NE'R ENA TE on apitol Hill. Tit na I r · u in to _ ,; Id toda) i - to pr ure from th 1 i-t hit , Hou In lead , o I i ,, , I o a /> p r o l n d o u b l - b a r ,~ e l e d NMif,af i n c r a e i n t h e p e r on a l i n co m I a x x mp I i o n of ea It a n d i r A ,n e r i ca n . Fir I 10 t ' n hundr d dollar next ) ar; then - eight hundred 4llllllt i,i ineleen Se enty O,ie. E ATE ll ill. , i l ding lax ears./41 adding up to a potential incr ase of ti o hundred bucks o er tile present figur . If and when it takes effect - an increase that would automaticall) cut ,.. from tlte tax rolls an estimated Ji e million lot income tax pa ers. One that would also cut federal income - by an estimated eight point eight billion. Fi 11 a l pa age - •• tit i l l s I i 1 l a I on g w a off. Indeed, the ultinzate choice bett een conflicting llouse and Senate pla11s - to rest final/) t ilh a conference comm'ittee n f Hottse and Senate member , And that decision - not till January, al l a I. WHITE HO E --- - Th A I o d a I a I I ha I ~ Iii t e Hou of on/ renc ~ Go ernors. Presid nl Nixon lli11g th e t nor of th m eti ng in a t 11 minul ~ op nin g addr e s. / alling for a nationwide campaign "of ducalion and information" dealing witli the dangers of drug abuse; a campaign said he - that must "r ach all the people axrx o f all our stales." The President then went on to obser e that I , '1 aa. w-e/2f a..a. ~~ ..,..,-,.,1~~ .. ,. dependent on ;fr;gsw 'i"""ine itablJI lose their spirit." "The go down - they are destroyed" - said he. Adding: "When the spirit of a people is destroyed - it is almost impossible to restore that spirit." AGNEW FOLL OW Wlll/TE HOU E A /al r p ak r at the am e confereu ce - i e Pr , id nl Spiro Agne, · 1 ho pre enl d a lirring def n . s of c u rr nl S Polic) in South a l A ia. With llz Pr id nl itting 11 earb - Sp ir o Ag11ei a serti11g that lh Nixon Admini tration refuses to ace pt a Vietnam olutio11 + tantamount to p ac e now pa later. Th e Vice Presid e 'lll adding: "If Ant eri ca were to cr,t and run - w w ould b e culling th chances for peace.; and also, rrrnning oul o n ~ children inAa::aAFIJt t o da y w ho w o u l d ha v t o fight a war t om or r ow • PROTEST FOLLOW AGNEW B e f o · r h e i a do n - l h V ' i c e Pr e si de n t also scored the laclic of cerlain anti-war proteslors. This in th form of a list he called - th e "Ten Command- nzents of Prol l." Among tltem - the following: " T ho u s ha ll n o t a l l o w t h _ opp on e n t t o fleauua speak - t Ito u shalt not s el f o th a program of thine own - thou shalt not heed the lessons of historJ - thou shalt not re ere any but totalitarian heroes." And finally this last: "Thou shalt not ask forgiveness for thy transgressions - rather thou shalt demand amnesty." TUYEN BTNH ,var ne, from Vi lnam- mark d toda by a Yi of hum.an a a aull 11 ar /he Cambodian bord r · L ilh a hord of n mJ so/di r - at ten pti11g to o er-rttn a South ie/11amese outpost at Tu) en Binh an ot1tposl tho e garri on numbered a mere hundred <ZJfflSXJOd.zJ and si t m n. Ho, e er, th e attacking force - said lo be fr h troop many apparentl, , getting their first taste of combat - and it shoi ed. With the help of U S Air and artiller y support - the South Vietnamese turni,ig back charge after charge. In the e ti d, the Viet Cong •• breaking off, leaving behind more than a hundred dead; as against government losses - set at six. A m a ,, ) of y o u 11 o do u b t k n o 11 · o p IL Al op, r Port r, i»«rr I ar corre po11den1,?agazin t ril r, ha P nt mor e tim in 1 i fnam than atl) o'> r r I an think of. I