i saw 18-year-old troops fresh from the United states killed because they did not know enough to Tell the difference Between mortars coming in and those going their training had been in Jungle warfare and they were engaged and humiliate singly beaten iia House to House warfare. Correspondents in Klie Sanh were shocked to Dis cover that the Marine commander there had not read any of the i ruminating books published on the French experience in Viet Nam particularly at Dien Bien Phu. Against tradition when questioned about the Inadequacy of the marines Khe Sanh defences their commanding general Robert Cushman remarked that it was against their tradition to dig in. At Camp Carroll which receives even heavier incoming bombardment than Khe Sanh. More than three quarters of the battered Garrison were spending the night above ground eight Days ago be 3 room group i leaders open thurs. Fri. Til 9 i i piece bedroom croup double Dresser. Chest of drawer b of k c a s e bed Spring and deep Spring filled mat _ tresses 2 Pirows 2 picture 2 lamp and Shade delivers 9 piece living room croup 2 pee. Davenport ste., 2 step tables 1 Coffee table. 2 lamps 2 shades 2 pictures. 5159 .95 delivers 5 piece Dinette suite con to of 4 chairs and Exten Tion table in Bronze or Chrome. .95 free storage easy terms 355 Ellice at Carlton s5 delivers All similar to Iti stration free delivery satisfaction guaranteed cause sleeping in bunkers in the words of a colonel there is bad for what ins americans do there a no doubt that they should begin by giving their commanding general William Westmoreland a Well earned rest. Last year in his much vaunted appearance before the Cere killings earn 3-Day rest continued Rillas from the area surround ing the South vietnamese Cap ital. A spokesman for the Ameri can military command in Sai gon said the 1st and 25th in Fantry divisions have no offi Cial policy on if such offers exist at All they would be strictly at a local Small unit level. I have found absolutely nothing to verify he said. Soldiers at Normandy one a Camp for men of the 1st infantry 26 Miles North East of Saigon said they were being Given three Days off if they killed any Viet Cong. . Spokesmen said More than 900 guerrillas were killed so far in the operation now in its second week. Another Soldier with the . 25th infantry division also engaged in the operation said the three Day passes were also being Given out to men in his unit. Menial joint session of con Gress he reassured his worried countrymen that there was Light at the end of the Tunnel. There was not. A few months ago he was also suggesting that the first soldiers might be re turned Home within a couple of years or even less. We know from Saigon that following with Gen. Westmoreland the chairman Oil the joint chief of staff Gen. Earle Wheeler has reported to president Johnson More troops arc required As a Washington re ports suggest that the actual reinforcements now requested Are four times More than that. If a company chairman got his estimates that wrong t h e shareholders would soon conclude they would do better without him. As Gen. Westmoreland s successor the president would need to find someone capable of approaching the War in an entirely different Way. There is no military or economic sense in sending More reluctant youths particularly ill trained ones to Vietnam if their Only function is to compound confusion and escalate disaster into catastrophe. The logic of events would seem to dictate a negotiated settlement and soon. One hears that the presi Dent has recently been patriotically citing the indomitable spirit of the Alamo when engaged in discussions on the Vietnam situation. Every Schoolboy knows that the Alamo defenders were courageous to the last and also very dead. Students seize building continued when told of the administration statement. There will be students in the dorms saturday Howard with students is a private non profit institution with 56 per cent of its operating expenses funded by the Federal government. And flow wednesday s crowd ebbed and flowed about the administration building growing to As much As at times. Some faculty members and White students joined the protest. An almost festive mood prevailed. Morale of hundreds of students sitting in the building s hallways was High. Most building employees except postal workers were barred from entry. The building contains the school Bank All administrative offices treasurer s office records office and Telephone switchboard. Locked rooms were left alone but All other rooms were filled with students. The switchboard was taken Over by students who refused to put most Calls through. I m sorry i can t connect came a polite female voice. This is a student protest and the University is at noon wednesday Assis Tant Liberal arts Deal Charles Hurst suspended classes for the rest of the Day. The administration statement closing Down the entire Campus came a Little later. Campus Security guards locked most buildings at. Noon. Hundreds of students apparel Power measure Des Moines one horse Power of machinery is the equivalent of the work of 20 men measured in present Day terms. By Only vaguely aware the protest activity attempted to go to scheduled classes in the afternoon and found the doors to All buildings locked. Hundreds of other students some highly partisan others just curious stood in front of the administration building watching. A student in Bright african garb urged them through a bullhorn to join the protest and enter the building. Inside the hallways were filling up with blankets pillows and food containers As the protesters prepared to stay for the night they consumed hot dogs potato chips milk and Orange juice taken from the two Campus cafeterias in addition to food they purchased on their own. Students also brought in Forks and plates from the cafeterias. Students periodically swept the corridors and attempted to keep the place clean. A phonograph resounded with the voices of playwright. Leroi Jones and assassinated Black Muslim Malcolm x. Campus police were rarely in evidence City police were or dered to stay away from the Campus but 40 men in the civil disturbance unit were on stand by equipment including tear Gas ready for use at police headquarters., Canada needs Mitchell Sharp now and for the foreseeable future Canada and the world will be facing problems of the utmost difficulty and complexity. The decisions which must be made both internally and internationally will directly affect the lives and Well being of us All. They can Only be made by National leaders with competence toughness flexibility and experience. Mitchell Sharp has proven beyond a doubt that he has the ability to do the Job the strength to persevere