ISAT URDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 196'7 T HE MICH IG AN D A Ily PAGE * uto As Selected As Reuther Seeks Over $1 Billion in Benefits; Chrysler, GM Wait DETROIT (P)-The United Auto Workers Union, shooting for well over $1 billion in wage and fringe benefit gains, picked Ford Motor Co. yesterday as the automaker it will bargain with to win a pat- tern-setting contract for the in- dustry. The bargaining deadline is mid- night Wednesday. UAW President Walter P. Reu- ther, who traditionally leads the union team to the target firm when bargaminig reaches the crisis stage, began talks with Ford, last night. Ford responded: "Ford Motor Co. will exert every reasonable ef- fort to reach a sound and peace- ful settlemient. We look to the UAW tof sep up to its share of the heavy responsibility imposed on both. parties by the lateness of the hour." m'm ngr eement i rahede b rent three-year contracts expire, there will be a strike, Reuther has said. A union source said that after a contract is won at Ford, it will be taken to Chrysler as the pat- tern for a settlement there, and then the union is likely to strike giant General Motors "over work- ing conditions to show them that the UAW is a union."' Maniy had anticipated GM would be the target. Reuther had accused the giant at thwarting "free and independent' collective bargaining-. But the fiery, red-haired UAW chief told the union's General Mo- tors council Friday: "We made the decision with our minds, not oui hearts-" The union, gearing for the pos- -sibility of a strike, set Sept. 23 as the date for a special national con- vention to supplement the UAW strikge fund. The fund, currently totaling $67 million, would last about 18 weeks at Ford, six mhonths at Chrysler, but only about-seven weeks at GM apparently one of the factors considered by the union in de- ciding which firm would be the target. - If tradition holds, talks that have been under way since July 10 will slip into limbo at General Mo- tors and Chrysler while the UAW and Ford are locked in marathon bargaining sessions down to the deadline. ', Workers Pick Ford BELITTLES SUGGESTION: Johnson Denies Reports Of Administration Split irget for Bargaining SteelniaRKers Hike Pices Increases Announced As Admninistration1 Pleads for Restraint WASHINGTON (P) - President Johnson said Friday there is no deep division in his administration on the conduct of the war in Viet- nam. And he almost snorted at a suggestion Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara might be at the point of resigning. Johnson told a news conference that while there is not complete agreement on everything among himself, MeNamara, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and the military high command, there is a sur- prising and a very agreeable amhount of unanimity-including agreement on all the 300 targets picked for bombing in North Viet- nam. feeling than he ordinarily does. He replied in measured tones: ~ "Absolutely not. That is the most ridiculous, nonsensical re- port that I have seen, I think, since I have been President. Any- one who knows Secretary McNa- mara would know that on the face that was not true. .What started it all was a ques- tion raising the point that there seems to be some dispute within the administration on bombing policy, with McNamara represent- ing one point of view against es- calation and the Joint Chiefs of Staff another position In favor of hitting additional targets. While he was knocking down assorted Ideas FrIday, Johnson told a questioner that reports that there might be "some kind of a new peace move around about the time of the Vietnamese elections" Sunday "are off the top of some- one's head." Masfel Sa1y B Welcomes UN Move Johnson told reporters pressing NEW YORK (P)-Four more of aon i fieds ehsbe igened n spaig temakr in Washington 36 years and "dur- rgnoreda adm1imsIdL tin UIeh ing that period I have been in- riesan Frdyadupdtertimately associated with the armed At almost thie same time as services. I ehave never known a SPresident Johnson was telling his period during that time when I 4 nes cofernce n Wshintonthought there was more harmony, that the administration very much~ mor cooperativ artitune, orndhen regretted the price increases, Beth- moe coeaieatdo hn lehem Steel Corp., No. 2 producer, thrl" emreal eni o- and Inland Steel Co.. No. 4. an- r.' nounced they were raising prcs Asked whether McNamara had on steeprbces.suggested that he resign if the A shrt tme aterthe o 5rate of bombing is stepped up or -Asocite Prss producer, Jones & Laughlin Steel if new targets are hit in North e and Nguyen Cao KY, left, premier, are can- Corp., announced it would follow Vietnam, Johnson showed more in tomorrow's South Vietnamese election,- suit, as did Armco Steel. ut Thieu and Ky are heavily favored. The aT- Republic Steel Corp., No. 3. terrorism are held responsible for wide- started the price ball rolling Wed- nesday and was followed byU.. four firms said they were raising Tomorrouw- th==ce=fbamrdut 3 o f O., uto Blame Costs WASHINGTON (JP) - Senate ~Democratic Leader Mike Mans- field said yesterday he believes President Johnson welcomes the expanding movement on Capitol iHill seeking U.N. efforts