Thursday,. April 4 1968 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Thursday, April 4, 1968 THE MiCHiGAN DAILY Page Three NEWSPAPER STRIKE: Union Asks Senate: 'Ex ose Publishers' LANSING MP)-A union spokes- The 40 1AM workers at the man told a special Senate com- News and Free Press have been mittee investigating the 140-day "cooling our heels for three Detroit newspaper strike that it months" without a contract and should "expose the publishers" for without negotiations for one, he failure to negotiate. said. Hanoi Offer: Qualified bya Big 'If' In a nearly four-hour hearing Tuesday night, labor group rep- resentatives disagreed, however, over what action should be rec- ommended by the committee. The five-man committee, chair- ed by Sen. Robert Huber (R- Birmingham), was named after a Teamsters Union strike idled the Detroit News and Free Press in mid-November. The Teamsters since have set- tled their dispute, but four other unions have struck the papers over expired contracts. Detroit Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh last week brought a noted mediator, University of Wisconsin Professor Nathan Feinsinger, into the dis- pute. "Get the publishers to nego- tiate," said Howard L. Copeland, business. representative for the International Association Machin- ists (IAM) Lodge 60, which is not striking. "I think the committee should urge the publishers to negotiate," he said, "expose the publishers. It seems they're trying to champion a cause without trying to settle the dispute." The 35 truck mechanics at both papers have been without contract since early this year, said Arthur L. Mousseau, business representa- tive for Mechanics' Motor City Lodge 698, IAM. The union is not striking. "The publishers have not re- sponded to our call for negotia- tions," he said. "If they don't want to sit on one side of the table we can't sit on the other." Mousseaul said he understood it was the publishers' policy to bar- gain with the larger unions first. Also testifying 'was Harold Rosemont, director of the Unem- ployment Insurance Division of the Michigan Employment Se- curity Commission. i ,' i.. 1 I 3 I I Associated Press News Analysis North Vietnam's offer to meet American representatives is care- fully worded and qualified by a big "if," but it could be the begin- ning of a dialogue signaling changes in the over-all picture of the war. Hanoi's voice remained bellig- erent. It pledged itself anew to the "liberation" of South Viet- nam, the defeat of the Americans and the elimination of what it calls Saigon's "puppet govern- ment." . It was not an offer to talk peace. The North Vietnamese of- fered only to meet with U.S. rep- resentatives to talk about circum- stances which might lead to peace negotiations. The central demand once again was "unconditional. cessation of the bombing and all other acts of war" against North Vietnam. It is not yet clear whether Hanoi extends the "acts of war" demand to. cover just its own forces or the-Viet Cong south of the demilitarized zone. Yet it was apparently a step t o w a r d discussion. President Johnson started it with his an- nouncement of a partial cutback in the bombing of the North. Ha- noi gave a more direct response than in the past. From here on, however, pro- gress can be agonizingly slow, as it was in the case of Korea in the 1950's. That war finally end- ed, but the machinery had moved at an elephantine pace for two years while men died by the tens of thousands. A presidential election cam- paign in the United States was a key factor at the time of Korea, as it appears to be now. Like Vietnam, the Korean War had aroused feelings of frustration and impatience among Americans. The war had become a hot presi- dential campaign issue, as is to- day's war. But in the case of Korea, United Nations machinery was available. The proposal for a cease-fire was first raised there by the Russians, two full years before the armis- tice finally came. The fighting was at its fiercest in the fall of 1952, when Repub- lican candidate Dwight D. Eisen- hower promised that if elected he would go to Korea and seek peace. He did so as president- elect. His trip was a factor in the outcome, an armistice in 1953. President Johnson, too, made a gesture, in the form of a token de-escalation, and waited for a response. The Communist side chose to portray this as a sign of U.S. futility, of American defeat. But Hanoi did respond, and with a promptness which could sug- gest North Vietnam was hurting badly from