Show Resor S 1 s 5 Crusade Secretary of the Army Stanley Stanley Stanley Stan- Stan ley Resor continues his crusade crusade crusade cru cru- sade spotlighted in the eye of much publicity as the self- self righteous of Army officers and men guilty of conduct mis-conduct in Vietnam THE LATEST announcement is one charging 14 officers with suppression of facts in the killings incident Of course there was and is much suppression of facts in a war All the services are do- do dp- dp 1 ing lug it constantly in certain circumstances as ordered THE TilE 14 Army officers ranked ranked ranked rank rank- ed up to Major General Samuel Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Koster West Point commandant commandant commandant com com- mandant who resigned to spare the academy bad pub pub- What were they to do bare all the mistakes and unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary killing when the war didn't go perfectly TO DO SO would have discredited discredited discredited dis dis- dis- dis credited the Army and done the U. U S. S great harm And which junior officer going up the lines was to have bucked his superior Obviously many of the officers officers officers of of- were caught in an impossible impossible impossible im im- possible position one one- for Cor which they are now possibly going to receive dismissal from the service or years ears of hard labor AS IN THE case of Resor ace prosecutor versus G. G GIs s 's who erred fighting for their country under great stress and strain the whole highly- highly publicized affair smacks too closely of self-righteous self showmanship showmanship showmanship show show- manship and appeasement of pacifists Neither the officers nor men have much chance of a fair trial inasmuch as the Com- Com mander-in-Chief mander has already publicly concluded massacres were committed a conclusion aired nationally long before any trial had begun |