FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE LBJ Advocates Action To Combat Urban Crime! Draft Board Examiners Resign Posts Officials Say State Shows Favoritism To Rich Applicants ATTENDANCE DWINDLING: Lindsay Predicts No Quick End To N.Y.C. Teachers' Walkout New York ()P)-Republican May- difficult situation may last for or John V. Lindsay said yesterday some time. At the moment it does that a four-day strike of teachers Inot look very optimistic," Donovan Challenges Police; Blasts Rot Leaders Kansas City Speech Urges Support For Violence Legislation KANSAS CITY ()-Leaders of violence in the nation's cities were lashed by President Johnson yes- terday as wretched, vulgar men who posed as spokesmen for the underprivileged and capitalized on the real grievances of the suffering people. Johnson flew to Kansas City to speak to a meeting of several hun- dred police chiefs and challenge them to redeem the faith of the poor in the law. He also worked in a brief, private meeting with former President Harry S. Tru- man. "What America needs is not more hand-wringing about crime in the streets, Johnson told the International Association of Chiefs of Police. "America needs a policy for action against crime in the streets." The police chiefs broke into the President's speech with hearty ap- plause when, he asserted, "Much can explain - but nothing can justify - the riots of 1967." Johnson declared one way to redeem faith in the law among the urban poor is to "make certain that law enforcement is fair and effective-that protection is af- forded every family, no matter where they live-that justice is swift and blind to religion, color and status." The president urged the police chiefs to support congressional ac- tion on the administration's pro- posed Safe Streets and Crime Con- trol Act. He described the measure as a tool for crime research, rais- ing police salaries and providing better training. Johnson emphasized the federal government is not trying to take over local law enforcement func- tions, explaining: "Officials in Washington cannot patrol a neigh- borhood in the far West, stop a burglary in the South or prevent a riot in a great metropolis." Passage of a federal statute con- trolling sale of guns also was sup- ported by the President, who said its adoption "would plug up one more loophole to save your life, or mine, or the life of some in- nocent child down the street." Stressing that respect for law begins at home, Johnson stated, "Your children learn it from you - by example. That means every time you water the lawn when there is an ordnance against it, they learn the wrong lesson about respect for law and order. Evangelist Billy Graham, who is conducting a religious crusade nere, met the President at Munici- pal Auditorium when Johnson ar- rived. After his brief talk, John- son drove to nearby Independence and had 'a 10-minute private talk with the 83-year-old Truman. in New York City's 1.1-million- pupil public school system does not COLDWATER, Mich. (M) - Two at the moment "appear to be ripe members of a county draftboard for settlement." have resigned, charging that po- "There is no clear disposition to litical pressure led state Selective settle within the next few hours, Service officials to postpone seven but that could change," added times the induction of four youths Lindsay, as strike leader Albert from influential families. Shanker risked jail in continued Frank Beaudin, board chairman defiance of back-to-work man- for more than 15 years, and An- dates from the courts. drew Henry, a six-year board School Supt. Bernard E. Dono- member who was secretary, re- van sounded even more gloomy in signed from the Branch County the face of the continuing strike Draft Board in Southern Lower by Shanker's 49,000-member AFL- Michigan. CIO United Federation of Teach- None of the names of youths ers. said. Donovan kept the city's 900 schools open, but attendance has gradualy dwindled to less than 400.000. Few of these pupils re- ceived any formal classroom in- struction. More than 40,000 of the city's 55,000 teachers struck Monday on the opening day of the new term in a demand for higher wages and greater classroom control. The walkout was launched in defiance of a State Supreme Court antistrike order. The legal ban was based on a new state law pro- hibiting any union of public em- ployes from striking. I -Associated Press PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON arriving in Kansas City Municipal airport yesterday. The President adressed the convention of the International Association of Police Chiefs in Kansas City and called for increase anti-violence legislation. After his speech, Johnson met briefly with former President Truman. HAIPHONG SAFE: MeNamara's Ban on Attacks 'Of Viet Ports Upheld.b US involved were made public. Col. Arthur A. Holmes, state Selective Service director, said he made the postponement decision in at least one of the cases. "I didn't note any political pressure," he said. Beaudin's letter of resignation Wednesday said "four youths ofl this county were prematurely in- ducted" because Michigan Selec- tive Service headquarters had postponed the induction of four others. The state action came "over and above the legal votes of the local board and the state appeal board," Beaudin said. Henry, who resigned yesterday, said, "A special dispensation, so to speak, for anyone, makes it tough for us and kind of embar- rassing. We do a lot of investigat- ing before we make any decisions. "In my opinion, the state head- quarters had pressure applied from Washington-a lawyer writes a congressman who writes to Her- shey and he writes the state board," Henry said. Brig. Gen. Lewis Hershey, head" of