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I ADVANCE NEWS SUNDAY, OCT. 20, 1-968 PAGE THREE MATO: Trys To St rengten Defenses liil Make Friends With Soviet Sloe By CARL HARTMAN Associated Press Writer BRUSSELS(AP) — Surprised and worried by the Soviet inva sion o£ Czechoslovakia, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tioo— NATO—now is trying to do two things at once: Strengthen its defenses and still make j friends with the Soviet bloc. The two efforts may sound contradictory b u t member gov ernments insist they are not. And even if neither of them gets far, NATO’s m a in job will be done if it can j u s t go on existing as the symbol and the machin ery that link the defense of America and Western Europe. I t now seems likely to be able to do at least that. N e x t year is the 20th for the alliance. And f o r the first time, any of the 5 members can pull , out if it wants to, There had Joeen some fear that President Charles de Gaulle, who has pulled France out of the NATO military structure, would decide to withdraw from the p act alto gether. Others might have fol lowed. After Czechoslovakia such withdrawals seem much less likely. Whether defenses actual ly w ill be strengthened depends on the extent that member gov ernments keep their most re cent pledges, which would cost them billions of dollars. T o emphasize urgency, Secre tary of State D ean Rusk and the foreign ministers of the other members have decided to hold their semiannual meeting in 1 mid-November instead of mid- December. It took six weeks of discussion to reach that deci sion. - T h e NATO reason for the de lay was the insistence of the United States that ils European allies pledge themselves to new defense matters though they argued that advancing the date would be an empty gesture un less the meeting itself had some concrete decisions to announce. There were many reasons why this was pressed. An in fluential Amfrican official cited one of them. “ What would have hap- per cent? It might not have frightened the Russians much, but it certainly would have frightened the other West Euro peans.” Because of the history of World War II, West Germans are unwilling to take the lead in defense matters though thty have the biggest force in West ern Europe. Instead, there was a “ collective initiative.” Twelve of the allies were ex pecting to spend roughly $100 billion on defense over the next five years. The United States, France, and Iceland—which has no military force-are not in cluded in this figure. The prom ises made after Czechoslovakia would increase this spending by 2.5 to 15 per cent, depending on the country. The main pledge is to bring manpower, equipment and training of forces up to NATO standards. As a result of this and other promises it is expect ed that, among other things: —West Germany will flush out its understrength divisions. Brussels take 2 NATO spotlight: divisions. —Britain and Belgium will re verse decisions to pull somt of their troops out of West Ger many. —Holland will rescind cuts in its military spendiog. —West Germany, Holland and Italy will improve their systems of calling up reserves in an emergency. —Th eUnited States will bring back for winter exj**mises the bulk of the 35,000 m en it has taken out of West Germany in recent months. Normally these men would not have come back to Europe to train for another year or more. There are no plans to return them perma nently to Europe. TQHE MEMBER GOET S.ICLUDTNG De Gaulle’s, a that fop danger from the Soviet Union has increased since the invasion of Czechoslovakia: There are more Soviet troops closer to the West, more dan gers that a conflict in the Com munist area will spill into the West, more uncertainties about tries intend to keep plugging for better relations. Before the Soviet-led move into Czechoslovakia, Moscow and Washington, were on the verge of announcing the start of talks on limiting strategic mis siles. The announcement had to b e cancelled. So were a lot of of ficial visits, sports contests, theatrical performances and a host of other gestures of friend ship between the NATO coun tries and those that joined in the .invasion. After the new U.S. adminis tration is in place and the shock of Czechoslovakia has worn off, it is expected that many if not a l l these contacts will be re- newed. pened,\ he asked, “if the West;the West’s ability to gauge So- Germans had quickly decided to .viet intentions. raise their defense spending 25 Nevertheless, the NATO coun- Haley Thinks M cEwen Should Enter Debate Massena — Dan Haley, Dem ocratic candidate for Congress from the 31st District, spoke to the Operating Engineers Local 545 at the St. Lawrence Inn, Canton, Wednesday. Haley told the engineers “ that to date he has been unable to find in his opponents record those solid accomplishments for Northern New York” he speaks of so frequently. If my oppon ent, Haley said, is proud of his record in Congress then cert ainly he should have every op portunity to express to his con stituency the reasons why _ he should be returned to Washing ton. “I believe,” Haley contin ued,. “That WWNY T.V. affords m y opponent this opportunity (referring to the television de bate offered by WWNY T.V, Watertown, October.) Haley noted that 12 days have passed since t'he Watertown Te levision station made a “ Pub lic-spirited offer\ of half an hour time for a debate between the two congressional candi dates. Haley pointed out that he had accepted the same day but that the present congressman has failed to respond. “Is this indecisiveness the very reason why the congress man’s four yea-rs in Washington have brought no benefits to the North Country?” Haley asked. M ission S u n d a y O b s e rv a n c e W ill Be T his S u n d a y Catholics in the Diocese of' Ogdensburg w ill join in the worldwide observance of Mis sion Sunday on Oct, 20 in re sponse to the appeal of Pope Paul VI to emphasize the vital importance of the church’s mission activity and the need to support it gener ously. Prayers wiH be offered in churches throughout the dio cese for the welfare of the m issions and special collec tions will be taken up, ac cording to Msgr. Anthony A. Milia, diocesan director of The Society for the Propaga tion of the Faith. The So ciety is the organization through which the Holy Fath er aids the missions of the church in all parts of the world. “The Society supports one of the great religious and hu manitarian undertakings of this century. Thousands of persons, regardless of their faith, are aided by the many activities it makes possible,\ Monsignor Milia said, “These include missions, hospitals, orphanages, schools, homes for the aged, leper care and other programs principally in the underdeveloped na tions. “Last year more than $16 million, donated by generous Americans, was used to help m eet the spiritual and mater ial needs of some of the two- thirds of the world who live in unbelievable misery. A substantial part of this was realized through Mission Sun day gifts,” An extra measure of gen erosity is being asked this year on Mission Sunday. The war in Vietnam, as w ell as the fighting in other areas of Africa and Asia, have result ed in the deaths of some mis sionaries and heavy damage to mission projects. Rebuild ing schools, hospitals, church es and other mission installa tions will require large out lays of funds. Pope Paul has called on people eveywhere to be con cerned about the millions of their fellow men who live un der conditions of extreme poverty and degradation. DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORE Lower Ford St. Ogdensburg, N. Y. SAVE ON EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR FAMILY, HOME, tin CAR EVERYTHING DISCOUNT PRICES FREE PARKING FIRST QUALITY ON FAMOUS BRANDS FAST SELF-SERVICE Guaranteed Installation For The Holidays — Shop At Home Service Open A “Marine Midland Charse Plan” At Arnes H v.i s