to bring peace to Vietnam. "I would assume that the voices of some 2'7 senators who have ex- pressed their views In support of this will have some weight and be heard," the Montana senator said. "The people who have expressed U.S., Allies GENERAL NGUYEN VAN THIEU, right, chief of stat didates for president and vice-president respectively, Opposing them are ten slates of civilian candidates, b most certainty of the outcome and increased Viet Cong spread public apathy as election-time nears. Viet Election Military Ticket Favored By Tue Associated Press Reflecting the apathy that has marked much of the terrorist- plagued campaign, only about 3,000 persons turned out for the final public rally of South Viet- nam's presidential candidates .In Saigon last night. Voters will choose a president and a 60-member Senate tomor- row in the country's most momen- tous election since a referendum Oct. 23, 1955, led to the ouster of Emperor Bao Dai and procla- mation of the republic. Civilian candidates made a joint appearance on a platform in front of the United States Joint Public Affairs Office at one of Saigon's busiest Intersections in the eve- ning rush hour, but attracted a small crowd. Saigon has 729,000 of the coun- try's 5.85 million voters. In all. the rallies here and elsewhere have drawn fewer than 70,000 during a month's acrimonious campaigning. All campaigning stops by law at noon today. Radio and television appear- ances of the candidates have reached but a small percentage of South Vietnam's people, many World News Roundup By The Associated Press Justice Hugo L. Black, who offi- WASHINGTON - The Army's ciated. ranking officer believes the pres- , * ent course of the Vietnam war WASHINGTON -- Secretary of may permit the United States to Defense Robert S. McNamara consider in A18 months slowly swore in Paul R. Ignatius yester- withdrawing Its troops. day as the new Secretary of the It was learned Thursday that Navy. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, Army Ignatius, 47, a native of Los chief of staff, made that estimate Angeles, was appointed to the last Monday in an address to Navy's top civilian post after the Army chaplains at Ft. McNalr, Va. death of John T.- McNaughton, * * * secretary-designate, who was kill-. MOSCOW - The Soviet Union ed in a July plane crash. threw two U.S. diplomats out of * * * the country yesterday. LOS ANGELES - Two of the Brice K. Meeker, 45, the U.S. three men convicted of stealing Embassy agricultural attache, and the priceless Star of India sap- Richard Dabney Chapman, 38, the phire in New York City three years press attache, were charged with ago have been arrested in Los "activities incompatible with their Angeles for investigation of jewel-- diplomatic status." No details were ry burglaries in this area. given. Los Angeles police arrested Al- * ** lan Kuhn, 30, and Jack "Murph WASHINGyTON - Thurgood the Surf" Murphy, 29, early yes- Marshall was sworn in Friday as a terday, along with three others Justice of the Supreme Court and they say may be part of a burglary was presented with a Bible by ring-. ARTS CHORALE Michigan's Choir for Non-Music Majors Rehearsals: Tuesday and Thursday 3-4:30 P.M. Aud. D, Angell Hall All Singers Still Welcome of whom do not own radios and have never heard of television. Newspaper coverage of the election, although extensive, does not reach down to the villages and hamlets where, about 60 per cent of the people live. Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu, the leading contender, and his running mate, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, skipped the Saigon rally. A spokesman said official busi- ness prevented them from being on hand. The leadin cotendes they had joined the 10 civilian teams on only two occasions. Instead they made frequent, ostensibly nonpolitical trips around the country as government leaders and officers in the armed forces. Washington United States strategists fore- see no slackening of the Vietnam war effort no matter who wins in Sunday's election.' Whether there will be a post- election peace offensive also re- mains an open question. administration oficials talked to newsmen Friday about the Sun- day balloting in South Vietnam, which is rivaling an American election in the amount of atten- tion it is getting in Washington. officers preparet reeve elec tion returns from Saigon over tthe Whit ,House and other key points. Milestone From the American standpoint, the South 'Vietnamese balloting will mark a milestone in the long effort to establish a constitutional Saigon government which repre- sents the populace at large. State Department officials said that whether the military slate headed by Thieu and Ky or one of the civilian tickets wins, the outlook is for no letup in the campaign by the South Vietna- mese and their allies to defeat the Reds. They suggested rather that the new Saigon government may be more efficient in prose- cuting the war. Johnson voiced hope that the new government can improve both PAUL BUNYAN'S COCKTAIL HOUR .., 4:30 to 6:30 P.M. tu uyn Reduced Prices Food Sysems Zeeb Rd. ot Jackson Rd. military and civilian opera tions' and pledged continued United States support. The President indicated