South Viet Nam: A Wife Is Only a Wife But Every Red Is a Foe

The ugly war in South Viet Nam seems to be dragging on forever, and Senator Richard Russell, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, thinks he knows the reason why. Said the Georgia Democrat: "We are trying to fight this problem as if it were a tournament of roses. I think it is time for the dirty-tricks department to take over there. We are dealing with a bunch of scoundrels, and it seems to me we ought to catch them as if we were trying to run down Jesse James—$10,000. dead or alive."

Actually, the Viet Cong should come cheaper,...

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