TUESDAY, SEPTEMII ER 19,1967' THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAd''ETHR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1967 THE MICUIE~AN DAILY K naxr. a ain c. r. al McNamara Discloses ABM To Prepare For Possible China Attack SAN FRANCISCO (P) - Secre- tary of Defense Robert S. McNa- mara announced yesterday' that the United States will start build- ing soon a $5 billion Nike-X anti- missile defense against a possible nuclear attack by Communist China in the 1970s. "It would be insane and sui- cidal for her to do so, but one can conceive conditions under which China might miscalculate," Mc- ;Namara said. "We wish to reduce such pos- sibilities to a minimum." The defense secretary said that in addition to throwing an um- brella over the population areas of the United Sates, the planned' antimissile system would provide greater protection for part of the force of 1,000 U.S. Minutemen in- tercontinental ballistic missiles poised in underground launch pads and aimed at targets in both China and Russia. Protect Against Accidents Further, McNamara said, such a "thin" antimissile system would guard against possible accidental launch of an intercontinental mis- sile ,by any of the nuclear powers which may develop them, and would counter Chinese nuclear blackmail against other nations in Asia. At the same time, McNamara served notice he 'will continue to resist pressure against building a missile defense against a Russian- much more expensive antiballistic style threat involving hundreds of Soviet missiles equipped with de- coys. There is no point whatever in "going to a massive ABM deploy- ment to protect our population, when such a system would be in- effective against a sophisticated Soviet offense," McNamara said. His speech was prepared for a meeting of United Press Interna- tional editors and publishers. Combat Russians The way to deal with the Rus- sian threat, he said, is to mount a big enough and modern enough missile force to penetrate any Russian dntimissile defense. Mc- Namara said the United States has such a force and is improving it. The defense chief declared that the United States has more than enough nuclear power effectively to destroy both Russia and Com- munist China if necessary. But he appealed to the ;Russians to sit down and try to reach a agreement, to avoid any new spiral "realistic and reasonbly riskless in the arms race in both offensive and defensive weapons. McNamara acknowledged that the Russians now are deploying what he called a modest antimis- sile system, but he said it "does not impose any threat to our abil- ity to penetrate and inflict mas- sive and unacceptable damage on the Soviet Union" Related Programs McNamara said the United States already has started a pro-I gram of several billion dollars to upgrade American missiles in such a way as to "offset the small pres- ent Soviet ABM deployment, and possibly more extensive future Soviet ABM deployments." As for the Chinese, McNamara said that despite their internal strife, there is evidence the Chi- nese are devoting "very substan- tial resources to the development of both nuclear warheads and missile deliver systems." He recalled that he had told Congress last January that the Communist Chinese will have: mediium-range ballistic missiles- about 700 to 900 miles in range- within a year, a beginning inter- continental ballistic missile capa- bility in the early 1975s; and what he called a modest force of ICBMs in the mid-1970s. Defense Plans Arabs Assail Israeli Army OccupationI UNITED NATIONS UP) - The Soviet Union and Arab nations denounced Israel yesterday for its' continued occupation of conquer- ed Arab territory, foreshadowing a bitter Middle East debate in the! regular session of the UN General Assembly opening ,today. The harsh words were sounded at the closing meeting of the Assembly's inconclusive emergencyj session on the Middle East, which the Soviet Union summoned in a futile attempt to obtain an As- sembly condemnation of Israel: and a demand for Israeli with- drawal from the Arab lands seized in the Arab-Israeli war in early June. The emergency session, which convened June 17 and recessed July 21, finally ended after the Assembly voted without dissent to place the Middle East problem on the agenda of the regular session as a "matter of high priority." The recorded vote, on an Aus- trian-Finnish-Swedish resolution, was 93 in favor, none opposed and three abstaining-Israel, Portugal and South Africa. Others among the 122 member nations were ab- sent. Israel said afterward that it had abstained in error and had intended to vote -for the resolu- tion. Its vote could not be changed, however. The Middle East debate in the regular session is expected to be- gin in mid-October. Soviet Ambassador Nikolai T. Fedorenko, speaking after the vote, declared it was essential that the Assembly "take measures to insure the immediate withdrawal of. Israeli forces from Arab terri- tories conquered by them and liquidate other consequences of the Israeli aggression." He said the June fighting re- sulted from a "criminal conspiracy of the most reactionary kind," and he accused the United States and other countries of the North Atlantic T r e a t y Organization (NATO) of protecting Israel