hop yo II It at ' all read his pi e in the D mb r Read e r' Dig I . , . . ~ preceded b3 an ditorial th main poinl of which is that "time i 'l'touzin out against lite enemy." With the 1zeed n . ot being for "cottrage, unit) ' , and abo e all, Patience on the part of the American people." We are reminded that four American Presidents committed us to the position we are in ottt there in ~ ~ i f Sout hea s ,--;: ia ~ in the belief t l•a I t lie defense of South Vietnam is a defense not onl of one country but of all of Asia, and "in fact of our own future here in /he United States." We are (l)(l'tl( asked "wh y if the North Vietnamese are lo ing the war on the battlefield, whJ do they continue -o lo hold out? 1 h er e do I h e y l o o /? f or p:ox h op e of l .' iCLOY) ' ?" Th • R nd r ' Dige l dilorial and lite forthright Alsop a · rlicl l e l l u s l ha L " L h e e n e m > ' s greatest hope li in th diti ion lhal h e has created -K. -z..R ~~- lf in public opinion in th ~ United Stales. T hi s/1:tJ w h y ) the eneniy fights has continued to Hanoi holds out in Paris. ) iet Union This ~ why ) ~ why the enemy refuses concession conference table." aft er concession offered him ~ because he"clings to at the the belief that American patience will run out and sooner or later the Am rican people I ill persuade their President to run up the white flag of ignominious surrender. '' E v er y one i n t e re I e d in t h e s u ~e c t - - an d I guess we tr1r« all are I\ hou.ld read llti IA!aidt ,- =-s :Sipn .... editorial and ~J~ Alsop article. JEBB EL R S In th Middle East - Isra e li commzndos pull e d a surprise raid lrnta, in South ern L e banon. Their biggest attack there in nearly a year. According to Tel Avi destro, ing an Arab guerrilla base at Jebbel Rus on the slopes of Ml. Hermon. I n t h e pr o c e s s , Ir t'l1tuls :i~ k · killing at least twel ve e are told and also capturing ) a large quantity of weapons. This seen as another effort to keep the •• Arabs off balance - while Big Four peace talks continue in New York. VA TICA A I I Ii alic u - Rom , Pop Paul today d s i g na t d Me l b o 1.0· n , A u s I t· al i a - a s t h s i I e of t he next i,i/ernaliotial Eu haristic Congress; date - some time in Ninel 11 Se e11l Thr e. Thi immediately raising speculation that the "tra elling Pope" as he ' s called- will take ad antage of the occasion to m . ake his first trip "Down Under." The Po,itiff, as Jou k11ow - lzaving previous[ attended tlze last Ii o Congresses; the one at Bombay in Nineteen Sixt -Four - and also the one at Bogota last ear. NEW YORK w Y rl - a ain - /h e slocll market .ffRllr ~~4 u:11 -t6-c, :::1:uuz f•l• :::1od~. With lhe Dow Jones industrials - dropping nearl y eight points; in fact, dropping right through th eight hundred •~ support le el for the first time since Januar) Nineteen Sixty Se et1. Ending up l , v ~ at se en ninet three point three six - fRIAI- aspirin all A I around. { BELTSl ILLE Found, al last: A practical u e for stale beer - a r e ported today by Dr. Flo y d Sniilh of Bells ille, ~ fa r y la n d/ j' H1 a pecial report prepared for t he Ent om o log i cal Soc i e l of A m er i ca• - Dr . Sm , it h asserting that stale beer is a great bait for slugs. When ::;;t-W placed in shallow Pan} altracttw:g the t'iny pests up to thirty times better than pre ious chemical baits. And what happens to the slug when he finally reaches that beer? Why, tt a tu r a l l y , he ta k e s a s lug of t he s tu I I - and mptly drowns. At least one obser er heard to remark thou h: "Ah, what a wonderful way to go." ~ W c : 1 \ A