a generation of war. Saigon-and some Americans-- chose to regard the Tet offensive as Communist desperation and assess it as a failure, despite the havoc it wrought in the South. There is some ground for the desperation theory, since clearly the' Communists had suffered grieviously from their losses and from bombing in the North. Those losses could explain why the North Vietnamese, encircling the U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh, did not launch an offensive and why the Americans now can mount an operation seeking to relieve Khe Sanh. If Hanoi really intends to talk, it will probably need firm support from the Soviet Union to protect it from the anger of Red China, which spurns anything even ap- proaching negotiations with the Americans. The Saigon mood seems re- flected among some of its leaders. Now some of them say that the Americans are in Vietnam simply to protect U.S. Interests. They suggest-probably too late-that the Americans over-Americanized the war and vow to build up South Vietnamese forces to take a more effective part. They prom- ise-also belatedly-to crack down on incompetents and thieves, even suggest the Americans may soon be able to withdraw some troops. jt I Open Housing Debate Goes OMEANY BACKS HUMPHREY Amendments Delay Final Vote Morton Says Rockefeller I - - Free Press employes, locked out by an interpaper agreement which found their employer shutting down with the struck News, are BURSLEY not under law entitled to unem- ployment benefits, he said. BURLESQUE The Michigan Employment Se- curity Act disqualifies from bene-' COMING APRIL 8 fits all those involved in labor disputes, he said, adding that "the strike is just one type of Suggested for industrial warfare." mature audiences r "The employes' tactic is the strike," he said.k "The employers' ________________________ Itactic is the lockout." U Thompson s PIZZA THIS COUPON IS GOOD FOR - off 50c off-- ON A MEDIUM OR LARGE ONE ITEM (OR MORE) PIZZA ; N M IUILD " Thursday and Friday A MIDSUMMER, NIGHT'S DREAM Directed by Max Reinhardt, 1935 Based on the play by William Shakespeare JAMES CAGNEY DICK POWELL 0 OLIVIA de HAVI LLAN D MICKEY ROONEY ARTHUR TREACHER "A spirited and altogether remarkable rendering of Shakespeare's great comedy." 7:00 & 9:05 ARCH ITECTURE Call 662-8871. 5C AUDITORIUM LANSING (.) - The state open have agreed that the bill be de- bil housing bill faced its fifth day bated fully on the Senate floor. wit of Senate debate yesterday with - But even if the bill were placed r backers still confident of ulti- in position for a final vote to- ed mate passage despite a barrage of day, it would rank behind 54 other the amendments offered by oppon- measures now awaiting final con- cri ents. sideration. th Senators debated the bill for Another 107 Senate bills must in more than five hours Tuesday, be debated and either approved or{ considering 27 amendments and, rejected before next Thursday. bil two substitute housing bills. In debate Tuesday, senators tut Opponents, their supply of adopted 11 amendments, several cri amendments running low, were of them representing compromises qu considered likely to begin a page- between open housing backers and cri by-page debate of the bill itself opoetad eetd1 other hii today. oppndents and rjetedsustt11u Asked if he believes he has the amendments and two substitute necessary 20 votes to pass thek controversial bill - banning rac- ial discrimination in most real Cam bodians estate sales and rental transact- ions - Senate Majority LeaderP an Emil Lockwood, (R-St. Louis, U .S. Plane O plied: d ,i certainly believe I have." B The Associated Press {When the bill, listing proposed i B unfair housing practices and spel- In Saigon, informed sources co ling out Civil Rights Commission said yesterday a U.S. Navy plane ME enforcement powers, will come to patrolling the Gulf of Siam off tio a vote was not certain. South Vietnam's west coast was bro Lockwood had planned a vote shot down Monday by a Cam- St on the measure by last Tuesday, bodian navy boat. ch but debate has been slow and fur- The 10-man crew of the four- its ther delaying tactics could put engine turboprop P3B Orion was 3 off final action until next week, missing. The plane was watching par Majority Republicans, t h e i r for gun - running Viet C o n g ab ranks split over the housing issue trawlers. a not - -- - - wil on The University of Michigan School of Music the and' The Ann Arbor Symphony inv I iI II uni ls. Several amendments were thdrawn by their sponsors. Much of the argument consist- of charges by the bill's backers gat opponents were attempting to pple by amendment a bill which ey did not intend to vote for any form. Opponents responed that the 1, as presently written, consti- tes a hodge-podge of quasi- minal and civil procedure, re- ires a person accused of dis- mination to testify against mnself and creates an all power- I Civil Rights Commission. 