in two attacks. on the Arabs in 10 years. The aim of the "imperialists," he said, is to weaken "the na- tional liberation movements of the Arab peoples." Israeli Ambassador Gideon Ra- fael, declared that the Soviet Union bore a heavy responsibility for the Middle East situation. He said the Arab formula that emerged from the Summit con- ferences in Khartoum "of no peace, no negotiation and no rec- ognition of Israelscannot lead to any constructive solution." FOLLOWS CHRYSLER: GM Announces Price Hikes; Blames Material, Labor Costs DETROIT (P--General Motors The GM average was $23 less Corp announced yesterday its than the $133 average boost an- 1968 model automobiles will carry nounced by Chrysler for 1968 a suggested list price averaging models last week. Chrysler esti- $110 more than 1967 cars and left mated its hike at 4.6 per cent. the way open for possible further The price differences immedi- increase if the United Auto Work- ately raised speculations as to ers. now striking Ford Motor Co..: whether Chrysler. the No. 3 auto- win a sizeable pay boost from the maker, might cut back as it did industry, when GM came in below compe- GM said its suggested list price titors on 1967 models. increase averaging 3.6 per cent is Ford, which also rolled back to based on "current materials prices meet GM prices on 1967 models, and payroll costs," and a spokes- will put its 1968 models on display man added "it is too early to de- Friday and is expected to an- termine whether we can consider nounce prices for them tomorrow our prices final for the 1968 model or Thursday. year." American Motors, smallest of the Black Militants Arrested As N.Y. Strike Continues -Associated Press VIET SOLDIER STANDSGUR A South Vietnamese policemen warns two Viet Cong to keep their heads down and arms outstretched. The two were flushed from a spider hole under a thatched hlut near Bong Son in South Vietnam's coastal plains. A third Viet Cong was killed by the attacking government forces. OFFICIAL DENIAL: Claim Johnson Administration Canceled Hanoi Peace Probe' NEW YORK (R)-Thirteen Ne- gro militants were arrested while demanding a voice in negotiations yesterday as a New York City teachers' 'strike continued for a second week to cripple the 1.1 million-pupil public school sys- tem. In a melee at Board of Educa- tion headquarters in Brooklyn, where the arrests occurred, a po- liceman and a television camera- man were assaulted and a woman demonstrator told another police- man: "Put down that gun and billy, you fat pig, and I'll take you on. I'll show you some black power." Another Negro group invaded the Manhattan headquarters of the striking 49,000-member AFL- CIO United Federation of Teach- ers, seeking an interview with its president, Albert Shanker. In Har- lem, a threatened take over by parents at an elementary school failed to materialize. Sunday with Mayor John V. Lind- say was adjourned for a few hours so negotiators could get some sleep. An all-night bargaining session UFT Attorney Ernest Fleisch- man said, "The issues have been narrowed." However, Shanker said he saw no immediate truce in sight and declared: "City Hall and the Board of Education are still pretty tough." Shanker and two other top UFT officials were due in court. today for trial on criminal contempt charges, which grew out of their refusal to bow to a court order and end the strike. Conviction could mean a fine of $10,000 a day for the union and jail for the union leaders. School Supt. Bernard Donovan told his staff over the school radio system: "We hope this will come to a conclusion rapidly. To- night we're meeting with more hope than we've had for many a day. I trust that tonight's nego- tiations will be fruitful." The strike for higher wages and tighter classroom controls began on the scheduled opening day of school, Sept. 11 and involved more than 40,000 teachers in the city's 900 public schools. Attend- ance fell to less than 350,000 chil- dren, and few of these received any formal classroom instructions. four major U.S. automakers, has sent dealers tentative prices for new models with increases ranging from $59 to $157 on many of the firm's cars. It is expected, however, that when AMC announces final prices early next week, they .will show some adjustment over the tenta- tive list sent to dealers. AMC cars go on sale Sept. 26. The Unted Auto Workers Union struck Ford on Sept. 7 in support of what the UAW says is its "long- est and most ambitious list" of wage and fringe demands in his- tory. GM, Ford and Chrysler made practically identical new contract offers Aug. 29. Provisions They would have provided an an immediate 13-cent hourly in- crease and 2.8 per cent raises in the second and third years, but would have cut back on cost-of- living allowances and other con- tract features with which the union has said there can be "ab- solutely no tampering." The union rejected the parallel offers as "totally inadequate in view of the industry's fantastic profits," and called out its 160,000 members employed in Ford plants across the country. GM Offer "The labor settlement will, of course, be reviewed very colsely in terms of the affect it will have on our costs," a GM spokesman said. "We made an offer to the union on Aug. 29 and we know how