FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Y, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 'T FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 196~ THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE '1 Senate G Bombing roup Urges Haiphong Committee Contradicts McNamara Prepared To Risk Conflict With China Over Air Attacks WASHINGTON (A)-An immed- iate increase in bombing of all important military targets in North Vietnam-even if it risks war with Communist China-was recommended unanimously yes- terday by the Senate preparedness subcommittee. Critical of McNamara In an interim report sharply cri- tical of Secretary of Defense Rob- ert S. McNamara, the senators asked bombinb of the key North Vietnamese supply port of Hai- phong and bombing of all other meaningful military targets in an effort to shorten the costly war. While the subcommittee report hit directly at McNamara, Sen. Mike 'Mansfield (D-Mont.) em- phasized to the Senate in advance of its release that McNamara speaks for President Johnson. Mansfield, the Senate Demo- cratic leader, said he is ,disturbed by published attacks on the in- tegrity and policies of McNamara. 'Attacks on LBJ' "These in reality are attacks on the President of the United States," Mansfield said, noting that McNamara acts under orders of the President as commander in chief. McNamara testified before the subcommittee last week that in- creased bombing could not by it- self win or shorten the war, and that the final victory must be won by ground forces in South Vietnam. The subcommittee report said "We cannot, in good conscience, ask our ground forces to continue their fight in South Vietnam un- less we are prepared to press the air war in the North in the most effective way possible." 'Apply Required Force' "What is needed now," the re- port said, "is the hard decision to do whatever is necessary, take the risks that have to be taken, and apply the force that is required to see the job through." In answer to McNamara's warn- ing against widening the war to involve Communist China or So- viet Russia, Sen. John Stennis (D- Miss), the subcommittee chair- man, noted that "certain risks be- came inevitable" when this coun- try decided in 1965 to send in its own combat forces. Much of the 20-page document cited sharp differences between McNamara and what the subcom- mittee said were the unanimous recommendations of the Joint Chief of Staff and other top mili- tary leaders. Since Aug. 8, the Armed Serv- ices preparedness investigating subgroup has listened to testimony from senior military leaders on the war in Vietnam. It also heard McNamara's de- tailed defense of restrictions im- posed on the air war by the John- son administration. Much of Mc- Namara's testimony clashed with that of the military leaders. Delay in Bombing "More than 600 planes have been shot down over North Viet- nam," the committee report said. p "The long delay in approving tar- gets has almost certainly cr~tri- outed to our aircraft and pilot losses since it gave the North Vietnamese the time to build up formidable air defenses. Delay also enabled the enemy to establish alternate storage and re- serve stocks before targets were hit, the report added. SEC Moves. To Control Manipulation Rising Stock Prices Cause Apprehension In House CommitteeI WASHINGTON (P)-The Sec-r urities and Exchange Commissiont disclosed yesterday it is conduct- ing at least 100 formal investiga-i tions into possible manipulation of stock prices during recenta heavy trading. The disclosure came in a lettert to Chairman Harley O. Staggers (D-W.Va.) of the House Com-k merce Committee who requestedt reports from the commission andt the New York and American stockt exchanges on action taken to curb "a serious level of speculative ac- tivity." Chairman Manuel F. Cohen of the SEC said, "We have viewed with some apprehension price fluc- tuations in certain securities which do not appear to reflect any sig- nificant developments in the$ operations or prospects of the is- suers." 'Considerable Concern' Recent activity in both exchange' and over-the-counter markets, Cohen continued, is giving the commission "considerable con- cern." A huge increase in trading volume has frequently been ac- companied by sharply rising prices in medium and lower priced stocks, he added. A Cohen said the commission has steped up its surveillance and in- vestigations in an attempt to pre- vent manipulation, overreaching or other unfair practices. Cohen gave neither the number of investigations nor the names of securities under investigation. Commission officials, who also de- clined to name names, said at least 100 inquiries-a "very substantial" number-are under way. Cohen said also the commission has begun inspecting brokerage firms active in speculative issues traded on the American Exchange. Will Not Halt Speculation "The investor who wishes to buy or sell securities on a short- term basis or without full infor- mation probably will do so regard-, les of the actions taken by the Commission or the self-regulatory institutions," Cohen said. "Our function is to attempt, with the resources available to us, to make-sure the markets are operating fairly and honestly and that reliable information is readily available for the use of investors and their advisers." Cohen said the commission is giving special attention this year to trading by institutions, includ- ing mutual funds. KHARTOUM, Sudan (A) - The Arab summit meeting limped to- ward its close yesterday with Egypt apparently falling in step with those ready for a political rather than a military solution to the problems of the Middle East.; President Gamal Abdel Nasser indicated Egypt for the time be- ing is in no shape to embark on a fresh military offensive to re- gain territory lost to Israel in the June war. The Arab nations now should build up their strength and direct their efforts to "eliminate the traces of Israeli aggression" to- ward the diplomatic field, Nasser suggested Wednesday. But there is no indication that he is ready to negotiate with Is-i rael either directly or indirectly. His