'hoot Down' S. Vietnam rhe U.S. Command declined to mment on the incident, pre- mably because of delicate rela- ns with Cambodia. Cambodia. oke relations with the United ates in 1965 and has repeatedly urged that U.S. planes violate air space. In Washington, Defense De- rtment spokesmen said yester- .y they, had no information out when the expected an- uncement on a Reserve call-up 11 come. The Pentagon said first word the call-up would come from White House. To put a call-up into motion volves the President signing executive order naming the its to be summoned. To Try for Nomination By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller will become an active candidate for the presidency before the end of next week, "possibly in the next 48 hours," Sen. Thruston B. Mor- ton (R-Ky.) said yesterday. Morton, former Republican na- tional chairman and a leading Rockefeller supporter, said of the Republican New York governor: "I believe he will become an ac- tive candidate in the next week. I trust that by Monday some definitive announcement will have been made and certainly by the end of next week." Won't Run Campaign The Kentucky senator, who had been tabbed to head Rocke- feller's campaign for the presi- dency, said he now would not accept the campaign chairman's post. Rockefeller declared on March 22: "I have decided today to re- iterate unequivocally that I am. not a candidate campaigning, di- rectly or indirectly, for the presi- dency of the United States." In Albany, N.Y., Rockfeller's press secretary, Leslie Slote, told a reporter yesterday the gover- nor's position had not changed since his March announcement. Slote gave this statement 4fter learning of Morton's prediction. In Washington, President George Meany of the AFL-CIO urged Vice President Hubert Candidate Rockefeller? Candidate Humphrey? I CINEMA II presents WORLD WAR II Humphrey yesterday to declare himself now as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Meany said in a statement that "in no other way can the Ameri- can public be assured of an effec- tive spokesman and advocate for the programs needed to continue, the social and economic progress of the past eight years and to unite the American people behind the defense of freedom and de- mocracy in the world." Long-Time Fan Meany voiced regret that Pres- ident Johnson has taken himself out of the race. ."We have long supported the President; we have hailed the splendid legislative record of his administration; we have respect- ed and admired his steadfastness and courage in 'the defense of freedom and in'the search for an honorable, durable basis for world peace and order," Meany said., Meany said he had looked for- ward to supporting Johnson for BACH CLUB Program: THE GYPSY TRADITION in Haydn, Mozart, Liszt, Brahms, etc. Jelly doughnuts and conversation afterwards FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 8 P.M. Guild House-802 Monroe For Further Information Coil 769-3342' 111I another terml and that "we are convinced the American people would have supported him, de- spite the unfair, unremitting, un- conscionable personal attacks up- on him. "No man - and certainly no President-should have been dub- jected to such a torrent of abuse -from the press and from other politicians - including some in his party upon whom he was en- titled to rely for support, but who instead have cultivated and exploited division and disunity for their personal political advant- age." Novotny Aides Give UPPosts PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (lP)- Deputy Premier Otakar Simpnek and Defense Minister Bohumir Lomsky resigned yesterday as the new Czechoslovak reformist lead- ership pushed a sweeping reshuf- fle of the Communist government and party hierarchy. The two formerly were sup- porters of the ousted president and party chief, Antonin Novotny. They surrendered their posts at a meeting of the party's Central Committee called to discuss per- sonnel changes and a new action program to carry out political and economic reforms. 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