Saturday, June 3, 1972
Viet Fund Cut Bill Set Aside
WASHINGTON (UPI) --Legislation to cut off funds for the Vietnam War has been put aside until after President Nixon's explanation to Congress what, if anything, took place in his talks with the Soviets on Indochina.Similarly, military committees in both the House and Senate have laid aside weapons legislation until they hear the President's explanation of the arms agreement and how it will change current strategic plans.Nixon's first job in his address to a joint session of Congress will be to keep opposition to the strategic arms limitation agreement from spreading. Thus far it is confined to a small group of hardliners who contend it gives the Soviets a decided advantage in nuclear strength.So far, however, opposition to the agreement does not appear to have endangered prospects for Senate ratification of the new treaty limiting defensive missile installations. And there appear to be majorities in both the House and Senate backing the accompanying agreement setting numerical limits on offensive missiles, which will also have to be approved by Congress.The administration's efforts to hold back bills to force Nixon to disengage from Vietnam, however, will require a harder sell.The Senate has killed an antiwar amendment sponsored by Sens. Frank Church, D-Idaho, and Clifford P. Case, R-N.J., because its sponsors felt it had been weakened by language changes on the floor endorsing Nixon's proposal for an Indochina cease-fire as a condition for U.S. disengagement."Viet Fund Cut Bill Set Aside", by (UPI), published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes Saturday, June 3, 1972 and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes.