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...Senate, Mathias boldly accused the Administration of turning Laos into "an arena for the repetition of the mistakes of our Vietnamese involvement." His colleagues quickly joined the attack. The victories of North Vietnam last week on the Plaine des Jarres had set off much nervous growling about U. S. engagement in a wider war. The Pentagon regards Laos, with its neutral but wobbly regime, as a possible base for Communist infiltration into Thailand. The Administration worries, also. By overrunning Laos, the Communists would dramatize the fragility of Vietnamization-much more effectively than by another Tet offensive. The casualties from...
...Senate would like to keep them narrowed. Senators Mansfield, Gore, Symington, Cooper, and Percy have deplored the secrecy about U. S. activities in Laos. Though Laird denies the presence of combat troops there, he refuses to discuss the U. S. role or specify the nature of current military operations on the Plaine des Jarres. Should the facts prove otherwise, he faces possible censure from the Senate. A Congressional amendment to a current appropriations bill forbids the dispatch of ground forces to Laos or Thailand. (This amendment contradicts the bilateral military agreements made with Thailand...
...MUTINOUS Senate is trying to recast the conduct of U. S. foreign policy. Vietnam has been the catalyst for defining a new relationship between the executive and legislative branches. Growing bolder each year, the Senate has taken tentative steps to curtail effectively the disposal of American troops overseas-first by the passage of the "national commitments" resolution in June and now by Mathias' attempt to repeal the so-called Cold War Resolution...
...thing, the President is commander-in-chief. He has responsibility for 2700 overseas bases and 4000 square miles of territory in 30 countries. However the Senate may define "national commitment," these installations alone commit the U. S. to a policy of unilateral military response in much of the world. Such unilateral action would even cover, as Mr. Nixon showed last week, the right to authorize aerial bombings on the Plaine des Jarres or massive strategic assistance to the Royal Laotian Army. SR 85 merely compels the President to choose tactics which will command Congressional support or create Congressional hostility...
...will stay out on the streets until the war is ended and until every U. S. soldier, plane, and gun is out of Vietnam." said Bresnahan after the meeting, "Massive actions will end the war in Vietnam as the level of militancy grows, but you can't build a mass action around a multi-issue movement," he added...