Ameri- can policy would continue along present lines. He termed it a con- sistent and "carefully thought out policy." As for reports that a new peace offensive might be launched, in- cluding a pause in the bombing of North Vietnam, Johnson de- scribed these as speculative with "no basis in fact." He said such reports "so far as I am aware are off the top of someone's head." However, Johnson avowed again that the peace search is an every- day concern in Washington-and at the State Department, officials acknowledged that not only Thieu Vietnamee candidates have spok- en of a possible new peace nego- tiations bid to Hanoi if elected. Observers See Rally Some of the 22 American ob- servers sent by President Johnson watched the Saigon rally from the terrace of the Rex Hotel, United States officers billet just across the street, but all left for other engagements before the proceedings ended. The engage- ments included a reception by United States Ambassador Ells- worth Bunker. The observers plannede to meet ment's Independence Palace to- day. At least one said, however, he planned to break away from the official schedule to try to see "if any hanky-panky is going on." SUN DAY, September 3 Thme Film "merica, On Edge Singjng Fun & Games All students are invited. Presbyterian Campus Center 1 432 Woshtenow All of the firms blamed rising costs for the increases. Steel -bars are used in a variety of end products such an industrial fasteners and railroad car axles. U.S. S t e e l's announcement Thursday of its third price in- crease within a month came only hours after Gardner Ackley, chairman of the President's Coun- cii of Economic Advisers, called on the industry to hold off on further price hikes.- Last August, Ackley called in- creases by the industry "infla- tionary" but did not use the word this time, saying instead that the latest hikes were "distressing."' Ackley said the government had avoided public reaction to earlier steel price increases this. year be- cause they seemed limited and se- lective. However, he said, the latest hike resulted in the increases being "viewed as a consistent pat- tern that has resulted in higher prices for nearly half the steel tonnage produced in this country." 1~KHARTOVUM, Sudan (wP-Arab solution in the Middle East. It leaders agreed yesterday to re- was the second time in three days sume oil shipments to the West, that he spoke of a possible politi- to coordinate political and diplo- cal settlement. ma tic policies, and to refuse to The summit meeting decided consider negotiations with Israel. unanimously to eliminate all for- A communique at the end of a eign bases on Arab soil. The four-day summit conference re- United States, Britain and France ported rejection of Iraq's plan for have such bases. an oil boycott of the West. In- stead, oil-rich Arab nations will The meeting was to have been aid Egypt, Jordan and Syria, the final full-scale Arab summit whose economies were badly shak- conference since 1965. But only en in the June war with Israel. eght of te h easfsttea- Kuwait's plan to establish a cotted the meeting, sent repre- development fund for the Arab sentatives. nations to be financed largely by the oil-producing states was en- Syria refused to take part when dorsed. 'it became clear the Arab leaders The leaders decided to take would reject Iraq's proposals for measures to consolidate Arab a three-month halt to Arab oil military strength to meet aggres- supplies to the West followed by sion. a permanen embargo on petro- The decision camne after Presi- Ileum shipments to the United dent Gamal Abdel Nasser of States, Britain and West Ger- Egypt told the final session it was many. The three were accused by essential to rebuild the Arab Syria and Egypt of aiding Israel armies while seeking a political in the war. agg ii RH 6No op! No pop! No jazz! themselves cover the whole polit- ical spectrum-those who can be classified as doves and those who can be classified as hawks and those who can be classified neither way." Mansfield said he feels those ex- pressions are welcomed by the White House-but said also he has no concrete indication that the administration Is planning to press the Vietnam question In the Unit- ed Nations. U.N. Responsibility "I think It ought to be taken up in the Security Council wheth- er we have the votes there or not," Mansfield told reporters. "The question Is, does the U.N. want to face up to Its responsllillty under Mhasil .oined JohnsonIn In- sisting that the administration Is not deeply divided over the con- duct of the air war against North Vietnam. Both men thus challenged the report of the Senate Armed Serv- ices preparedness subcommittee, which urged Thursday a major In- tensification of U.S. bombing. It said the Joint Chiefs of Staff ad- vocate that course but Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara Is "diametrically opposed." 11-Day Trip Mansfield, planning an 11-day trip to Asia but not to South Viet- nam, talked with Johnson at ihe White House Thursday, and on the telephone Friday. The senator and the President both sought to minimize the civil- ian-military differences reported by the preparedness subcommittee. 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