the United States Selective Service System, wrote to Holmes, saying Rep, Edward Hutchinson (R-Mich.) had asked why no de- ferment had been granted in one of the cases. Holmes said, however, that his decision had been made before he Romney Silent on Formal Statement of Candidacy NEW YORK (P)-Gov. George Romney has given no indication to his aides of when, or if, he will announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomina- tion, a Romney source said yes- terday. The governor's dinner meeting last night with New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, one of his chief supporters, was considered important in charting Romney's future course. The Romney source acknowl- edged that the governor has been urged by some of his advisers to speed up the formal announce- ment of his candidacy. On the other hand, the source contended there was nothing new in this, that various parties had been urging Romney to throw his hat into the ring as early as last June. Asked yesterday whether it was true that he was under pressure to speed up his timing, Romney said he would not talk public poli- tics on or off the record. And he kept this vow of political Romney spent Wednesday nightt and much of yesterday inspectingj programs in Rochester, N.Y., a. city struck by Negro rioting in 1965. He praised the progress being1 made by business and local groups. He contended that one of the main reasons for his extended trip is to study whether U.S. priorities are in proper balance, such as whether Vietnam is given emphasis at the expense of programs aimed at solving problems in the Negro slums across the country. "If we don't deal with these problems within, we'll never deal effectively with the problems with- out," Romney said. While touring an Urban League project in Rochester, the governor was approached by some young- sters asking his help to get resto- ration of the federal funds for the league's work. Venturing as close to the polit- ical scene as he ever gets, Romney told the youngsters, "In my pres- ent capacity, I don't have any authority to do anything about it."' It may very well be that this The law provides fines of up to $10,000 a day against any such striking union, and contempt pen- alties of up to thirty days in jail against union leaders. A hearing on contempt charges against Shanker and other UFT leaders was postponed for 24 hours by State Supreme Court Justice Emilio Nunez. The union said that at this stage of the deadlock wages are less vital than UFT demands for smaller classes and greater initiative by teachers in ejecting disruptive pupils from their classrooms. Negro Opposition The latter demand has led to considerable Negro oposition to the strike, on grounds it could prove a racial weapon in the hands of white teachers with Negro pupils. "The ghetto schools are angry," Lindsay told a news conference. In, addition, John T. Marsh, a union chapter chairman, declared : "There is a feeling in all the Negro communities that the Negro chil- dren are being harmed by the strike." Six Negro youths with antistrike placards picketed UFT headquar- ters protesting among other things the disruptive child clause in the union's proposed contract. However, a number of Negro leaders have voiced support for the striking teachers. Other Schools In Broward County, Florida, a contract agreement was reached sending some 90,000 pupils back to school. A new walkout devel- oped in Yakima, Wash., where an 11-man faculty of a Catholic high school failed to show up for work. Michigan's acting governor Wil- liam Milliken called for state me- diators to meet today in a con- tinued effort to find a way to finance the pay demands of De- troit's 11,000 teachers. In Houston, Texas, parents con- tinued to hold "freedom schools" in churches in answer to a teacher boycott there. Similar schools were planned in Providence, R.I. By BOB HORTON -Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON-The Pentagon, in its eagerness to show that Sec- retary of Defense Robert S. McNa- mara was not overruled in recent war decisions, has given North Vietnam official word that port facilities of Haiphong are safe from attack at present. This unusual tipoff on admin- istration thinking followed this week's U.S. raids on the Commu- nist port of Cam Pha and near Haiphong's vital docking facilities. McNamara only days before the briefed Congress rather elaborately on why North Vietnam's ports need not be struck, saying the Communists would find other ways to get arms southward. When Cam Pha was hit Monday and Haiphong Tuesday, the im- mediate assumption arose that President Johnson is paying less attention to McNamara at the moment while favoring the hard- line approach of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who wanted these targets hit. Adding to this belief, informa- tion drawn from communiques, administration statements and in- terviews showed that at least 20 new, major targets have been au- thorized for attack by the admin- istration since February. The White House press office felt compelled for the second time' in two weeks to say there was "general agreement" among the top civilian and military heads over the conduct of the war. The Pentagon followed up with its statement, mainly responding to a story that U.S. planes could attack Haiphong port provided Soviet ships weren't damaged. Said Phil G.,, Goulding, chief Pentagon spokesman: "Published reports are untrue that approval has been given to bomb the port of Haiphong and its environs." This declaration was unusual since the administration rarely has given North Vietnam any indica- tion a particular military move might or might not take place. In addition to the denial, the' Pentagon statement