intention, say conference' sources, is to enlist international sympathy for the Arab cause and there is no sign that he has aband- oned dreams of revenge by force of arms. Nasser's agreement early yester- day to solve the long-standing feud between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over Yemen was seen as a move to conserve his strength and cut already heavy economic losses resulting from the war. The agreement to pull Egyptian troops from Yemen in return for a Saudi Arabian halt to its assist-j ance to Yemen's Royalist rebels was in danger of foundering. President Obdullah Sallal of Re- publican Yemen virtually rejected the peace bid and his delegation leaked the information that mem- bers of three-nation commission set up to supervise its implemen- tation might even be refused visas to visit the country. The nations are Sudan, Iraq and Morocco. Delegates yesterday turned to economic matters, with impover- ished Egypt and Jordan appealing for assistance from their oil-rich brothers. The oil-rich states were reported reluctant to supply the cash. Jordan's King Hussein has gone out of his way during the meeting to gain the sympathy of the Arab states and is suspected of pre- paring the way for some separate negotiation -with his Israeli neigh- bors. There is nothing to confirm this, however. "It is a feeling he has given us rather than anything concrete that he has said," remarked one delegate. It was reported that Nasser and President Abdel Rahman Aref of Iraq were receptive, at least in part, to a peace plan for the Mid- dle East proposed by President Tito of Yugoslavia. But Syria, ab- sent at this week's conference has refused to go along with Tito. SUMMIT ENDS: Arabs Seek Political Solutions; Egypt Asks Neighbors for Aid I U.S. Steel Raises Prices Despite Federal Request -Associated Press UNITED AUTO WORKERS PRESIDENT Walter P. Reuther flanked by three of his top aides, accused the Big Three automakers of a conspiracy to thwart collective bargaining and charged that the industry was "trying to provoke a strike" at a press conference yesterday. UAW To Select Strike Target; General Motors Likely Choice DETROIT (P) - United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther said yesterday he would name today the automaker that his union will bargain with in efforts to write a pattern-setting industry labor contract. Selection of the company will come just six days before current three-year contracts expire at General Motors, Ford and Chrys- ler, the industry's Big Three. Contracts expire at midnight Wednesday at all three, but only the company picked as a target would be struck if no agreement is reached or extension granted. Reuther's announcement at a news conference came a few hours after the UAW councils represent- ing nationwide workers at the three companies urged calling a special convention to beef up its $67 million strike fund. The action increased speculation GM would be the target. The fund as it stands now would support a strike at GM for several weeks, Ford 18 weeks and Chrysler a little more than six months. The announcement also followed reports that the union asked the separate companies Wednesday night -whether they were willing to extend the contract. All three companies reportedly said no. GM employs 375,000 mem- bers; Ford 152,000 and Chrysler 100,000. First economic offers in current negotiations, which started July 10, came last Tuesday from all three companies. The offers were practically identical and were promptly labeled "inadequate" by union negotiating teams at each company. One company spokesman said the offers would increase a typical worker's pay by $1,700 over a pro- posed three-year contract. The three UAW councils, rep- resenting plants of the Big Three across the country, adopted iden- I tical resolutions Thursday saying that "the possibility of strike ac- tion in the 1967 negotiations may now become a reality." "Such strike action will represent no threat to national defense. It will pose no threat to the national health or safety." "If the auto industry persists in its refusal to grant the equity to which we are entitled, we shall not hesitate to use the last resort available to workers in a free so- ciety-the right to withhold our work effort," the councils said in their resolutions. PITTSBURGH, Pa. (P) -Giant U.S. Steel Corp. raised prices on steel bars yesterday ii the face of government pressure to avoid further boosts. Garner Ackley, President John- son's chief economic advisor, had dispatched telegrams to the na- tion's steelmakers after Republic Steel Corp. of Cleveland, Ohio, in- itiated the third increase on steel products in a month with a 1.8 per cent hike on steel bars Wednesday. U.S. Steel, the nation's largest producer, said "very thoughtful attention was given to Mr. Ack- ley's' comments before changing the price of bars . .." 1.8 Per Cent Hike But U.S. Steel said it decided to raise bar prices 1.8 per cent, ef- fective Sept. 7. Ackley said the addition of steel bars to products which have gone up in price since November rules out the possibility that the in- creases were selective. "They must be viewed as a con- sistent pattern that has resulted in higher prices for nearly half the steel tonnage produced in this country," he said in a statement. First Federal Outcry Ackley noted that since Novem- I ber the industry has raised prices on products accounting for half of the nation's steel shipments. It was the first public outcry over steel price increases from the administration since a price in- crease last August was called In- flationary. The industry held fast then. Bars account for 16 per cent of total industry shipments andare. used in such products as indus- trial fasteners and railroad car axles. "After the long period of rela- tive price stability in steel . . these modest price changes can- not be considered either unwar- ranted or inflation inducing," said U.S. Steel representatives. CINEMAI PRESENTS PETER SELLERS in A SHOT. IN THE DARK ('Scope and Color) "Recent, popular!" 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