from U.P.I.
America's armed forces have reached their highest manpower strength in 11 years and are almost a year ahead of schedule in the build-up set in motion last summer, Figures released by the Pentagon on June 2éth showed that the total military manpower at the end of May reached 3,057,000. The Pentagon eStimated earlier that there would be 2,987,000 by then. The present level is only 36,000 men short of the goal of 3,093,000 originally fixed for June 1967. The Korean war peak strength was 3,685,000,
from Jimmy Gibson A committee supporting the Vietnam Solidarity Crmpaizgn has bem formed in Dunfermline, The chairman is Les Wood who is chairman of the Dunfermline Burgh Labour Party, and among the committee members are Margaret Mellis, treasurer of the Burgh Labour Party and J, Reaston, secretary of Dunfermline Trades Council. The committee is very Fepresentative consisting of most of the leading members of the Burgh Labour Party and 3 members of the Communist Party. Among those supprting us ares Andrew Wilson (press officer and vice chairman); Patrick Denny of the young Socialists, Miss Jean Cnirns, J. Hutton, D. Campbell, B, Davies and Miss Elizabeth Howe. One of the first activities of the committee will be a public meeting on August 19th, The main speakers will be Lawrence Daly, secretary of the Scottish National Union of Mineworkers, and Iaih- Jordan of Edinburgh Workers Educational Association. There is to be a committee meeting in July to organise this public meeting. Anyone in the area should contact me: Jimmy Gibson,351, Broomhead Drive, Dunfermline, Fife. P.S. As a result if our letter to the local press we had a huge write-up in the People's Jo (a "black" Thomson-Leng publication which covers the east of Scotland).