also drew a fine distinction to show that, after all, McNamara's opposition to striking the docks was not over- ridden. The Haiphong raid was aimed at bridges, a rail yard and supply warehouse, it said. These were hit in an attempt to create a massive port problem and thus slow down the importing of Communist war supplies. Speculation that McNamara's views are becoming less decisive in high administration war plan- ning was based mainly on the Cam Pha attack coming so soon after he downgraded the value of port raids. McNamara told the Senate pre- paredness subcommittee in a lengthy statement Aug. 25 that no decision to close Haiphong, Hon Gai and Cam Pha "by whatever means" would prevent "the move- ment in and through North Viet- nam of the essentials to continue their present level of military ac- tivity in South Vietnam." There is reason to believe Mc- Namara has had reservation about expanding the bombing to new targets the past six months. The intensification of the bomb- ing has come in two phases. On Feb. 22 the administration approved first-time attacks on North Vietnam's Thai Nguyen steel mill and three jet airfields, plus other targets. Because of bad weather the first of these was not hit until March and most were attacked in late April. A second new package of previ- ously immune installations was opened up to the military in early August at a time when Rep. Ger- ald R. Ford (R-Mich), and mem- bers of the Senate preparedness subcommittee w e r e criticizing bombing restraints. Targets near the Chinese border and deep in Hanoi were struck. He has said flatly that bombing won't drive Hanoi to bargaining. With the windup of the Senate group's hearings on the air war McNamara had consistenly over- ruled military judgement on tar- geting. The report was issued Aug. 31 -and followed in a few days by a new cycle of bombing of here- tofore untouched targets includ- ing Cam Pha. received the letter. silence on arrival in New York Holmes said the most recent City. After giving some praise to case involved a farm youth who California Gov. Ronald Reagan said he needed time to harvest a during a brief airport news con- crop. ference, Romney was asked,. "Do The local board had granted a you envision a Romney-Reagan 30-day postponement. Holmes said ticket?" he extended this to December "I don't vision anything now when members of the Agricultural but urban problems," retorted Stabilization Boar din Coldwater, Romney. at the inquiry, said the boy need- He told newsmen traveling with ed more time. him on his 19-day nationwide Henry said three other youths tour, "I think this trip thus far each had received two postpone- has been very profitable as far as ments, d e s p i t e local rulings I am concerned. I've gotten a lot against them. out of it." CANTERBURY HOUSE ii= iQ a /111el SABBATH SERVICE Friday at 7:15 P.M. Oneg .Shabbat Program Part Two of a Series A HILLEL DIRECTOR LOOKS AT ISRAEL AFTER... A program of dramatic and strikingly beautiful color slides taken after' the six day war in the Mid- dIe East. FRI., SAT., SUN. Sept. 15, 16, 17 8:00 P.M. with the WEIRD SISTERS Bert Hornback Margaret Albright Peter Ferran Roger Staples LarrydGlover Wendy Roe Tom Garboty Perry Innes Reg. Malcomson Frithjof Bergmann Robert Oneal Donald Hall and more 330 MAYNARD 1429 HILL S JOHN PLANER, Cantor Choir directed by STEVEN OVITSKY JOAN SPITZER, Organist T. AL LL WELCOME II I i _ World News Roundup By The Associated Press KINSHASA, the Congo-African leaders heard United Nations Secretary-General U Thant plead for international cooperation yes- terday. Then they voted support for the Congo against its rebel mercenaries, for Egypt against Is- rael and for Nigeria against seces- sionist Biafra. None of the resolutions on the Congo, Egypt and Nigeria men- tioned possible military or other specific forms of aid. OTTAWA - Foreign Secretary Paunl Martin said yesterday that North Vietnamese authorities have expressed interest in contacts with Canada over ways to bring about talks to end the Vietnamese war At the same time, Martin cau- tioned that at present he sees "not much chance" of breaking the deadlock preventing peac negotiations. WASHINGTON - American Telephone & Telegraph Co. won from the Federal Communication, Commission yesterday a $20 mil- lion temporary reprieve in th $120 million telephone rate cut i is being required to make, and ax added profit of about $12 million a year. But in a 7-0 decision the Com mission stood firm in its July decision that Bell System profit should be in the 7 to 71/2 per cen range. r. s :e n n is it n TONIGHT at 'T* ARK 1421 Hill Street The John Miller Jazz Trio Three from the U. of M. Band SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 The Big Sandy Boys The Best BLUEGRASS in Michigan "A Reading" , ii I 611111K UILD PRESENTS: JANUS FILMS PRESENTS THE ARCTURUS COLLECTION DIRECT FROM NEW YORK'S PHILHARMONIC HALL a collection of brilliant short films by the directors of the 60's (& 70's) AI i I L E22 '!1 i ... cl FRIDAY SATURDAY Millel 4ctieitie SABBATH SERVICES Traditional 6:00 P.M. Conservative 7:15 P.M. rSERVICES Traditional 9:00 A.M. (1505 Brooklyn St.) Conservative 9:30 A.M. (At Hillel) TALMUD CLASS 6:00 P.M. n CINEMA II Is it Presents SIMONE YVES SIGNORE MONTAN D in THE SLEEPING CAR MURDER (1965) "A top-notch thriller from France! It races and Noe ina' PROGRAM NO. 1 Enter Hamlet Fred Mogubgub, U.S.A. Renaissance Walerian Borowczyk, Poland Les Mistons '67 Francois Truffaut, France Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Film Richard Lester, England Two Castles Bruno Bozzetto, Italy The Fat and the Lean Roman Polanski, Poland Corrida Interdite Denys Colomb de Daunant, France HILL AUDITORIUM 11