Word: coding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Finally, the inquiry also raises questions as to the validity of the Military Code of Conduct (see ESSAY), which requires brave men of conscience like Bucher to endure vicious treatment rather than sign false confessions that are of dubious value anyway. Fiercely loyal to his crew, orphanage-raised Bucher could only be made to sign such a document when he believed his men-his military family-would be shot one by one. Whatever the court of inquiry decides, it is clear that the Navy's investigation will not satisfy Congress. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield predicted that both...
...defense establishment is thoroughly divided on the issue. The Army still insists that P.O.W.s reveal nothing more than name, rank and service number, as prescribed by the Code of Conduct. "It is a simple, single, clear standard to all services," says former Army Chief of Staff General Harold Johnson. "If you have mushy instructions, you have mushy performance." The Air Force, on the other hand, draws an informal distinction between disclosing military intelligence and signing propaganda statements. It values its flyers too much to sacrifice them just to avoid some national embarrassment. Hence, they are tacitly permitted, if shot down...
Also on Monday, the City Council asked that housing inspectors crack down on alleged housing code violations by Harvard in three other buildings, located at 8 Plympton St., 54 and 77 Garfield...
...Dilemma of the Code" [Jan. 3]: While in Korea in 1950, I had rather serious thoughts about my ability, if I were captured, to abide by our Code of Conduct. General Woodward's action has now provided considerable support for my belief that any man can be persuaded to rationalize the placement of his signature on a fallacious document. The enemy need only find the proper stimulus...
...make our code realistic? Proclaim to the world that a captured soldier is regarded as a puppet while in enemy hands. As such, he will mouth words or write documents as his captor dictates. Thus, the propaganda value of a "confession" will become insignificant, and the helpless prisoner will be spared opprobrium for being human...