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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Thursday, December 14, 1967
NATO blueprints peace-maker role
BRUSSELS—(UPI)—The United States and its Atlantic allies pledged today to consult each other closely and constantly in an alliance geared increasingly toward making peace with the Soviets.
(NATO) foregn, defense and finance ministers.
The agreement came at the end of a three-day meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The document, known as the Harmel Study after Belgian Foreign Minister Pierre Harmel who initiated it a year ago, constitutes a blueprint for NATO's future role in an era when its peace-making function increasingly will become more important than its peace-keeping one.
It was approved unanimously Wednesday evening by the Council of Ministers including Maurice Couve de Murville of France. The French were reported to have insisted on watering down the document to eliminate any political commitments they might find objectionable.
The document said NATO in the future will have two main
jobs-a military one to discourage aggression and a political one to work for a firm East-West settlement in Europe.
It called for improved, intensified and timely consultations between NATO member countries on all vital issues affecting the alliance. It agreed individual member countries should carry the main load of seeking improved relations through direct contacts with the Soviets and other Eastern European countries.
Senate welfare debate threatens early congressional adjournment
WASHINGTON —(UPI)—A Senate floor battle over welfare restrictions in the Social Security bill was the main obstacle today as Congress rushed toward adjournment. Lawmakers still hoped to go home Friday or Saturday at the latest.
In an effort to bring the Social Security to a vote by nightfall, the Senate decided to meet at the early hour of 9 a.m. for resumption of debate on the controversial welfare curbs.
But it noted that a number of problems, particularly that of German renification—which it described as "the heart of the question of a European settlement"—should be handled on a multilateral basis.
negotiated with the Soviets on German reunification—which it described as "the heart of the question of a European settlement"—should be handled on a multilateral basis.
In the military field, the document said, NATO still will have a major role to play in keeping sufficient armed strength to discourage aggression, defend territories and supervise the defense of NATO's exposed southeastern flank.
The House was meeting at noon for final action on a compromise $2.3 billion foreign aid appropriation, the smallest U.S. aid bill since the Marshall Plan was put into effect in 1948.
Johnson's budget request, and the $1.61 billion House version.
Mansfield said one and possibly two of the bills could be held over to the next session, which begins Jan. 15.
Four Major Bills
The Senate was also expected to take time out at some point during the day to quickly pass a $1.98 billion antipoverty appropriation. This would set the stage for a compromise between the Senate bill, $80 million below President
It said that while the United States, Britain and France have
The Social Security package, the antipoverty appropriation, and the foreign aid measure are three of the four major bills still pending. The other is a $14.2 billion school aid bill.
House Speaker John W. McCormack said Wednesday Congress must pass all four bills before adjourning, even if it means staying past the weekend. But Senate Democratic leader Mike
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