in the face Strong opposition and the dedication to put the country ahead of his own ambition. We sincerely believe that Canada needs Mitchell Sharp end urge All concerned to assist in whatever Way they can to assure that is chosen As our new prime committee of canadians for Mitchell Sharp Allan Beachell Rees Brock David Cortes John Crowley Mark Danzker Irwin Dorfman . Don Frith Vic Fulton Ron Hales Ken Hansen George Heffel fencer Yude Henteleff sol Kanee Charles Kofr Roy Mcbride Ken Mccaskill Archie Micah . We. Parker Ken Powell George Provost chairman Ralph Rasmussen Pia Roberts Stan Roberts de russe Holt John Shanski Rosemary Simonite Russell Simonite Ken Werbiski Ross White 1967 a year Worth celebrating the year of Canada s Centennial and air Canada s 30th birthday was a record year of accomplishment for Canada s National airline. By All accounts 1967 was an eminently Success Ful year for the airline owned by canadians. At year end air Canada was operating a Fleet of 101 aircraft Over Miles of a duplicated air routes serving 61 communities in 17 coun tries throughout the world As one of the world s ten largest commercial airlines. And doing it profitably its work Force Fleet and operations had been expanded considerably. And it had achieved a substantial gain in Revenue resulting in a continuation of the airline s sound financial position. Increased revenues reflecting the continued dynamic growth of the airline Industry air Canada carried More Pas sengers More freight and More mail in 1967 than Ever before. As a result for the fifth consecutive year and the fourteenth in the past seventeen air Canada recorded a substantial profit registering a record income of before provision for income taxes and a net income of the improved profitability stemmed primarily from a 22% increase in total traffic volume which provided an operating Revenue of up 19% Over 1966. Operating expenses totalled also up 19% Over the previous year. Passenger revenues increased by with particularly Strong growth in North America where the stimulus of Canada s Centennial year activities was clearly evident. Freight revenues showed a modest 11% increase and revenues from mail and express traffic also showed moderate gains. In addition to paying All interest charges on its notes and debentures air Canada again paid a dividend of per share on the issued Stock of the company. Passenger and service growth keeping Pace with a buoyant National Economy during 1967, air Canada carried a record passengers on scheduled and chartered flights earning in revenues from these activities. Total scheduled passenger traffic increased by 25% Over 1966. On trans Atlantic routes it increased by on North american routes which accounted for nearly three quarters of air Canada s passenger traffic it Rose by and on Southern services to Florida Bermuda the Bahamas and the Caribbean it was up Atlantic charter traffic accounting for 10% of Atlantic passenger volume was 14% lower than in 1966. Most significantly the considerable gains made in passenger traffic were made in spite of the delay in delivery of new aircraft originally scheduled for service in time to meet the heavy operating results for 1967 compared with 1966 Are As follows operating income. Non operating expense. Interest on debt. Non operating income net income. Provision for income taxes net income. 1967 s 1966 s demand during the summer months. The negotiation of a new air agreement Between Canada and the United states permitted air Canada to greatly extend its trans order services. The result new daily service Between Montreal Toronto and los Angeles daily non Stop ser vice Between Montreal and Chicago direct flights to Miami from Toronto and Montreal and daily service from both Toronto and Montreal to Canada More non Stop inter City services were inaugurated. And summer service Between Canada and the United kingdom and Between Canada and Continental Europe was increased Over the previous year. More mail and cargo commodity traffic continued to increase in 1967, As the accelerating pattern of air freight expansion continued with More and More businesses coming to realize the tremendous advantages offered by air freight in their Overall marketing plans. Gains however were More modest than had been the airline experienced problems in providing the desired level of cargo capacity during the summer months As a result of the equipment delivery delays. Nevertheless freight traffic Rose 15% to 85.7 million ton Miles express 8% to 6.8 million ton Miles and mail 13% to 21.5 million ton Miles. Air Canada oper ated two dc-8 jets and one Vanguard in All cargo configuration throughout part of the year with the exception of the heavy demand sum Mer months when it became necessary to convert one of the dc-8 s to a mixed freight configuration in addition regular Pas Senger aircraft carried substantial commodity traffic in cargo holds throughout the year. New equipment late in 1967 the airline took delivery of four 196-Pas f Senger dc-8-61 a one of the largest com Mercial jetliners in the world. The greatly expanded Passen capabilities of these huge jets allowed for increased economic efficiency on the company s trans Continental and International Addi Tion delivery was also taken of twelve 94 passenger dc-9-32 jets for use on the com Pany s Short to medium length routes in North America. As a result at the end of the year air Canada s All Turbine Fleet had expanded to a total 101 aircraft including 21 dc-8 a 18 dc-9 a 23 vanguards and 39 discounts. Pure Jet dc-8 s and. Dc-9 s accounted for 63% of total seat Miles compared with 57% in this figure should continued grow As additional Jet equipment is acquired. The company expects to take delivery of 18 More dc-9-32 a 3 More dc-8-61 a and 3 Standard dc-8 s in 1968. Air Canada has also reserved delivery positions for 4 supersonic Anglo French Cor Cordes arid has a similar arrangement with the Boeing aircraft company for 6 of their 1800 Mph supersonic aircraft and has ordered three 368-passenger Boeing 747 subsonic aircraft popularly known As jumbo jets. Outlook for 1968 the years ahead Are full of both Promise and Challenge for air Canada. Passenger and commodity traffic Are expected to show substantial growth in 1968 and beyond. And As the introduction of additional Jet aircraft enables the company to offer. Added capacity better schedules More direct services and new routes and facilities air Canada looks for Ward to another year of continuing growth and profit. Proud of the part it is playing in Canada and throughout the world air Canada looks Back on its 30th anniversary As a period of Gratifying expansion in All areas of operation and faces the future with Confidence. Air can ;