much that would- cost." The companies have declined to put a price tag on their over-all wage offers, but some executives have estimated it would take $4 additional hourly to meet all the union's wage and fringe demands. The average straight-line wage is figured at $3.41 hourly for the automotive industry as a whole by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Big Three estimate fringes lift their costs per worker to approxi- mately $4.70 hourly. j WASHINGTON MP-The State the demands the United States Department flatly denied yester- hal made for suspending bombing day charges that President John- of North Vietnam., son's administration had "effec- But Ashmore claimed Johnson tively and brutally canceled" a sent Ho a letter three days before private peace probe With Hanoi by the Ashmore-Baggs message and stiffening the terms for peace ne- which Ashmore says made harder gotiations. demands and undercut the chances g Asst. Secretary of State William for further talks the two hnews- P. Bundy, in charge of Far East- papermen had thought might ern affairs told a news conference bring negotiations. the charge by Pulitzer prizewin- ning editor and writer Harry S Dirksen Defends Johnson Ashmore was misleading. Senate Republican Leader Ev- He said it had taken no account erett M. Dirksen of Illinois came of the published record of Presi- to Johnson's defense yesterday and dent Johnson's letter to North said he couldn't conceive of cir- Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh cumstances in which the President which made reference to contacts wouldn't make every possible ef- in Moscow between American and fort to stop the killing in Vietnam. North Vietnamese representatives. Chairman J. W. Fulbright (D- In addition the State Depart- Ark), of the Senate Foreign Rela- ment issued a 1,500-word state- tions Committee, who has been a ment in rebuttal to an article writ- critic of Johnson's Vietnam policy, ten by Ashmore. confirmed the account of Ashmore New Peace Terms as accurate. Baggs wrote in the Miami News Ashmore, former executive editor yesterday that "the plain fact is of the Arkansas Gazette and now that Ho was conciliatory, as Ash- executive vice president of the more has written and that he said Center for tloe Study of Democratic that talks to end the war could Institutions in Santa Barbara, begin once the bombing of his Calif., declared in his article that country was stopped." the Johnson letter to Ho had hard- ened the administration by adding Softest Position new terms for peace. He added that the Ashihore- Ashmore and Editor William C. Baggs letter "expressed the softest Baggs of the Miami, Fla., News position our government had taken talked with Ho in Hanoi in Janu- on terms to end the war." ary. In February the two men sent About the same time unknown Ho a letter which Ashmore says to us the President was drafting was drafted with the aid of the a letter to Ho Chi Minh. His letter State Department and lessened was much tougher,'" Baggs said. World News Roundup Baggs wrote that he couldn't say why the President chose that particular time to send the letter but added that "this letter certain- ly did not encourage the develop- ment of conversations to initiate private talks." But he said that the U.S. gov- ernment was at that time main- taining a separate and secret di- rect Moscow channel for nego- tiations with North Vietnam that only a handful of U.S. officials knew about. It was decided not to tell Ashmore and Baggs about the secret Moscow channels. I ,' 1 Creatide i4j't4 rjle~ioa/ _. 4S 1 i Before the Theater DINNER or SNACK Roast Beef cut to your order Ill-C's on Vth Avenue City Center Cafeteria DRAMA N ART Those intereste MAUSIC DANCE LITERATURE sign up in UAC offices, 2nd floor Union or call PAT CHOPP, 769-3290. _.II / 7 A.M.-7 P.M. _. -_ Al I t; i OPENS TONIGHT! By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. - A federal judge yesterday granted the re- lease on bail of Black Power advo- cate H. Rap Brown and placed him in the custody of his New York attorney. District Judge Robert R. Mer- hige Jr. took the action at the close of a four-hour hearing in which the state argued that Brown was not entitled to bail while his fight against extradition was continuing. Merhige set bail at $10,000 and said Brown would be released pro- vided he promises to appear at all scheduled legal hearings "in any court, anywhere." LONDON-The British returned a Soviet scientist to Russian dip- lomats yesterday after satisfying themselves he wants to go home. But Moscow levelled a formal charge he had been kidnapped to undermine relations between the two countries. British police and secret agents removed Vladimir Tkachenko, a 25-year-old Soviet physicist who had been studying low tempera- ture physics at Birmingham Uni- versity, from a Soviet airliner late Saturday on the suspicion he was b e i n g kidnapped by Russian agents. I McNamara indicated that t] lead time advantage on the si of the United States has ju about run out and a decision he to be made at this time. she de yst cad GUILD HOUSE, 802 Monroe TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Noon Research Symposium Il. I I MARSHALL McLUHAN IN PERSON PETER NERO ;: I I I I I ..: :.:: . .. . .:. ' ..